The Front Porch Swing

[zinia8]

Great name for him! Here is a pic of one of my guys!

Handsome fellow.

 

[lovingmyhens]

My daughter just waltzed in the house with Amber, one of our EEs. Amber doesn't like affection so was such a surprise!!

 

[RachaelS]

stunning!

Handsome fellow.

Thanks and that pic was taken with full cloud cover, they just shine like that all the time. Here is my #1 boy with his girls

 

[Beekissed]

HEY GUYS!!! Miss me? LOL....

I've been getting 12-14 eggs a day. I think both the cochins are laying. I got another egg yesterday and today, and they are a little different in color AND texture. If they are anything like their mama, I will be getting 5-6 bitty eggs a week out of each of them. I let the littles out this weekend with the big girls, and they were fine. They go back into the coop if they get chilled and the big girls pretty much ignore them. We got a lot of stuff done this weekend, including putting up some wire around the top of the run so they can't fly over the fence. We spread lime and fertilizer this weekend, and are going to be sowing grass seed and putting out the garden, so I want to be able to keep them confined if needed... Picked up limbs and trash ect that got blown around in our big storm the other day. I added some bedding in the coops, and refreshed the nest boxes. Cleaned up the feed room, and rearranged some stuff in there. The kids picked up rocks and sticks out of the yard so we could work on getting it ready to sow grass seed. Busy busy!!!! I candled a few of the eggs again, and there is still movement and I've seen a couple of them rocking! Lock-down is on Wed!

So, I'm thinking the Lord has restored Lindz's health.....

You got a lot done, woman!!! I just love your coop every time I see it...love the natural look of the boards and roosts. I'm glad your littles are all out doing their own little lives....you will find out how quickly they learn social behaviors by being out there among the flock. My meaties were out in the coop for the first time today and tomorrow I'll be running them outdoors while I do some rearranging in the coop. They will be 2 wks old tomorrow.

I LOVE the pic of your girl wilted over the barrel!

There for a minute that was you...after doing all that work!

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Now this is a horse. He stands 19 hands high and currently is the Percheron supreme world champion!

for you Perchie

Now, that is just utter perfection.....look what God has wrought!

We finally have a name to register for the pup, El Gordo of Camolot Farms! He is fat and Spanish is one of the languages in the area they are from. You Texas and So. Cal ladies will know the meaning of Gordo. It means fat and he is that. His nickname will be Gordie. Katy and Gordie are in the house for the first time tonight. They have made friends with the kitten and are having a good time. We are expecting rain tomorrow and I still haven't found a good solution to keep them dry. The back porch it is until I can build a shelter tomorrow. I wish I could figure out how to post pictures!

Does he look like a Gordie?

Is your barn too far from the house for them to stay there? What kind of shelter will you build? Hoop house?

Great name for him!

Here is a pic of one of my guys!

Those feathers!!!!

They look like they are on fire! Very nice...beautiful.

 

[Beekissed]

My daughter just waltzed in the house with Amber, one of our EEs. Amber doesn't like affection so was such a surprise!!

She's so beautiful! And the chicken is cute too.

 

[Darkangael]

here just in case the ones who had compost questions want to ask some more of some really Extreme Composters... I can't help but admire these guys and their results from their extreme compost piles....

http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/ge...ding-questions/342651-extreme-composting.html


oops forgot the link.

 

[RachaelS]

My daughter just waltzed in the house with Amber, one of our EEs. Amber doesn't like affection so was such a surprise!!

Wow two pretty girls! She is a chicken whisper already

 

[lovingmyhens]

She's so beautiful! And the chicken is cute too.

Thanks ma'am!

 

[Blooie]

I have made such a total ninny of myself I'd like to go to bed to get away from me! <sigh> Hard to explain, but I'll try. When I first got my chicks, I knew that the yellow ones with the buffy color on them had to be the Red Sex Links. (Or Red Stars, as they were called at the hatchery) I also knew that all of the plain yellow ones therefore must be Buff Orpingtons.

So now they all have feathers, and one of the red chickens has a pretty substantial comb coming in, and none of others do. And one of the bright yellow chicks started growing out white feathers and a good size comb. I posted that and found out that indeed, Charlotte was a Charlie. Okay, so far so good. Are you still with me, or are ya fading?

So a couple of days ago I posted this photo, asking "I Think I Know the Answer", and got a couple of responses back saying that one was a cockerel and the other was a pullet. I was even going to go out and take pictures of the hackle feathers because someone said that would tell more than just the comb size:


Here's where the humiliation comes in. They are both pullets, because they are both Red Sex Links! Charlie is not the Buff Orpington I thought he was when he was a fluffy yellow chick who matched all of the othersbi so well because now he looks like this - white with a few red feathers:



He's a Red Sex Link cockerel. I feel like such an idiot! Well, just goes to show ya that just because ya learn to lower the pop door, use poultry nipples for water and build a chicken coop don't mean you can tell one little yeller chick from the other! Somebody shoot me......

 

[RachaelS]

Quote: I know right! Never thought this would be my only breed of chicken but God led me to them in an odd way. Now just gotta figure out what that all means.