The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[ronott1]

It unquoted all my quotes again dang it!!!

Oh well.

Teila, it's okay!!!

Ron or whoever else said be careful of the cat, that's actually Libby believe it or not. Haha

As for broodies, I had a Buff Orpington that literally went broody at least 5 times last year. 4 just since April.

And in the fall before that.

A few times I let her sit for a few weeks thinking she would break but then I found out I needed to breaknher and made a cage. Just a dog crate with hardware cloth on the bottom.

She took maybe 2 or 3 days, she broke pretty fast usually.

Thankfully she was a really nice broody and never attacked me or anything. Occassionally protested when I took her off and puffed up/hissed but never bit and she let me take her off.

But she was also just a really friendly, gentle chicken to begin with.

She also never complained in the broody cagw or tried to flap about, escape, or anything like that. Let me out her in fine and just sat in there, walked around a bit, etc. Never protested. She even talked back to me when I sat and talked to her one time.

I lost her in the fall to what I think was a hawk.

If she had gone broody again in the spring this year I was going to let her hatch chicks finally

I wondered!

Cute Dog!

 

[Teila]

 

[ShrekDawg]

I went to TSC on Saturday... Had to checkout the chicks, didn't buy any.... But I think we may have upset the young clerk... First, DW mentions that they have too many chicks in a couple of their tubs and THEN (I just couldn't help myself) as the clerk was extolling the virtues of the barred rock chicks, the lady and her daughter said we'd like the "yellow ones." Clerk declares minimum of six and the lady says fine... When the clerk went to get a box, I eased up on the lady and pointed out that the "Yellow ones" are CX and meant to be eaten after about 8 weeks. I thought her eyes were going to roll out of her head... When I pointed to the black and yellow birds and said they are likely the rocks, she decided they were ugly and they left the store.



X2 on rant.... I have one lady who knows I buy chicken stuff.. She even remember I bought a couple bags of organic chicken grower (little does she know that I used that as a base for my duck starter). So she puts on the full court press that I should get some chicks. When I point out the issues with hers, including the dead ones she was unfazed. I ask her what they're eating and she points to Purina starter (not organic/non-GMO) as I explain that I have 2-3 generations of birds raised on pasture with non-GMO organically raised feed her response was that they've only been on it for a week or so.... So I go for the next tactic... What do you have that the conservancy considers Watch, threatened, or critical... Her response: "What's the conservancy?" After I explain it to her (mind you she's really nice), she immediately shifts over to the CX they have... "Well you can grow out some meat birds..." I ask what strain they are and what their parents were fed.... Her response in a huff was "you're just not interested in chickens are you?" One of the waiting customers looked at me and asked "you get chicks from a breeder who tells you what the parents were fed?" Yup, I use one of the breeders that Joel Salatin uses. His company puts about a 1000 birds in mobile coops on pasture to provide us pasture raised, non-GMO fed chicks. I say one of the breeders, because he's probably using a dozen or so now for CX and BBW. He orders 1000+chicks and poults at a time.



Sorry for all the tickets.... We're under a storm Watch now forecasting golf ball sized hail and tornadoes, but radar looks like it will miss us. Only time will tell.

Evening all... BTW, I think it was Michele great score on the wood.

Cap hope all goes well tomorrow

ron that cake looks amazing... The two loaves of wheat sandwich bread are on their second rise in the oven and the kitchen is off limits to all. I also need to look at that contest closer, but am running out of gas. DW had everything ready for me to make the bread when I got in from work today, so that was first task... Now, I'm really tired. Some days I think I miss the mental exhaustion that I used to have for the physical exhaustion that I have these days.

Gee, i wouldve just said i dont want chicks haha

And i just feed mine regular feed because the organic is expensive

Atm they're on purina flockraiser for the winter while they aren't laying but i don't particularly like it and most of them are laying now so i need to go back to my other feed which is Poulin Grain Egg Production Plus. It is 18% protein and soy free. I used to feed Nutrena NatureWise Hearty Hen which is also 18% protein and soy free but Morrison's stopped carrying it. But I really like the Poulin.

This is it.

https://www.poulingrain.com/products/200/egg-production-plus

KD I a good friend of mine got into deep trouble with his DW.... He and his 4 year old son went shopping. In, got what was needed and out.... The inquisitive 4 yr old wanted to know why it was so quick??? So on a whim, Pat said that's the difference between "boy shopping" and "girls shopping." Now we all know that 4 year olds are like tape recorders... So a few weeks go by and mom asks the 4 yr old if he wants to go shopping. 4 yr old responds "only if we're doing "boy" shopping." Pat was in the dog house for weeks....

OMG hilarious!!

I wondered!

Cute Dog!

Thanks! She was all tuckered out from Gator.

Speaking of which, apparently she came over this morning. Gator was asleep in the basement so my brother went to get him and of course he came running up when he saw my brother. Didn't even notice the dog LOL but then he noticed and was kind of like OH GEEZ! And went charging over but realized it was her and just sniffed her butt. He got a little huffy when she got near his food and ran over (well fast for him lol) and she ran away and he sniffed his bowl. But that's not really unusual because he does that when the cat goes near it too. Obviously it's not totally normal and is probably a form of resource guarding cause sometimes when the cat's near it he eats it fast but he wasn't vicious or mean or anything. And she was just sniffing it. She was sniffing all over. Lots of interesting stuff here i guess.

Also he went to chase her and she ran around the corner (we have an island in the kitchen) and wiped out i guess

But anyway, he went out to pee and stuff so she went out too.

Had no idea what to make of the chickens and was sniffing them I guess but they stayed away from her.

And she also had no idea what to make of the cat. And the cat didn't like her either and was swatting at her from the chair lol although she likes to play like that.

And I guess when she got scared she went and hid behind my dad lol

Andmy brother also brought her to work and there were like 5 other dogs there. He has brought her before too I think. They have like a tennis court thing they all play in. Lots of people bring their dogs to work.

I guess she was a little scared and hid behind my brother (scaredy cat seems to be a theme lol) but then she was fine and very good.

Also, Gator used to do the same thing where he would get scared and run and hide behind us. Wonder if it's a breed thing lol

Anyway, Gator was apparently surprisingly NOT defensive.

And she apparently found the chickens interesting

 

[ShrekDawg]

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LOL

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hey Cap (and anyone else with new chicks or hatching)...have you seen this contest? It's open until mid-April:
contest-7-cutest-baby-fowl-9th-annual-byc-easter-hatchalong.1227629

Yes i saw that, thanks NFC!

 

[Teila]

My office window ledge buddy who, if he could talk, would probably be saying "ah, ya wanna let me in? It's a bit warm out here!"

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Holy cow, you gave me goosebumps! I only remember one bad bus accident while I was in school. Someone hit it and actually tipped it over. It was from my school district at the time. My cousin got hurt but I don’t remember if anyone else did. Thank goodness for bus drivers like you! I agree on the drivers training thing. I just said that to hubby yesterday.

That would be a strange and scary thing to have happen!

You're always relevant Wicked! And it sounds like you're a top-notch bus driver, the school kids & their families are fortunate

You sound like a great bus driver!!!

Thank you for all of your kind words. I think I've been very fortunate so far...lol.
I always have room for improvement...lol.

 

[rjohns39]

Morning all

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Café, coffee is brewed.

 

[N F C]

Morning Bob, Sour and everyone

@Teila sorry about all the HD tickets and the sour throat. Cute little tree frog! We used to see lots of those in Florida, they're so cute.

@rjohns39 x2 on the mental exhaustion being harder to deal with than the physical. Hope you can unwind at home and regroup. Best of luck with your bread (at least you shouldn't have anyone turning the oven on this time)!

I need to get into town, seems we're out of just about anything edible around here. I don't know if grocery shopping is "girl" shopping or "boy" shopping, but I wish someone/anyone else would do it for me!