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[Ogress]

Silkie pile

At first I thought that was a baby panda!

 

[Chickielady]

I am wishing all of you indent & type as if you were speaking.
Then alot more of us could read your posts.
Thanks for noticing....as actually when you post a huge page it is hard to follow the small print.
Maybe if you choose a different layout (above) it may help ?

It is seriously hard to follow some posts that go on & on with narry a paragraph indentation.
Just sayin'

Off to have Lasagna !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smells so good in here & now I have to do garlic bread !!

 

[Ogress]

Hey guys I just wanted to stop in... I am almost 200 post behind... sry... Anyway all 3 of my turkey chicks died... I sat with them over night and pecked my finger in water n food and moved two broilers in there and straw feed them every half an hr and still no luck... *sighs* oh well maybe next time. My EE pullet who was attacked seems no worst for ware she is doing good. I am busy putting new hardwoods in my whole house.. All thats left is my kitchen and my bedroom boy and I sore and tired. I hope all is well...

Do you know why they died? I've never raised turkeys. Are they more finicky than baby chickens. I'm sorry you lost them all.

I bet your house will be beautiful! We don't have carpeting in our house because DD had so many ear infections when she was little, and nothing else seemed to help much.

 

[Ogress]

Hello everyone! =) I hope you've all been enjoying the nice weather - our chicks certainly are!

Here they are at just over four weeks. They are spending the days in their outdoor coop (with a lamp) and nights still in the garage.




Most of these are spitz-crossed with something or other except the one ducking it's head.



The three stooges

(brabanters)


My favorite - what do you think those two are thinking?

Cute babies - I love their little hats and fascinators. Still waiting to see one wearing that toilet-seat contraption like those princesses did at the royal wedding.

 

[Ogress]

Back to work for me !
Bean poles need to go up......and then I have to work finishing the Buckeye hen painting for the Buckeye Club.....here it is so far:


Apologizing for the flash glare.
I still have a hour or two work to do details & sheen on this painting, but looking great so far.....then I start on the Cock Painting.

Later peeps !!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the Buck-eye; especially the eye - I think your favorite roo has the same look in his eye, but I don't recall seeing the hens; so that's a cock-eye on a hens body!

 

[Ogress]

I live in unincorporated King County in the Bear Creek Basin. We have clearing limits of up to 30% that can be cleared. Somehow with that, I have a barn, riding arena and 2 acres of pasture, a large yard and now close to 40 chickens. We had a site inspection and an approved building permit for what we put in and for what was cleared. I have had a huge burn pile and as long as the neighbors aren't disturbed, I have burned much more than dry brush. I have left areas of natural habitat for the wildlife and most of the evergreen trees standing that were here when we moved in. The neighboring city of Redmond has pretty tight restrictions on chickens so I am glad we are in the county.

That's where I used to live, right near the Woodinville/Redmond border, the unincorporated part of KC, but in a neighborhood with strict CCR's (but they did allow burning which my neighbors did too frequently - the houses were all on narrow 1 acre lots, so the houses were too close to each other. One neighbor burned nearly every weekend; and he burned close to our house. Had he burned during the week when I was at work, I would not have cared).

Now I live in another unicorporated part of King C; We can have animals, the CC&R's do have a rule against burning, but the county does not. The neighborhood does not enforce the rules as the lots average over 5 acres and no one really cares if you burn.

 

[Ogress]

No peafowl, but I'd love to share a picture and a story.

Last July my twins were invited to a birthday party at a small farm in the valley. There were 30-something kids there. My daughter jumped right in with the activities with the other kids. My son, who has high-functioning autism (he is verbal, with an extremely high I.Q. - he's just a little quirky), didn't want to be around the kids. He found this peacock on the farm and I found it amazing to watch him as he carried on the longest conversation with it.



Fast forward to now... we got our chicks just over 3 weeks ago. I have since been allergy tested and found out I'm allergic to everything chicken (feathers, pine shavings, dust mites and eggs). My little guy was crying his eyes out after I was tested and it took a while to get him to tell us what was wrong. He was terrified we would have to get rid of the chicks. Fortunately, my doctor told me as long as I wear a respirator when I'm around the chicks or pine shavings, and I don't eat the eggs, we can keep them. This morning he was worried and asked again - and I reassured him that 4 of the 5 of us can eat eggs, and for that reason alone, we were keeping the chickens. What I didn't tell him was the bigger reason we will keep these chickens is because he has such a connection with them.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Back to work for me !
Bean poles need to go up......and then I have to work finishing the Buckeye hen painting for the Buckeye Club.....here it is so far:


Apologizing for the flash glare.
I still have a hour or two work to do details & sheen on this painting, but looking great so far.....then I start on the Cock Painting.

Later peeps !!!!!!!!!!!!

VERY NICE! ! ! I wish I had a tiny bit as much talent as you. Heck I can't even draw water out of the tap with out messing it up!

 

[FirewifeJess]

itsren that's such a fantastic picture of your son and the Peacock!

 

[Ogress]

I had a friend who would put her coop cleanup pile on freecycle for the first taker. The poo was so popular that someone finally offered to come clean her coop once a month in exchange for the poo. Maybe you can find a nearby gardener who would willingly exchange some work for your excellent compost.

I had someone with a small lavender farm ask me about my chicken compost. When the mud in my yard dries enough, she is going to haul away much of my chicken manure.