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[ronott1]

Bc your a great dad!
Teach bf how to work on her car.

Peep cute chicks. I hope you and Dh get feeling better soon.

Ron nice bird.

Nice work Cap looks good.

Thanks!

We need more Pita Pintas in the US!

 

[Peep_Show]

pictures of your eggs and adults too!
happy for ya! (well, not about getting sick, and the hard work )

Ron, not a breeder, per se. I am trying to get NPIP certified; however, the antigen is on backorder. There's a shortage of Marans up here in the high desert and nobody wants to pay import prices for chicks or attempt difficult hatchings of high altitude + heavy-colored eggs. I'm actually more interested in creating the blue-feathered Olive Eggers (via the splash pullet in the background), but the Marans are paying the feed bill.

(I do not anticipate an NPIP failure as the eggs used to create my flock were from NPIP flocks and the birds have no outside exposure to other fowl or birds.)

 

[ronott1]

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Ron, not a breeder, per se. I am trying to get NPIP certified; however, the antigen is on backorder. There's a shortage of Marans up here in the high desert and nobody wants to pay import prices for chicks or attempt difficult hatchings of high altitude + heavy-colored eggs. I'm actually more interested in creating the blue-feathered Olive Eggers (via the splash pullet in the background), but the Marans are paying the feed bill.

(I do not anticipate an NPIP failure as the eggs used to create my flock were from NPIP flocks and the birds have no outside exposure to other fowl or birds.)

Once you get an established flock up thee, High altitude is not an issue. It is eggs layed at low altitude and then taken up that have issues!

Fantastic!

 

[ronott1]

My Mom now has a bladder infection. She likely had it going into surgery. She is going to get up and see how walking is now. She has not been able to walk for weeks so any walking would be great!

I hope she gets to go home soon

 

[perchie.girl]

Once you get an established flock up thee, High altitude is not an issue. It is eggs layed at low altitude and then taken up that have issues!

Fantastic!

Then you need a Hyperbaric chamber.... as well as an incubator....

deb

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning all up as bit late looks like we will have a new neighbor kinda
the way town was layed out there is a street that ends at our driveway our drive
is not on that street maybe because the postmaster set his address when he built here

 

[chickadoodles]

I suspect that if you got something back for everything you gave out, you would need a freight car for storage out back.


And we don't even have leaves on our berry bushes (or any other) yet. Do have crocus and daffodils coming up, crocus flowers are open.


Except DD2. That girl comes out of anesthesia HARD. DW had to hold her down after one of her earlier operations on her ears.


You've been played Beer! CHECKMATE!

My daffodils are done blooming.
My grape vine is loaded with buds ready to blossom. The blueberries are getting ripe.
I had to staple wax sandwich bags over the berry clusters to keep the bird from eating them.
I will do the same on the grape vine when they start.

Your spring will come soon.

 

[Alaskan]

This isn't a quid pro quo

but ... but..... EVERYONE loves boxes of moose poo! people sell it as earrings and necklaces!!! Useful stuff!







(said in jest... said in jest... I would never mail you moose poo)

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Ron, not a breeder, per se. I am trying to get NPIP certified; however, the antigen is on backorder. There's a shortage of Marans up here in the high desert and nobody wants to pay import prices for chicks or attempt difficult hatchings of high altitude + heavy-colored eggs. I'm actually more interested in creating the blue-feathered Olive Eggers (via the splash pullet in the background), but the Marans are paying the feed bill.

(I do not anticipate an NPIP failure as the eggs used to create my flock were from NPIP flocks and the birds have no outside exposure to other fowl or birds.)

very nice!

 

[Peep_Show]

Once you get an established flock up there, High altitude is not an issue. It is eggs laid at low altitude and then taken up that have issues! Fantastic!

Yep. Found that out the hard way with oxygen-deprived chicks, so searched around and got my eggs from an even higher altitude....and they hatched fine here at 5100 ft, just had to adjust the humidity a bit for hatching.
Someone had a concern that the Marans eggs laid at a higher altitude would not have the desired chocolate color and be much lighter in shade, but I'm not finding that to be the case as the ones I'm hatching are pretty high on the color scale. Several buyers have asked for pics of eggs and adults and then have placed their orders for the chicks. Luckily the girls are laying an egg a day each (!!), so supply vs. demand is working. The back project/bedroom is laden with incubators and brooder boxes. I'm in hatchaholic heaven!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have a moose poo necklace that was my Ma's