The Old Folks Home

[silverhair67]

I have mail ordered many eggs.

Like the others, hatching is all over the map.

I have ordered multiple times from a guy that packs his eggs in egg cartons, and I get pretty good hatch rates. Pretty good = 50% or better.

For shipped eggs, as long as I get a breeding pair I am happy. Then I breed and hatch my own eggs as much as I want.

neighbor is gonna go meet and talk with a lady about silkes, she's gonna buy about 6 to 12 from her, good thing is she's gonna talk and pickup, meeting half way, we'll split the cost and I don't have to drive, most likely I can handle the cost and gas, figure they are a young couple just starting out, i'm just an old crow that hates driving and meeting folks face to face

 

[microchick]

I'm a promoter of people getting hatching eggs from local breeders/flock owners simply because of my experience with Marek's. I see local flocks thriving so IMHO they must be resistant to whatever viruses are floating around. That is what I found with my Amish barnyard mixes. Granted I'm dealing with the 'I need to kill all other roosters' attitude from mine being they have game bird in them but other than that their longevity and egg production has been admirable in comparison with the pure bred birds I bought from a breeder.

 

[CSolis]

I'm a promoter of people getting hatching eggs from local breeders/flock owners simply because of my experience with Marek's. I see local flocks thriving so IMHO they must be resistant to whatever viruses are floating around. That is what I found with my Amish barnyard mixes. Granted I'm dealing with the 'I need to kill all other roosters' attitude from mine being they have game bird in them but other than that their longevity and egg production has been admirable in comparison with the pure bred birds I bought from a breeder.

And that is why I am crossing breed here. Just had one of the pullets in the younger batch present me with an egg. Don't know which one it was. There are 4 in there with King Wheaties and his sister. I managed to move 3 of the 7, before my arm looked like I tangled with a polecat. The younger ones were more resistant to handling than the 7 I moved the night before in to their new flocks. Minor skin damage that night.
Peg flew the coop! Well, she was part of Bandit's little flock. He's sweet, they are all sweet as can be, but all she did was pace the fence. When I let them out she wanted back in the big pen where she had been.. But wouldn't go in that door. Ok, I'll let her stay out with K.E. and his girls to free range until this evening. Next thing I hear is her loud yelp as he hit the fence and went scrambling over the back yard and into the woods. Maybe she'll return at roost time, maybe not. It's is hard integrating a bird into the flock when they have been free ranged from a young age, and especially when it was solo.

 

[microchick]

I had a cockerel do that when he got loose. He headed for the trees at the edge of our property by the road. I looked and looked and looked for him but he wasn't to be found.

Finally I was forced to give up. At dusk I went out to lock up and there he was, standing by the coop door wanting to go in. Guess he decided that his nice warm bachelor coop was better than the uncertainty of the wild when push came to shove.

 

[silverhair67]

glanced at the out thermo, what -40 here??? think it's time for fresh batteries

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey morning Old Folks. Feather pillows exploded in the main coop.. Have possibly a few reaching the first molt

 

[ronott1]

Hey morning Old Folks. Feather pillows exploded in the main coop.. Have possibly a few reaching the first molt

I am seeing some feathers too. Not too many though.

 

[Alaskan]

Chicken dust all over here.... still coming down...



One of my roosters molted out his entire tail, looks diseased without it.

 

[CSolis]

Chicken dust all over here.... still coming down...



One of my roosters molted out his entire tail, looks diseased without it.

Prince lost his few long tail feathers. He looks like a buttless boy now.. And he's still missing a wing. The three girls I put in with him decided they like Bruce the magnificent better and went over the gate separating the two pens.. Poor Prince, nobody but momma loves him.

 

[CSolis]

These are funny especially for those of us who remember those bulletins when we were kids!

Church Ladies With Typewriters

They're Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for the church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced at church services:

The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.

Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water'. The sermon tonight:'Searching for Jesus'.

Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.

Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.

Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

Next Thursday there will be try-outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get.

Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow..

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice.

Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.

The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.

Pot-luck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.

The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.

This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.

The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.

Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.

The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM.. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.

And this one just about sums them all up:

The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last Sunday:'I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours.’



Amen