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[Chickielady]

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Me too.
I also turn them while resting, laying first on one side at a tilt then the other, air up, in an egg carton.
I do let them rest at room temperature also.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Anyone looking for a BIG, beautiful BLUE Muscovy?

He's an "extra" now and I'm going to concentrate on my silvers & chocolates...

Just turned one year old, proven breeder--VERY friendly!

Has some lacing, too!

Photos from last fall:

 

[Chickielady]

Hallerlake said: Since I've started using arborists' chip in the garden, I've noticed a lot more mushrooms, including some morels. Maybe I should get some mushroom spawn.

wow that is an awesome idea !

 

[Rainwolf]

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Wow - Charles Wright is just about 10 minutes from my house! I'd love to get a lot of different chickens, but since I'm limited by Pierce County code and property size I don't think I can get more than 4. But I'm particularly interested in Marans, {leaning towards Black Copper) ameraucana, (maybe blue), possibly araucanas, and laced wyandotte, (so many pretty colors to choose from)! These are primarily pets - I won't be showing or breeding. I just want nice pretty girls and pretty eggs.

I have 2 one week old Blue laced Red Wyandottes. and I'm going to be incubating some of Chickielady's BBS Marans. I know she also has some the incubator already and might have some chicks or pullets.

Honestly with those choices you have many many here to choose from!

 

[Imp]

Wow! I'm always amazed at how much the Washingtonians like to talk.

Haven't posted in a while, so I wanted to say "Hi" to everyone and welcome to all the new people.

Great hummingbird video Chickielady.

And Rustler tell Weave to come back, if she wants. I'd like to see her posting again.

And for those of you who want to hear the story of how Rustler got his name. Be careful of what you wish for. A year ago chicken owners across Washington and in parts of Idaho, Oregon and BC lived in terror. Many resorted to living in caves with guard wolves. Not sure I can handle that again. Remember I'm in Renton Texas. That's right, Texas!
And just bugged- Don't think for 1 moment I've forgotten your involvement.

Russ

 

[Chickielady]

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So tiny !
If you let go will the little boogers just fly straight away ?
He looks like he wants to...maybe Justbugged needs some more little birdies in her cage.
Do you set any free ?
I am planning on getting dozens of ring neck pheasant and chuckar partridge eggs, maybe some wild turkey eggs too, from Dad-in-law and set them free out here.
We live across the street from a huge brackish marsh that has grasses up to 5 foot tall in summer, all surrounding the river and it is a protected flood-zone and wildlife area...awesome...never will be built upon.
I'd love to set native species free.


yeah I know, but both have been here for decades.
We have farmed and released and hunted all upland game and waterfowl all our lives.
Wild Turkeys will be good to have, too.

 

[Chickielady]

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I certainly will agree with that part about about assuming people are good inherently.

Possums, chukar, and pheasants were introduced to North America and are not indigenous, for fur or hunting I beleive. There are several kinds of grouse here in Washington and one or some may be natural to your area. I dont see a lot of native birds here in Seattle usually. The Stellar Jay, some Juncos I think. Crows. I dont know if you can legally set free captive raised specimens in Washington. In many states you cannt olegally do so without permits, etc. I do not know what kind of turkey is native to here either. An alternative for helping natice species may be to place nest boxes in appropriate places to help native birds and small mammals with rearing young. Planting strips of wintering forage may also be a good idea. It used to be a common thing to do, especially for turkey and deer. Also strips were left around property lines for quail and other birds to have somewhere to go. Somewehre along the modernization road it stopped happening.

There is a restoration project going on in Eastern Washington right now by the Dept of fish and game,::To restore the Sage Grouse and the Sharp Tailed Grouse:: we had posts on it months ago...anyway they were releasing birds into Eastern Washington in lands where they were once plentiful and are now extinct.
I tried to get into the hatch and release deal with those birds on the project but the DF&G told me that they are not hatching eggs and releasing grouse (sage and sharp tailed) what they are doing starting this spring is raiding nests of the 2 species in Idaho...then raising the chicks and releasing the birds.

 

[Chickielady]

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Oh what an awesom chicken mama you are !
Awesome MOM !!!

I would love to see the W babies !! And some Crele !!!
I just ordered one of those alarms, and by accident, 2 generators

one has to be returned for credit !

 

[Rainwolf]

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Bummer! If you were closer, I'd share! So far I have 4 OEGB's and the 3rd BLRW (A FOLEY!!!!

) is about 3/4 of the way zipped!

I got eggs!

Question for those who get shipped eggs...
Do you let your eggs "rest" when they arrive? or do you put them directly into the bator?

My mail comes mid morning, I usually put them in before I got to bed that night, so they usually end up resting about 10-12 hrs first. Do let them come to room temp first or they will sweat in the incubator if they are cold. What kind of eggs did you get?​

BBS marans from chickielady!
Beautiful dark eggs!

 

[Rainwolf]

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Me too.
I also turn them while resting, laying first on one side at a tilt then the other, air up, in an egg carton.
I do let them rest at room temperature also.

ok just making sure that letting rest etc was the right thing to do since I had such a bad hatch last batch.