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[Cynthia12]

My yellow crook neck didn't work this year. I hope someone around here brings me some.

I just put my oyster shell on the ground in a couple of different places. They know where it is. They like to scratch around in it. When I see it's almost gone, I put more out.

Lisa, my showgirl eggs should come tomorrow..so help me, they better not get stuck at the office in Provo.

 

[sillycmoy]

good luck with your eggs, when I was at Cal Ranch they had so many baby chicks, all for a really good price since they are doing their grand opening sale. Took everything I had not to walk away with a black and red sex link and a few barred rock pullets for $1.29 each. It just with so many Roo's I was so tempted to get a few sexed good egg layers. But I'm sure I will be keeping a few of my neighbors 9 chicks that she has here. And I'm praying my new Leghorn and BRLW are girls. Cynthia, they had leghorn pullets at Cal Ranch, and mine looked just like them, so I really think I finally got a girl from you.

 

[briansnarr]

my nieces came over today and saw their first chickens. It was the cutest and most exciting experience ever. Not too bad for their first time.

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[sillycmoy]

my nieces came over today and saw their first chickens. It was the cutest and most exciting experience ever. Not too bad for their first time.

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They are so adorable. Now they are going to want to come over everyday.

 

[RedIII]

Brian, cute pictures of your nieces and chickens! It's fun to see kids be around animals that they don't usually see like that. I have had a few of the little neighbor kids come over and see my chickens before. They loved it. I think it's almost as much fun to watch as the chickens

I have a little bag of oyster shell, but usually my girls get finely crushed egg shells, instead. It's a nice way to recycle, and they go nuts over the egg fragments. Even my roosters like to get in on the action. I just toss it around on the ground, and they clean it up as they need it.

I was at Cal Ranch yesterday to get feed and saw that they have chicks in again. I always want to take so many of them home, but then the meanie voice in my head goes, "Oh yeah? And how are you going to feed them all? Where will you keep them? They get big, you know. And messy. Do you really want to clean up that much more poop?" ....................So, I end up leaving them alone

And, I heard something kind of upsetting yesterday. Supposedly, a lot of people that were getting chickens to support themselves as part of the economy scare are feeling more secure now with the way things are, so they're just taking their chickens to the pound. I'm sorry, but what?! I know that chickens aren't pets to everyone, but I don't like it when someone just up and dumps an animal off like that because they don't want to bother with them anymore. Good grief, at least they took them to a shelter instead of just abandoning them!

Sundance, how is your Araucana doing? I hope she improves quickly. That would scare me, too. I've heard that about vitamin deficiencies.

And, my girls have decided that I need a super egg hunt every day. I am finding nests all over the place - and then eggs just blatantly dropped wherever in the yard! I'm like, "Really, guys? Really?"

 

[Lilwanis]

The repercussions of animals becoming pets The pound? My original girls are pets and will be with me for a long time. But they are food also. Eggs, meat, fertilizer for the garden, and so forth. I don't get people sometimes.

On the note of meat, I bought a drill plucker and come today. I am ridiculously excited. I also bought a Havalon Piranta knife. What a cool tool! The SBEL boys have gotten overly aggressive and it is time for them to go,

 

[saracalderas]

Brian, they are so cute! My kids love our chickens, my daughter about had a melt down wneh we rehomed some of the brown egg layers and the lil roos. (But momma we looovvveee them!)
I don't really like my neighbor kids playing with them though. They are just too rough, I caught them throwing them before (at 4 weeks old). It was then that I decided then can look but not touch. They also think they need to let them out all the time. I like to let then out daily but usually at about 7:30 so they put themselves back in at night.

Red, they just want you to relive your childhood, didn't you ever want to have an Easter Egg hunt in the middle of July?

Silly, it would have been very difficult to walk away from that offer! Good job!

I was wondering, what do they do with the extra chicks that no one wants?

So, everyone is doing well here. All the little chickies from Cynthia are doing great. I'm wondering if the BLRW is a roo? its about 4 or 5 weeks and has some red in its comb but no noted development. Kyle's baby whom my son has dubbed bestfriwnd is doing great. I had bad luck with them and out of the 4 only one has survived thus far :'( but its doing great! The others snuck through a separator into where the ducks were and they drowned. We have since rehomed the ducks, they were just too messy.

Here is a picture of it playing cowboy with its momma. Speaking of which, what do you guys think she is? I'm thinking a game hen of sorts, she is a mean little poo.

 

[saracalderas]

My yellow crook neck didn't work this year.      I hope someone around here brings me some.  

I just put my oyster shell on the ground in a couple of different places.  They know where it is.   They like to scratch around in it.  When I see it's almost gone, I put more out.

Lisa, my showgirl eggs should come tomorrow..so help me, they better not get stuck at the office in Provo. 

I planted some crookneck, if we get some I'll bring some up to you. We have tomatillos coming out of our ears here. They haven't all filled out yet but i did get some for salsa verde tonight. My garlic didnt do so well this year, it was tiny but still tasty. We also have cilantro all over the place.
Question, when do you harvest potatoes? I haven't ever grown any before. I know you can carefully root around and take a peek but there is so much glass back there I don't really want to dig blindly and get cut. Too bad it isnt sea glass, even the shards would be worth something that way.

 

[sillycmoy]

Brian, they are so cute! My kids love our chickens, my daughter about had a melt down wneh we rehomed some of the brown egg layers and the lil roos. (But momma we looovvveee them!)
I don't really like my neighbor kids playing with them though. They are just too rough, I caught them throwing them before (at 4 weeks old). It was then that I decided then can look but not touch. They also think they need to let them out all the time. I like to let then out daily but usually at about 7:30 so they put themselves back in at night.

Red, they just want you to relive your childhood, didn't you ever want to have an Easter Egg hunt in the middle of July?

Silly, it would have been very difficult to walk away from that offer! Good job!

I was wondering, what do they do with the extra chicks that no one wants?

So, everyone is doing well here. All the little chickies from Cynthia are doing great. I'm wondering if the BLRW is a roo? its about 4 or 5 weeks and has some red in its comb but no noted development. Kyle's baby whom my son has dubbed bestfriwnd is doing great. I had bad luck with them and out of the 4 only one has survived thus far :'( but its doing great! The others snuck through a separator into where the ducks were and they drowned. We have since rehomed the ducks, they were just too messy.

Here is a picture of it playing cowboy with its momma. Speaking of which, what do you guys think she is? I'm thinking a game hen of sorts, she is a mean little poo.

OMG that is just adorable.