The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[speckledhen]

I am so excited to see more chick pics!! Any idea on the genders of the BR hatch?

Still waiting on that shipment from Sandhill. Tomorrow is our Anniversary and also a potential ship date. Maybe this one will be lucky.

I am so FRUSTRATED with my cochin broody. She did so well last year. I'm going to have to move her tonight. She is a big gal, and insists on jumping down INTO the nest box from a roost, when she can easily walk right to it on the ground. She has broken 3 eggs to date, this last one right in front of me and with a live 7 day fetus in it. Ugh. Maybe I need to ask for an incubator for my birthday and cut her poor setting skills out of the equation. If I recall, a few eggs did go "missing" last year, too.

Some idea, yes. I think I have six pullets, maybe five, maybe seven (

) but it's about even on the split, I think. I could be terribly wrong, but the exact number will become more clear when they have their full wings and less fluff to skew the verdict. Would be heavenly to have seven pullets. That would give me a choice of three or four to keep and several to send along with the extra males.

 

[speckledhen]

My new shirt. It was only $14.99 unlike a lot of the more expensive ones, plus I had a $10 Amazon gift card, so.....

It's a bit wordy but I needed a new t-shirt anyway. Most of mine are ready for the rag bag.





And the coyotes who have moved back in better watch out, too. After a long period of quiet, they're BAAAACK!

 

[robhuncor]

My new shirt. It was only $14.99 unlike a lot of the more expensive ones, plus I had a $10 Amazon gift card, so.....

It's a bit wordy but I needed a new t-shirt anyway. Most of mine are ready for the rag bag.





And the coyotes who have moved back in better watch out, too. After a long period of quiet, they're BAAAACK!

Love it!! It's you!

Do be careful of Finn!! Coyotes love cat for dinner. The farm where i work (500 acres of open pastures) has a lot of coyotes. They brazenly trot though in broad daylight - I can see them from my office window . We have a hard time keeping barn cats. As soon as the cats leave the safety of the barn, they disappear. The most recent incident was a very sweet little black stray that showed up (farms are a "dumping ground" for unwanted cats). He had so much personality - I never knew a cat to willingly jump in the farm truck and ride around to the different barns with the farm manager and his dog He wold jump out at the office and come in to visit me, then trot back out with the dog and get back in the truck - so cute. He decided barn life was not for him and he moved himself into the farm manager's house, sleeping on the bed next to the dog. He was here long enough to grow up and become beloved by all - and then, poof, he was gone. Last seen hunting in the long grass right next to the "coyote highway". We all were devastated.

 

[speckledhen]

Love it!! It's you!

Do be careful of Finn!! Coyotes love cat for dinner. The farm where i work (500 acres of open pastures) has a lot of coyotes. They brazenly trot though in broad daylight - I can see them from my office window . We have a hard time keeping barn cats. As soon as the cats leave the safety of the barn, they disappear. The most recent incident was a very sweet little black stray that showed up (farms are a "dumping ground" for unwanted cats). He had so much personality - I never knew a cat to willingly jump in the farm truck and ride around to the different barns with the farm manager and his dog He wold jump out at the office and come in to visit me, then trot back out with the dog and get back in the truck - so cute. He decided barn life was not for him and he moved himself into the farm manager's house, sleeping on the bed next to the dog. He was here long enough to grow up and become beloved by all - and then, poof, he was gone. Last seen hunting in the long grass right next to the "coyote highway". We all were devastated.

I just hope Finn is careful of Finn! He's survived for the almost 2 years he's been here and who knows how long prior to that. He is not an inside cat, loves his hunting grounds, so he would never be happy confined inside (and he'd make sure we were not happy, either, until we let him back out).

Last night he wanted in desperately at around 1:30 a.m., DH said. Unlike other nights, he stayed inside and slept on the couch until I got up at 7 a.m. so he was hearing them, maybe even seeing them. They were very, very close, sounded like right outside our driveway gate, certainly on the road you have to turn on to get up here. They jolted me awake several times with their yipping. Even the whipporwills and chuck-wills-widows were quiet.


One Brahma egg is pipped, one of the Darks, a very small egg. Pipped right on the top.

ETA: One Partridge has also pipped.

 

[robhuncor]

Quote: You sure have done the best you can for Finn, taking him "in from the cold" and giving him a wonderful life. There's only so much you can do with an independent guy like Finn. He seems to be able to sense when he should stay in the house.

Can't wait to see these new babies!

 

[speckledhen]

You sure have done the best you can for Finn, taking him "in from the cold" and giving him a wonderful life. There's only so much you can do with an independent guy like Finn. He seems to be able to sense when he should stay in the house.

Can't wait to see these new babies!

Meant to say that it's sad about the sweet little stray cat that was so personable. Coyotes really seem to love to eat cats. Ladyhawk's nearest neighbor has had lots of hers disappear because of them.

Thanks, we tried. I don't know how folks check cats for fleas. We put drops on him monthly but got one tick off just above his tail a couple weeks ago. He refuses to hold still for a "tick check".

This cat sure knows how to climb. He was meowing outside and Dh couldn't find him. Then, he saw the climbing roses shake-they go up a trellis and onto the deck railing, a little pom-pom shaped pink rose that climbs about 10' every year. That cat climbed up the trellis and was going limb by limb on the rose bush up to the deck. Good grief. I hope he goes "up" if he's chased. Check out Finn's thread for the game camera pictures of him with various catches going up and down the driveway in the middle of the night, like this one.

 

[1muttsfan]

Cats goom most ticks off before they attatch. The only cat spot on that also works on ticks that i am aware of is Frontline Plus.

 

[speckledhen]

Cats goom most ticks off before they attatch. The only cat spot on that also works on ticks that i am aware of is Frontline Plus.

I do brush him with a really good wire brush that gets a lot of hair. This tick was in a spot that was really hard for him to reach, I guess.




ETA: Three partridge and 1 dark hatched. Four partridge pipped and one dark pipped, as of 9 a.m. today.

 

[speckledhen]

The kids today. Athena is turning 13 weeks, with the pair 11 weeks old now. DH says if they get too close to laying age B4 someone claims them, they stay, period. He needs his eggs, LOL. I guess that applies to the boy, too, not sure.
Also, the Brahmas that have hatched, 2 Darks, 6 Blue Partridge x Partridge (or so they were marked-they are so similar), one zipping and more cheeping but not pipped yet. They're LATE!







He sure has a nice shape, doesn't he? I'm about to take these off the market - Athena is 13 weeks now so she's at least half-way to laying age already. Someone is going to miss out by not claiming them sooner. Just look at that boy's gravy boat chest!

 

[crazyhen]

What kind of chicks are the wild patterned ones? I have been hunting for some easter eggers or amerucanas near me. I do not drive very far anymore.