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[microchick]

I have one Fayoumi hen right now, DD. 6 more coming in April. A friend of ours is ordering from M,McM and he's ordering my chicks along with his. 4 pullets and two cockerels.

Here's Farrah:

She looks larger than she really is. Very fluffy, soft feathers. I'm hoping to cross them with my resistant bantam mixes as the 'Amish chickens' as I call them have shown a true resistance to the disease...so far. I may try to cross a cockerel with my surviving Welummer hens also as I really like them as layers. Also the percentage of Welsummer hens that I've lost compared to BO's is a lot lower. The roosters not so resistant so it's a big experiment as far as they are concerned.

Just greased up the defeated rooster. Definitely a big overthrow going on there. DH looked at his eyes and said they were okay and he's holding them open now. When I put Tres back up on the roosting bar, he jumped down and Geek, the new flock head and a larger Amish bird went straight at him. Tres dove into a nest box and hid his head in a corner. Wouldn't even confront the smaller bird. Just so strange to see a smaller rooster come up on top by himself.

I told DH I was just about at my limit with the Buff Orpingtons that are left. I hate the idea of culling them without using their meat for something and have no desire to eat a 'Marek's' bird even it if is asymptomatic.

Does anybody know if it would be safe to feed them to our dogs?

 

[microchick]

The roosters are always testing each other, daily , at every turn. While we see them mostly for short periods of time. So no wonder they figure it out fast.

Good point. Geek has been testing the waters for a month now but Tres has always 'put him in his place' till now which makes me suspect that something about Tres has changed.

 

[pennyJo1960]

hey ya all been in town all day hope it finds all pretty well

 

[bruceha2000]

Our propane here is $2.20 per gal. Guess I won't complain.

Especially when you compare that to the $4.25 I am paying.

It was quite windy here the last couple of days. Glad it's done. Makes it harder to take a puppy out to go potty.

Especially when the wind keeps blowing the pup back in the house before business is taken care of.

I am improving. The ER nurse was correct (not surprisingly) that the 2 days after were the worst. I went for my regular every other Tuesday Bowenworks massage today. After I mentioned the wedge fractures (which she didn't know anything about) she decided to stay away from my neck but did do shoulders and back and I'm sure that helped. I have an appointment at the orthopedist next Wed, I guess that means they aren't too worried or they would have figured out a way to get me in quicker, they had the MRI to look at.

This was my car. Technically it still is but it isn't a car I can drive. Had DD2 and her BF take me over to clean it out this morning.


And for something more pleasant to look at, this is DD2's cat Christofur on top of the cat tree.


We left the house at 1 and drove to a Toyota dealer an hour away, I had seen a car in their inventory and the pricing showed lease and loan payments. I emailed and asked what the cash price was. Seemed reasonable, Toyota has a $4K cash back and the internet sales lady had pulled off another $1,360 off MSRP. I hadn't driven a Prius Prime and won't buy a car I haven't driven so we went down. Liked the car, the salesman came back with a price. I showed him the lower price the internet lady gave me and he said OK, that is the price then. So, note to anyone looking to buy a car, check with the internet sales team AND the 'on the floor' team, they don't necessarily play with the same pricing rules.

Since it is a plug-in, there is a federal tax credit of another $4,500. Not sure what the insurance company will give me, they haven't checked the car yet but the KBB average private sales figure is about $6K. After I get the insurance payment, I can recover some of the state sales tax. They tax what you paid the dealer minus the value of the "trade in", or in this case "caved in", vehicle (if any).

 

[pennyJo1960]

Just know you had that angle on your shoulder cats get 9 lives we do not although I know I have used 3 or 4 in my life

 

[Cynthia12]

Especially when you compare that to the $4.25 I am paying.


Especially when the wind keeps blowing the pup back in the house before business is taken care of.

I am improving. The ER nurse was correct (not surprisingly) that the 2 days after were the worst. I went for my regular every other Tuesday Bowenworks massage today. After I mentioned the wedge fractures (which she didn't know anything about) she decided to stay away from my neck but did do shoulders and back and I'm sure that helped. I have an appointment at the orthopedist next Wed, I guess that means they aren't too worried or they would have figured out a way to get me in quicker, they had the MRI to look at.

This was my car. Technically it still is but it isn't a car I can drive. Had DD2 and her BF take me over to clean it out this morning.


And for something more pleasant to look at, this is DD2's cat Christofur on top of the cat tree.


We left the house at 1 and drove to a Toyota dealer an hour away, I had seen a car in their inventory and the pricing showed lease and loan payments. I emailed and asked what the cash price was. Seemed reasonable, Toyota has a $4K cash back and the internet sales lady had pulled off another $1,360 off MSRP. I hadn't driven a Prius Prime and won't buy a car I haven't driven so we went down. Liked the car, the salesman came back with a price. I showed him the lower price the internet lady gave me and he said OK, that is the price then. So, note to anyone looking to buy a car, check with the internet sales team AND the 'on the floor' team, they don't necessarily play with the same pricing rules.

Since it is a plug-in, there is a federal tax credit of another $4,500. Not sure what the insurance company will give me, they haven't checked the car yet but the KBB average private sales figure is about $6K. After I get the insurance payment, I can recover some of the state sales tax. They tax what you paid the dealer minus the value of the "trade in", or in this case "caved in", vehicle (if any).

That makes me hurt just looking at it. Make sure you shoot us a few photos of your new car.

 

[getaclue]

I put the chicks in something larger. They had outgrown the plastic storage container brooder. I have at least one that the toes have more recently curled sideways. No, they're not broken. No, they weren't curled like that the first week, and a half after hatching, so I think it's a bit late in the game to put a boot on it. No, the toes are not broken. Yes, they are eating good feed. Nutrena chick starter. I don't like their feather quality either. I've got one that has very little down, so it looks sort of bald, but it does have some of it's feathers trying to come in. Tomorrow, I'm going to mix some Mana Pro Gamebird/Showbird feed into their Chick starter feed. It's got a very high protein content, so boosting their protein may help. I'm not holding out any great hope for them though. They're just very poor quality birds.

 

[drumstick diva]

geta hope the chicks surprise you and burst into bloom. I was the runt of my litter but, had some super good looks growing up. Now I can look back fondly on those days and photos.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Getaclue, I can't recall what you're hatching but I've had some breeds (cornish for example) that are practically bald until they're adults. It was the oddest thing. They are birds without the down undercoat and definitely freaky.

Bruce, that car looks awful. I am so glad you got out of that relatively unscathed. A few more inches back ... How does the Prius do in snow?

 

[drumstick diva]

My brother has a Tesla 3 with 4WD and it seems to do well in snow though we haven't had nearly as much at one time as usual. He has a charger in his garage and is finding out how big his electric bill because of it. Plus the license cost a lot more .

Personally I like regular cars, the Tesla has some strange ways about it.