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[RustyHen]

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Glad you found it; now go take something to drop your blood pressure back down to a normal range.

and still cannot find my brand new-never used before bundt pan...so I baked the monkey bread in my trusty dutch oven!!!

Monkey bread is great no matter how it's baked..Yuuuuummmyy

 

[VelvettFog]

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You should drive. Running is hard on old knees like ours

 

[RustyHen]

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These plans look great and sound flexible too. Are you going to put a restroom in there also?

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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No, not you sweetie.
Raintree.

Raintree is starving. No one is planting.
So they are having a sale.
Sad.

Not so much: they've been having a clearance sale every year at this time for at least 25 years. It's the end of the tree planting season, and they need room for their newly grafted stuff to grow out.

(These people are old friends of mine, please no scary rumors: they can kill a small retail business).

 

[herbandteas]

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Welcome to back yard chicken in Wa state!

 

[herbandteas]

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are they buff orpington's?

 

[BarnChick]

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are they buff orpington's?

I wish, but alas, they are meaties.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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OK I will be there bright and early. Don't worry about wastin yer time makin mud.I don't drink it that stuff stunts yer growth. I will bring my own Old Fashinoed Chocolate MOO !

 

[VelvettFog]

I gave in and flipped the joists on edge -- added some sheeting and the nest-box frames. The center "apartment" of the Tri-plex will not have egg boxes. All apartments will have their own attached run. The unit is 6' x 12' and sits 2' off the cinder blocks. The 'front' is 8' high, the 'back' is 6'. The entire back wall of each apartment is a door so clean out should be easy.

Maybe I'll do the roof tomorrow, or I'll finish/work-on the sheeting. OH -- here is my best helper

I'm going to run (ok walk) and find me a beer

Peace,

Dave

 

[hokankai]

Re-stated for emphasis:

I am retracting my statement from earlier as I spoke to the hatchery in question and they've been thoroughly inspected and had no other issues in that hatch, previous hatches, or hatches after mine. I kind of jumped to conclusions trying to solve the mystery behind the illness and pointed fingers before I had had any birds analyzed. These people are very reasonable and apparently are cleaner than most of the other birds you can get around here! Obviously my "protect my babies" instinct came in a little too strong (which happens frequently, actually, lol) and I just put the puzzle together before I had all the right pieces.

Sooo yes. I'm apologizing and hoping my stupid little backyard flock doesn't dissuade anyone from giving them a try. They're fantastically friendly people and don't deserve to be punished for my "put the cart before the horse" behavior.

This is for real folks. I talked to my feed store after getting off the phone with a Farwest Hatchery representative and apparently there's been something "going around". So I could have brought it home when I picked up some feed, bedding, ANYTHING. They gave me the number of problems they've had and stated there had been no issues beforehand, so yeah.

I should also add that everything was based purely on opinion with no malicious intent. Heck, I'm only a little backyard keeper who's had birds for less than a year!