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[RedReiner]

Flock dynamics, gotta love them. my little serama roo Larry occasional thinks he can woo and take care of the big orp girls. they roll their eyes and ignore him which must be a huge blow to his ego, he takes it personally. When rebuffed he gets it in his head that he can chase and hold down the girl in question.... not... today I was watching and beauty rebuffed him, so he took off after her trying to grab her, she of course runs right to Hoss who does not look kindly on anyone harassing his girls. Hoss tries to nail Larry but Larry is to small and quick. Hoss has to settle for keeping himself between Larry and the girls. Hoss keeps a close watch on him after that. Larry the lounge lizard, the little roo with the big dreams!

 

[Hippie Chickie]

The sun is peeking out!

Time to work in the garden. It's been raining so bad that I don't have weeds in the beds. I have moss!

 

[broodytood]

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So funny! Small man's syndrome, eh? Gotta give him credit for tryin'!

 

[ValleyofRoses]

Got to finish my second chicken coop today while taking advantage of the nice weather! All ready to start my second flock...Now I just need chickens. Haha.

Is anyone in the Seattle area wanting to order chicks any time this month (or next month)? If so, I'd love to find someone to share shipping costs or split an assortment with...Hit me up with a PM if you're interested.

 

[Chickielady]

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Seriously, living in the woodsies, we order ALOT of packages...and NONE ever arrive so much as dented, except the hatching eggs, even double boxed, I have seen them arrive at the PO crushed.
I tried to simulate the crushing, and no amount of my stomping or jumping on the box could dent it as it was.
Someone had to run over them with forklifts ?
I can see the giggling jerks shooting the boxes like playing basketball.
I seriously believe the stickers make the box a target.
Since requesting no markings or stickers be put on eggs shipped to me, none have arrived with the slightest dent...

and so many others are doing the same thing, please don't label the box as fragile or containing eggs, and see how it works for the better.

 

[Chickielady]

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poor Larry, sounds like he has "Napoleon complex" maybe you should have named him Napoleon ?

 

[Chickielady]

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The bleach "solution" recommended is 2 cups of household bleach in a gallon milk jug, then fill with water.
This can then be funneled into a hand held squirt bottle & spray inside the coop.
Then let it dry.
Do not rinse.
That 's all.

 

[ReiMiraa]

so 45 MPH gusts and there is the flood warning out plus an advisory for 1.5" of snow tonight.....

so 2 stresses are lifted from my life. my AAS-DTA is processed and my Junior Writing Portfolio is turned in. Next monday i should be able to schedule my classes just find. one drawback? i will have to take a credit overload in the spring to graduate on time because all the classes i need are only offered in the spring.....

 

[Chickielady]

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You know, every time I hear these horror stories about horrible postal employees TRYING to break eggs, etc, it makes me SO very thankful for MY PO!!!

One of the gals that used to deliver to me regularly went so far as to deliver a box of hatching eggs in her OWN car on her way home because she had seen that it had been misdirected and didn't want the box sitting at the PO for another day. The folks inside my PO are always asking me how the hatching is going, want me to open boxes of birds right there so they can see them too, and the one time I received an unmarked box that was smashed on the side, they were downright frantic asking "why wouldn't they label them?!?" And the next time I went it they were all asking if my eggs were ok...
They are the BEST!!!!!

My post office is the best too, they even just drove up here (the post master) and brought me my mail.
They have repeatedly bought chicks from me and love seeing photos of birds, BUT it is the shippers, the giant warehouses where cargo trucks empty & boxes are sorted where the damage occurs.
Huge semi trucks of boxes & packages are traveled across miles and then unloaded & put on planes and then land and put back on trucks & go to big sorting warehouses (like Federal Way and Olympia) where the boxes are all unloaded on conveyors and sorted on smaller truckloads, they shipped out to smaller post offices where they are unloaded again to be delivered.
Damage is not done in our nice post offices.

 

[Chickielady]

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I had my flock PIP tested last year and it did not costs me a thing. I have heard some testers will charge .50 to a $1 per bird just to cover their cost.

The Avian Health woman in charge e-mailed me back this morning, we have been talking for a month now, and said it will be about $43 for the birds I have now, and voluntary ILT testing is free...so I am going for it as soon as Stevenson is over, DH back & things calmed down here.