The Old Folks Home

[silverhair67]

Good morning

 

[CSolis]

Trying to keep myself occupied.. Day 19 on hatch #3. Was out sitting in the turn out pen with the 7 week olds. They were climbing all over me, then pigging out like pigs at a hog trough, then playing a game of keep away with prize feathers they had found.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Old Folks 20 eggs in incubator. May have up to 25 birds to take to auction in about 5 weeks.. Make a nice payday.

 

[CSolis]

Neener neener neener, you can't see me.. I blend in with my environment so well!

And @microchick Here's Willameena Wonka the bantam chocolate marans now.

I do have another bantam marans chick that is starting out just like she did.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Decided if I get white pullet from all the hatches I will keep it them have two

 

[microchick]

She's beautiful, @CSolis. I'm gathering EF eggs today. Only getting 2 a day from the four hens but when I reach 5 they are going into the incubator.

I have a few roosters slated to go to freezer camp. My first day with enforced free ranging for the roosters was a questionable disaster. I have 2 that are MIA. One galloped into the timber across the road and has disappeared, The other disappeared almost immediately after I propelled them out of the coop. A third got the stuffing beat out of him by having the bad judgement to go into the fenced in back yard with the cattle dogs. Poor little guy lost about a third of his feathers and has 6-8 skin tears including two deeper ones by his tail but miraculously no puncture wounds.

I think they saw him as a toy. As long as he was running around that herding instinct kicked in and it was game on but when he stopped fighting them they quit and I was able to rescue him. We thought he was a goner until I petted him and he jump up and ran into the barn.

Tough little roo.

The only sad thing about the missing roos is that one was Old Man, my 5 year old Marek's survivor and his four year old son, O.J. Poor guys survived Mareks' but were done in by free ranging.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well time to get my face washed put girl panty's on

 

[CSolis]

Sayyyyyyyy. I have 4 of Countess's eggs (3/4 Bielefelder) in the bator.. She gives me seafoam colored eggs.. What if, I put her daughters in with Fluff Meister or better still General Lee. He's the dad of Fluff and Puff Meister.

 

[pennyJo1960]

My only rooster just now is Smudge the blue marans.
Green eggs layers..

 

[CapricornFarm]

Morning OF! Got 14 eggs going into lock down this morning.. Woot!

I have some to lock down on Friday.