Can we meet Monday at lunch or when you get off or something? That will give me a couple of extra days to collect some more. I have at least 18 now but would like to have you more.... You want a little Lavender Split roo too? I only got one it seems out of the 2 mth olds. I moved 9 pullets outside and had only 3 roosI have 2 roos that are Leghorn EE crosses FREE if anyone wants them. Both have pea combs and are white so you could use them for your EE flock to add some production in thereThey have never been out of the brooder. I just don't need them and don't want to grow them up.
I work in Nashville, so that's probably a hike for you. I usually get back to Murfreesboro by 7pm or so though. Would that work for you? Tuesday is probably better. My Monday is a little weird.
So far I've got two dozen eggs pulled. I wasn't sure about fertility of the marans eggs so I was saving tons for you. The good news is that the ones I have in the bator are hatching like crazy! Apparently the boy is doing his job just fine. Hehe! I set 24 eggs. 14 are out with 5 more pipped and technically tomorrow is due day. Whoohoo!! Half of them are ameraucanas, but the EEs are coming out big and fat. So far all of them are black, but it is hard to tell when they are fuzzy. Daddy in that pen is a big, black AM and I have found that his genes seem to dominate. I am so pleased that daddy is doing the deed.
I don't think I need a roo right now. I'm sure I'll hatch at least one out from what I get from you. At some point this summer I want to build another large pen. Right now though I am full up on roosters. If it helps, the co-op is doing a Trade Day Saturday once a month through June. They said that roosters sell really, really well. Save him and bring him next month. Perhaps someone will buy him from you.
My neighbor just came down to tell me that her little dog is missing. She let it out and it has vanished. This is the same stupid dog that she lets out all the time and who delights in coming down to my yard to race around my chicken coops tormenting my chickens and making my dogs crazy. The lady sees no problems with this scenario. I had already planned on catching it next time it did it when I was home. While I can't shoot a dog I will happily take it to the pound a county away. It looks like I won't have to now. Am I a bad person for not having any sympathy for this idiot lady? I did point out to her that the farmer next door shoots dogs in his pasture. Letting dogs out to run is a bad idea. Put it in the fenced yard. Get a tie out. Get a leash and walk it. Put it on a run. Just don't let it out to run wild. Stupid dog. Stupid lady.
