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[Cowgirlgrace]

Good Morning to the morning crew! Wow, got caught up last night so I could get out of here earlier this morning and I have NO pages to get caught up on. Thats a first. Well, can't stay long. Off to Chickys to pick up my Dellie chicks and deliver chicks to another Raymond resident. Excited to see Robins menagerie. Hope she gets her puter working.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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I was bending at the knees (squatting sort of) and I still blocked CR....I am so sorry. I should have bent down all the way...sheesh. I'm a photo hog

I love it when a plan comes together. Since I was "out of uniform" I had to do something to protect the identity!!

Well, if that was the goal, perhaps the name tag was a bad idea!!

Thanks again for the metal work!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Yes they did.....little monsters....When I got to the motel room I duct taped plastic cups (that I stole from the motel) to the insides of the box...worked great. Everyone had food and water. We later snuck the rubbermaid boxes (with hens) into our motel room so they would be warm enough over night. LOL....see I told you my chickens are spoiled.

All are doing great.

ETA to add: Ya' think that they would have been thirsty enough to leave the styrofoam alone and drink the darn water.

Well of course not they knew what the water would taste like so why not try those cool little white "seeds" !!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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I love it when a plan comes together. Since I was "out of uniform" I had to do something to protect the identity!!

Well, if that was the goal, perhaps the name tag was a bad idea!!

Thanks again for the metal work!!

Yes but you will notice that it is also not vivible in the pic !!!!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Well, if that was the goal, perhaps the name tag was a bad idea!!

Thanks again for the metal work!!

Yes but you will notice that it is also not vivible in the pic !!!!

True, I guess only us that went to the show are lucky enough to know "SuperRustler's" TRUE identity!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

Well, I still have 10 some pages to read....but I gotta get ready for work.

Cheri: Chasing the loose bird took me back to my 4-H days when on the first day of fair some form of critter got loose - steer, lamb, hog. Always funny to watch. I still to this day remember tractors dragging steers back to the steer barn...the steer throwing a temper tantrum all the way.

CR: Wanted to let you know that my mother LOVED (and I mean absolutelyed LOVED) the bell. We will probably be hanging it next weekend off their big porch. I will get you a photo. My dad was even impressed and he is such an a**h*** that it is hard to impress him nowadays.

I loved how involved they had the kids involved. I will continue to see if my DD would like to get involved. but it may be awhile before we do...research and deciding. She kept wanting one of everything. We set eggs in our new incubator last night and she was talking about keeping all the chicks...was upset when I said....no we are going to sell them or eat them. She did not like that.

Cheri: The BCM ladies names are Emily and Amelia. Just because of lack of space and some free ranging in my yard, they went into the coop to be out of the weather....I really did not have another good place for them. I have one BR hen that I am watching as she is the "head-hen" and she seems to be pushing Emiy and Amelia around, but all the other BR ladies are just being indifferent and just don't care. When they were free ranging in the yard...it was my roo that was aggressive...so he was taken and separated out from everyone...he is unhappy.

CL: I had to take the larger girl out of the tub and put her in her own as she was picking on the little ones. Her name is Matilda or Tilly for short. The gray pullet is Sophie, and the black one is Juliet. DD named them. We bought a "separation pen" at the feed store and this has become Sophie's and Juliet's temporary home until they are big enough. Matilda had to stay in the rabbit cage (rabbit is loose in the run) as she kept picking on the little girls. They are all now loose in the run (the rabbit run) together this morning. All of them freaked out about the rabbit (yesterday) but soon calmed down when they realized they could peck her (the rabbit) on the nose.

All are doing well. Well, off to get ready for work.

 

[ultasol]

The metalwork you brought was gorgeous Mr. Rustler, sir. I really liked them! You are quite the artist. Hope you got your bantam RIR cock/cockerel of your dreams.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Yes and many of the newer peeps don't know the "whole story" behind my name.
BTW Here is a little funny that most don't know. See since everybody knew I (we) weren't going to be at the show. I had got cell #'s so people could be notified "when the shipping company arrived with thier goods". Well when we got there I sent a text to those people that said " secure your birds chicken rustler is on the grounds".

I may need a new phone now due to the mass influx of texts I got instantly.

 

[Illia]

Okay so they said it was supposed to be sunny today. . . . It is raining.

Anyone else have sun? (not Eastern WA people, sorry)

FINALLY got the land cleared for our humungous greenhouse, got it squared and measured, and have the first few "ribs" up. Today we should hopefully get almost all of it done.

And, my melons and squash are getting HUGE, FAST!

My peppers are flowering like crazy, too.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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I saw the pair that was for sale. They are from the same guy that I got my 3 hens from. But I just couldn't bring myself to buy them for a number of reasons. Like I have spent my cooping time building bells so I have no place for the roo right now. And why should I buy from him when I can go to his source and get them for free!!!!