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[sillycmoy]

Oh, Brain and I are splitting the cost of some chicks..egg layers to start this winter. Nothing really fancy. They should be here tomorrow. Poor babies in this hot..they better get here and not get stuck in that Provo East Bay P.O. If I don't get a call in the morning, I will be making some calls. If I have to go to Provo to get them, I will.

Golden Sex Links, Dominiques, NN's, and Brian wants Orpingtons.
I have some Leghorn eggs and more BLRW's in. These leghorns have the silver factor, so, if I can find someone with a pretty red rooster, the pullets I get will have sex links, the red ones will be pullets, and the white ones will be boys..easy to sex. Not sure anyone has ever had a girl brought to their roo or not.

I thought about getting an Orphington, maybe next year. Hopefully your chicks are going to arrive safe and sound!

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh yeah, Doughie made one called the Egg Plant and painted it green and purple, LOVED it, I wish I would have come up with that idea first lol, it is great!
Sundance's Cluckingham Palace, same colors, also very clever!

I am thinking for my SG, something about them being naked on the necks, or nudists...lol Can't come up with quite the right phrase though. Maybe something to do with the Vegas showgirls....? Here we go.. The P' hen' thouse

The Strip

 

[themadchicken]

Oh, Brain and I are splitting the cost of some chicks..egg layers to start this winter. Nothing really fancy. They should be here tomorrow. Poor babies in this hot..they better get here and not get stuck in that Provo East Bay P.O. If I don't get a call in the morning, I will be making some calls. If I have to go to Provo to get them, I will.

Golden Sex Links, Dominiques, NN's, and Brian wants Orpingtons.
I have some Leghorn eggs and more BLRW's in. These leghorns have the silver factor, so, if I can find someone with a pretty red rooster, the pullets I get will have sex links, the red ones will be pullets, and the white ones will be boys..easy to sex. Not sure anyone has ever had a girl brought to their roo or not.

To bad my pretty red rooster is a small pretty red rooster.

 

[Desert Springs]

So, how far are you from I-15? I might need to adjust plans.

Sara, I-15 is two hours away from Duchesne. If you're going to Corvidae then you'd be coming up Parley's Canyon on I-80; if you're coming up through Provo, you'd come up Provo Canyon. You can also come up through Indian Canyon before Price... that's a pretty drive!!

I got a mister kit this year, and we ran it over the shrubs they like to sit under. I'm hoping that, along with frequent hose showers, and keeping the ground damp, will be enough, especially this weekend when we're supposed to hit 115

Misters sound wonderful!! I just turned my sprayer attachment on my hose to FLAT SPRAY, hung it on the fence so that it lightly sprayed the ends of all the coop runs.at the same time. All the chickens had been hiding inside where it's darker and cooler. Within minutes they were all out, hanging just outside of the spray, catching the mist drift.

Dumb question ahead.... how do I best transport eggs for my broody Pepper back home during a 4 hour trip? A hot water bottle to keep them warm? I honestly have no clue on this.

Unless they have already been incubated i would think you would want to keep them cool about 60-70 degrees.

put them in a egg carton. They don't need to be kept warm just no jiggling during the ride

My Quail worry me the most, they are so small, and they won't go in the shade, they just sit in the sunny end panting. And I have a very persistent broody FBCM that sat int the nest ALL day in the henhouse, the temp on it said 112. i gave her water in a bowl, took her out of the house a few times but she just freaked out and ran right back in. Her comb is really gray, I hope she comes out more tomorrow, I am putting an ice water bottle in with her just to see if that helps. Poor girl picked a bad time to go broody. The roof on that house is black asphalt shingles, it gets way hot in there!

Lisa, Maybe you want to cool that top off with cold water from the hose, or get a shade tarp from the garden store. I ran my hose attachment on flat spray today, put it lengthwise along the back ends of the runs and let the mist taper across the birds. Maybe that's what the poor quail need.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Lisa, Maybe you want to cool that top off with cold water from the hose, or get a shade tarp from the garden store.  I ran my hose attachment on flat spray today, put it lengthwise along the back ends of the runs and let the mist taper across the birds.  Maybe that's what the poor quail need.   

Good ideas for sure. Covering that roof would be a good idea!

Cynthia--The strip? How about "The CHICKEN Strip"! I think we have it! LOL

 

[Mo5C]

Lisa I finally got a picture of the Maran chick I got from you, I will try later on today to get some more pictures of the frizzle(my mom named her Rizzo after the character on the movie Grease) and the naked neck (I named her Beauty on the count of I think she is gorgeous), I will post them after I get pictures of the other two.

 

[briansnarr]

Blu! Congratulations! You will love being a grandma!! What was I saying about those RIR's being joined at the hip? I swear, if I didn't see them running around separate in the yard, I would think they are! And what did I say about them sharing a nest box? Yep, I got two eggs today. They both decided to lay their first egg on the same day. Interesting. Nice small pullet eggs..thought the color would be darker though, hope they do get darker. One has a lot of speckles on it. One is larger than the other. Yaay, I'm in the egg business again..check it out Brian!

that's awesome they laid for you on the same day. I can't wait til my pullets start laying. I can come over after work tonight and give you money for the chicks we are getting today. I'm glad your girls finally laid their first egg

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Lisa I finally got a picture of the Maran chick I got from you, I will try later on today to get some more pictures of the frizzle(my mom named her Rizzo after the character on the movie Grease) and the naked neck (I named her Beauty on the count of I think she is gorgeous), I will post them after I get pictures of the other two.

Awesome I cannot wait to see! The frizz still looking like a girl? And the Wheaten maran a boy?

 

[sundancenbare]

Oh, Brain and I are splitting the cost of some chicks..egg layers to start this winter. Nothing really fancy. They should be here tomorrow. Poor babies in this hot..they better get here and not get stuck in that Provo East Bay P.O. If I don't get a call in the morning, I will be making some calls. If I have to go to Provo to get them, I will.

Golden Sex Links, Dominiques, NN's, and Brian wants Orpingtons.
I have some Leghorn eggs and more BLRW's in. These leghorns have the silver factor, so, if I can find someone with a pretty red rooster, the pullets I get will have sex links, the red ones will be pullets, and the white ones will be boys..easy to sex. Not sure anyone has ever had a girl brought to their roo or not.

I wish you had them come here. Since i'm in SLC they come here first then go to the out lying post office. Remember that for next einter

 

[sundancenbare]

Does anyone have chicks hatching today. I have a broody whose egg pipped and then died. I hate to have her sit that time without a baby