The Middle Tennessee Thread

[Ravynscroft]

I think I want some standard cochins.  Anyone have lemon blue or partridge?

Dunno... but if you want to try shipped eggs, I know someone has been posting Lemon Blue/Brown Red hatching eggs a lot lately... think it was on the Crazy 24hr Hatching Egg Auction thread...

 

[DMRippy]

Well... after several attempts to restart my Barred Rocks I am roo-less. I decided I will just sell my Barred pullets. I can use the pen to work on BLUE Rocks. That has been a project I have wanted to work on for YEARS and now I FINALLY have a really nice Blue Rock cockerel. I also have some new enthusiasm for my Silver Penciled Rocks. I just had a hatch with chipmunk striped chicks so that means I now have the start of my BLUE Silver Penciled Rocks. So in the fall my farm is going to be a little different.

I have a few breeds I have decided to sell out too. With reducing numbers breeds I can replace down the road have to go. Blue Silkies, White Silkies, Beliefelders, Brees, BLRW hens and now the Barred Rocks. I have already sold all the orps the extra roos are going to the roo guy soo.

We have to take a trip in July so I want to get my numbers WAY down. I am not going to hatch anything after this week. If you know me at all... you know that is going to be SO HARD! Guess I need to put an ad up on the BST for all my eggs. But all is good I get to make some pen changes to get ready for me to hatch again in late July. (Don't tell but I do kinda like having fewer birds.

WISH ME LUCK sorting pens the next few days weeks.

 

[crawford-3546]

Shame on you Donna...lol. How can you call them ugly?

 

[rjohns39]

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mom's out there...

 

[DMRippy]

Shame on you Donna...lol. How can you call them ugly?

They look evil to me. That all black look is not attractive to me. I had some once a long time ago but they all died within a week or so of hatching.

 

[crawford-3546]

Lol...yeah I have thought that about the adults. Just poking at you

 

[DMRippy]

Not chickens you guys but where is a good place to pick strawberries? I am willing to drive to Portland. I don't want to pay an arm and a leg. The last place I got $13 worth and seems like I didn't have as many berries as if I had bought 4 lbs at the store. I am in Ashland City/Nashville so anyway close. A link or a name would be good. Some of these places are charging CRAZY prices. $3 a lb is too high... I don't care how you grow them that is too high.

 

[DMRippy]

Lol...yeah I have thought that about the adults. Just poking at you

I didn't want silkies either but they have grown on me. SG.... not so much. Weird looking things.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I didn't want silkies either but they have grown on me.  SG.... not so much.  Weird looking things.

Haha! You sound like me... and my other half never wanted Silkies... I recently suggested selling them off and now he won't let me...

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: Every time I sell some he tells them that he likes the silkies... he does. Talks to them more than the others. He will even pick them up and pet on them a little.