The Front Porch Swing

[lindz8504]

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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!

Yes, we are all feeling better! Not quite 100%, but enough to get back to normal! I think we got a lot accomplished! Not quite all we wanted to do, but hey, the weathers breaking, so we will get it! Thanks, I love my coop too! Hubby did an amazing job! The littles amazed me! Before I would open the door and they would flip out, but after being out they were all around my feet, and would run to me if one of the big girls got to close! So funny! I guess I'm not the big mean monster they thought I was! We put in a couple more posts for the run, so we would have something to attach the wire to in the longer spans.... I would squat down and "puck" at the chicks and "peck" with my finger at the loose dirt, and they would come running to see what I had found! Too cute!

If I had been on that barrel like that I'd never been able to get up! I wish I was still that flexible! LOL

ETA: GOOD NIGHT YA'LL!!!!!!!

 

[RachaelS]

ETA: GOOD NIGHT YA'LL!!!!!!!

YA'LL?? Thought us Texans owned that

Sweet dreams!

 

[chickenboy190]

 

[Blooie]

Handsome fellow.

How come your's looks like that and Charlie looks like....like...well, like Charlie? Never mind, answered my own question. <Sigh>

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

Two cute chicks in one picture....too cool!!

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!

Of course we missed you.....and look what all you got accomplished when you called in sick!

 

[lovingmyhens]

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......

hey we are all learning here! Don't beat yourself up...soon you will be an eggspert!!!

 

[perchie.girl]

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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

Stunning isnt he this is the Supreme Champion for 2010 Notice the Africa shaped star on his forehead.... His name is Windermere's North American Maid (Moose)
Here is Moose earning Supreme Champion.

Yoder Farm Duke Is the 2013 Supreme Champion.
Sadly he passed away this year in February
but here is his tribute page.

http://www.truenorthpercherons.com/ There is video on his page but the slide show does him better justice.... Duke has ... or had the breeding that I would have loved to cross with my Katee.

Modern Percherons are much more upheaded and very very lively.... these horses are raised for Big hitch work they would never be used for plowing or Logging. My girl has conformation that is pretty much in between. Not so light for hitch work and not heavy enough for farm work... Which would make her a good choice for commercial carriage work.

My dream when I bought my horse was to do Driven Dressage and possibly some combined drivng. I didnt do the cost analysis.... The carriage just for the combined driving costs around 15000 dollars. Yep and the harness is around 5000. And if you want to get the Budweiser style harness .... were talking eight or nine grand.

Here is Katee and I at our One horse show together... At the Del Mar Fair grounds Back in 2004


I built that cart its solid hickory 52 inch diameter wheels.... I showed her without scotch bottomed shoes .... Matter of fact she was the ONLY unshod horse competing.



deb

 

[Blooie]

hey we are all learning here! Don't beat yourself up...soon you will be an eggspert!!!

I don't mind making a ninny out of myself here on the Porch...you guys don't mind it a bit and aren't one bit surprised by it....but to do it on a forum in front of strangers, well, Sheesh!! I actually had to look back at my order to see what the heck I'd even ordered!

 

[lovingmyhens]

hey there! I am off to bed, but I did want to compliment you on your gorgeous eggs...so jealous!

 

[Blooie]

Stunning isnt he this is the Supreme Champion for 2010 Notice the Africa shaped star on his forehead.... His name is Windermere's North American Maid (Moose)
Here is Moose earning Supreme Champion.

Yoder Farm Duke Is the 2013 Supreme Champion.
Sadly he passed away this year in February
but here is his tribute page.

http://www.truenorthpercherons.com/ There is video on his page but the slide show does him better justice.... Duke has ... or had the breeding that I would have loved to cross with my Katee.

Modern Percherons are much more upheaded and very very lively.... these horses are raised for Big hitch work they would never be used for plowing or Logging. My girl has conformation that is pretty much in between. Not so light for hitch work and not heavy enough for farm work... Which would make her a good choice for commercial carriage work.

My dream when I bought my horse was to do Driven Dressage and possibly some combined drivng. I didnt do the cost analysis.... The carriage just for the combined driving costs around 15000 dollars. Yep and the harness is around 5000. And if you want to get the Budweiser style harness .... were talking eight or nine grand.

Here is Katee and I at our One horse show together... At the Del Mar Fair grounds Back in 2004


I built that cart its solid hickory 52 inch diameter wheels.... I showed her without scotch bottomed shoes .... Matter of fact she was the ONLY unshod horse competing.



deb

I'm impressed, Deb! Not surprised, though...I have a feeling you can do anything!

 

[chickenboy190]

hey there! I am off to bed, but I did want to compliment you on your gorgeous eggs...so jealous!

Hi! Okay bye! Oh thanks!