Texas

[jockeyeba]

Good morning! I'm so done with winter. Hope y'all have a great Tuesday!

Me too

 

[jockeyeba]

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Oops! I thought I replied hours ago.

Im not opposed to processing. I know eventually my girls will get older and ill have to make the choice between having eggs, which was my original drive for having chickens, or keeping them as pets. I don't have enough space for both.

The only reason im rehoming him is that the city doesnt allow roosters at all. I don't know my time frame before he starts crowing.

I knew when I got chicks that not all of the "pullets" would be hens. I knew I'd get a roo or two Im just unfamiliar with the practice of selling them I guess, which is fine cause it was never my focus.

I could keep him and hope he lays an egg lol But he's already getting red and iridescent green/black feathers, his comb is hot pink with 3 rows of peas, while my other two EEs have yet to get any pigment..things just aren't looking promising for him..lol. I know he may (most likely) end up in a pot. I know his chance of living out his days as a pet are not great. He IS a chicken, and Im okay with him feeding some family. But the cockfighting info makes me feel a lot better.

Brookshire11, I never buy sexed chickens.  Do you know what the big commercial hatchery does to the ones that are sexed as male?  They get tossed down a shute into a glorified wood chipper.  At least if you buy a straight run bunch, the cockerels have a short, but happy life and you get some fresh, healthy chicken meat that is humanely processed, which is not the case with the tasteless mush you buy in a grocery store.

 

[jockeyeba]

layinfran
rubenmarquez23
catsapp
Fish N Chicks (hope the firefighter is ok)
& anyone else I've missed

 

[8isenuff]

I just candled my first incubator egg...the teeniest egg I have...I think it was the just the 3rd egg my little Gold Laced Wyandotte laid....and there was a little moving blob in there!!!!! HOW COOL is THAT!!!

I may be over excited, but this is my first try at incubation and the fairy tail might actually be true!!! I'm about as excited as finding my first laid egg!!!! Since I will no longer be having babies myself, I may be eternally hooked on this!!! YYYEAAAAAHHHHhh!!!

 

[ClovisMan]

I don't know about ya'll, but I'm ready for a margarita!

 

[ClovisMan]

I just candled my first incubator egg...the teeniest egg I have...I think it was the just the 3rd egg my little Gold Laced Wyandotte laid....and there was a little moving blob in there!!!!! HOW COOL is THAT!!!

I may be over excited, but this is my first try at incubation and the fairy tail might actually be true!!! I'm about as excited as finding my first laid egg!!!! Since I will no longer be having babies myself, I may be eternally hooked on this!!! YYYEAAAAAHHHHhh!!!

Exciting!!! Hope you get many more!

 

[Brookshire11]

I just candled my first incubator egg...the teeniest egg I have...I think it was the just the 3rd egg my little Gold Laced Wyandotte laid....and there was a little moving blob in there!!!!! HOW COOL is THAT!!!

I may be over excited, but this is my first try at incubation and the fairy tail might actually be true!!! I'm about as excited as finding my first laid egg!!!! Since I will no longer be having babies myself, I may be eternally hooked on this!!! YYYEAAAAAHHHHhh!!!

eeek! Exciting!

I don't know about ya'll, but I'm ready for a margarita!

It's too cold!! ...But I could go for a coffee with Irish Cream...lol

 

[hungnguyen]

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100% agreed. When life gives you lemon, make a margarita, and make sure you use the good stuff, not the cheap one from HEB.

 

[hungnguyen]

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I checked the 10 day forecast and from Wed till the 20th, the weather is warm and perfect. Therefore I hereby, with sound mind and body, declare ... The Spring is Sprung !

 

[showbarnmom]

My husband would disown me if I spent $5k on a pair of chickens. Lol
Although if I had more land I would definitely consider it. And more money of course...
Semester of college or a Swedish Black pair...
Sorry kids! lol

I won't even spend $5k on a performance horse. My husband thinks I'm already chicken nuts when I spent $50 on eggs.