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[renart]

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They were like this. And I am looking for any old propane tanks. Gotta make more piggies.

Heck... I thought you meant real pigs! Couldn't figure out where you where keeping them on your farm.

Guess I'm not awake yet today!

it's what I thought too .. fergetted about the metal ones .. (although they prolly smell less)

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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Good news! Good news! Going to get more now ? Are they like chicks ?

They were like this. And I am looking for any old propane tanks. Gotta make more piggies.
OOOP's ETA pics

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23104_garden_hog_001.jpg

I think have some old Freon bottles, about the same size as a propane tank, but I doubt I can ship them.

 

[Rainwolf]

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Good news! Good news! Going to get more now ? Are they like chicks ?

They were like this. And I am looking for any old propane tanks. Gotta make more piggies.
OOOP's ETA pics

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23104_garden_hog_001.jpg

I have a couple old tanks that can't be refilled from a old trailer. If your in the area let me know and you can have em.

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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yup

 

[Ogress]

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yay! I was going to say that our tiny tiny Araucana is broody now (after the SLW was), and I've found 8 LF eggs under her and 2 golf balls!

This will be my first experience with a broody hen and hatching eggs

so I don't know what to expect

Good thing we have lots of Pro's with LOTS of experience on our page

I'm pretty sure of one thing though. You WON'T hatch Baby golf balls

I have the worlds best broody. She is a hatchery EE. All the eggs I put under her hatched, each 30 minutes apart. She is the best mom too. She hated being in a cage with the chicks, so she is in a coop with a crazy rooster and a bunch of almost-ready-to lay pullets. Nobody dares come near her chicks! They are a month old now, and sometimes some are in the coop at the same time others are in the run. Momma can't be both places at once, and she is finally feeling comfortable with them not being constantly in her eyesight. Even when mom is not watching all her chicks, all the pullets and the roo still give them a wide berth. Momma Hen lets DD and I handle the chicks without a fuss. It used to be that she had to see them if we held them, but she does not even care about that anymore. I tried putting a few other chicks in the coop that are nearly a month older than her babies, Mom was fine with them, she did not chase them off like she did when I tried sneaking them under her when they were day-olds. She treats them much nicer than she does the pullets, but her chicks who are much younger and half the size chase them off like their mom chases the pullets! The poor cochins were left cowering in the corner! I had to make the cochins their own little coop. It is inside my adult cochin run, so hopefully one day they will be able to mingle.

 

[Ogress]

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I can host one at my house this week, or at the North Bend Farmers Market on Thursday. Thay have a band that plays from 6-8pm, good food, and day-old strawberries for making jam.

Speaking of jam, what are the prices for jam making product where everyone lives? Prices here are outrageous, even on sale. I just looked at QFC:

$4.99 1 small box of sugar-less pectin
$2.99 12 wide-mouth lids (flat part only)
$2.19 12 regular mouth lids (flat part only)
$11.99 1 case of 12 x 12 oz "quillted" jars with lids.

These hideous prices are SALE prices. You'd sink a couple bucks into each jar of jam before you even get the fruit in! I went on vacation in Idaho last summer and paid half that with no sale!

I don't need any more jars, but for anyone who lives where these items are cheaper, I'll gladly send you some $ to fill a flat-rate postage box with lids and pectin, and I'll even send back a couple jars of jam.

 

[AriLovesChickens]

I did it. I ordered six chicks. DH is going to freak

(They won't arrive until late August)

 

[Ogress]

Tragedy - I just read in the news that a truck in Idaho spilled 14 million bees and a bunch of honey! They were being transported from CA to SD when the driver verred onto the shoulder, tipping the hives. Emergency responders sprayed all the bees with foam so the workers would not get stung. What a shame. Why didn't they call out bee-keepers? Maybe many of them could have been saved.

 

[RonB]

Well I thought I was finally done with ALL my add on's

In the 2 1/2 yrs. Ive had the chickens. I have added four more coops in the barn and Five more runs outside

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Last night my DW said I should make one more addition in the barn

.. I said what, should I add another coop ?

(thinking more chickens )

She said NO. Add a bed for me to sleep in

 

[RonB]

I was going to call CR when I read about the Bee spill in Idaho. Out of 14 million he should have been able to pick up a couple thousand. don't ya think

Wa4Hpoultrymom just dropped by to visit and had a dozen eggs for me to put under my RIR.

Chicken Rustler this is what I got: EE's(2) BLRW (3), olive EE, lav/orp (3), blue/black orp (3)

But DON'T tell you know who up the street from me

I don't want her, I mean THEM visiting me in the middle of the night. or when I'm taking my nap

Another wonderful chicken person from BYC (Wash.St.) I haven't met a person with chickens that I haven't liked YET

I think it should be a Law that EVERYONE MUST own chickens!!!