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[perchie.girl]

latitude 33 for me give or take a half a degree

 

[perchie.girl]

Your a good person deb

tanks... I am going to take a nap now hopfully to make up for the sleep I didint get last night.

 

[Peep_Show]

I swear, I must be chicken insane....

Today I finally got the last of my house chickens (all two of them, Lucy the supposed CCL and TeJae the TJ egg) out of my home office and into the coop. I realized that the coop girls (Pat the OE and the 3 RSL's) were not using the loft roost, so I took out the roost bar and put in a small wire dog kennel that fit the space. Genius! With the tray removed the chicken poop falls right onto the PDZ in the roost tray. Lucy and TeJae are enjoying their on-high aerial cage; the other four chickens in the coop are all saying the longhand version of "What the ***? What the ***?" It's pretty funny to have a chorus of three-syllables and you know that's exactly what they're saying. Pat wandered up the roost ladder to have a better look and a stare down, which didn't faze the two birds a bit.

Then I went to the Growers Market in the Post Office parking lot today and -- oh, my! -- somebody was selling fertile eggs. I caved. It must be empty incubator syndrome or something. The bright side is that -- hey! -- I'll be in the NYD hatch-along this year AND maybe (because they're locally laid eggs) have a shot at a decent hatch rate. The downside is, of course, it ties up my office/guest room for however many months longer than was intended.

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Deb,
I hope you're feeling perkier soon. It's normal to have a down day now and again. The holidays especially can trigger it. Just endure. To have peaks there must be valleys. Have a biscotti and a hot beverage!

 

[hennible]

Empty incubator syndrome!! Lmao peep_show, me too. I just cleaned the bator and I want to fill it again with my little bitty bantam eggs!
Ps
Was super easy to clean. I will use the compressor to blow the fluff out of the top bit next time around.

 

[bamadude]

Lat 31 here

 

[topdycke]

Peep we were supposed to be up the Santa Fe area this weekend but due to flu we weren't able to travel I love hatching and brooding new chicks. Integrating them is what I am having fits with right now. The big girls give the 3 month olds the stare and they go running in all directions. I have been limiting any special food or treats to rein in the pecking

 

[Peep_Show]

I only have a month's difference between the two groups, but still anticipate pecking. "The Stare" resulted in a stare right back. Nobody blinked. Ergo, they'll just have to get used to each other for a bit via wire cage. I have a feeling when they finally integrate that it'll still be upstairs/downstairs birds.

Sorry you had the flu.... It was beautiful here this weekend. Cold in Santa Fe... They got recent snow.

 

[Wisher1000]

Latitude = 33.284825° Subject to change.

Yes, Bunny, one of the pullets was a show-girl. She asked me to be on the look-out for silkie and polish pullets. I couldn't find any polish pullets, so I brought her a surprise.

 

[1kluckychik]

I brought my friend a couple of silkie pullets (I hope) back from the Dixie Nationals. The only other thing I brought was a couple of eggs that were laid at the show. One is a Rhodes' Silver Campine and the other is from a Cuckoo Marans. I'm going to incubate them and see what I get.

Awwww! They are so precious. My dh has a pair of those, but not that pretty!

 

[LindaB220]

Latitude = 33.284825° Subject to change.

Yes, Bunny, one of the pullets was a show-girl. She asked me to be on the look-out for silkie and polish pullets. I couldn't find any polish pullets, so I brought her a surprise.

Latitude 32.500