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[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Now THAT is what I am talking about.

I have been looking at the van size ones that have a bed, toilet, fridge, Not to big for me to drive. I would be afraid to drive too big of one. Thing of it is, we have a 5th wheel. I just need to learn how to drive/pull it.
You can drive the dodge right ?? Well just point the truck and go. The trailer MUST follow. it's just like eatin lettuce ain't nothin to it!!!!

 

[Sudsy Chick]

Since y'all liked the last set...today we hiked the short half mile Beauty Ridge trail; much more manageable with the littlest 2 kidlets! Then we went to the beach! William is having some fun but has more reached the state of perpetual tantrum in until we get home I think :-/

Cute photos! Glad you're having fun on vaca!

 

[FirewifeJess]

Since y'all liked the last set...today we hiked the short half mile Beauty Ridge trail; much more manageable with the littlest 2 kidlets! Then we went to the beach! William is having some fun but has more reached the state of perpetual tantrum in until we get home I think :-/

It looks like you guys are having fun!  When do you come home?

I think my three reached the state of perpetual tantrum, as well - about 2 hours ago.  Sigh.  Weeks of go, go, go has come to an end, and I think they are absolutely exhausted.  My mom and sister left this morning, and now my three are just besides themselves.  I'm about ready to put them to bed for the night.

Sorry you guys are having a rough time too! We come home Friday tomorrow we will drive back to the beach and spend all day there; on the way home we found a really great beach and grassy park to spend the day.

 

[Sudsy Chick]

There was crowing coming from the hen house at 6:15 a.m. this morning! There are no boys in the hen house!

I already have three cockerels locked up in the baby coop...one stays until 8 a.m. to lessen the early morning crowing.

It was just getting light this morning...6:15 a.m., I opened the front door of the henhouse. The birds stayed on the roost. The coop is under a cedar tree - so it is hard for them to see early.

I walked over to the baby coop and opened the door - let the girls and boys that are not crowing yet out.

I started pulling food & waters out and setting them around.

I then heard crowing coming from the hen house! I ran over and started pulling birds out to see who was making the racket.

Blueberry looked at me - as if to say "it's about time" and then she let out a cock-a-doodle-doo while I looked on! Blueberry is having an identity crisis!?!

I swatted the tree branches at her to make her stop - told her not to do that, she's a GIRL! and she did it again! About ten times in a five minute period! Full cock-a-doodle-doos - like none of our cockerels can even produce!

My neighbor asked me about it - I had to tell her that we did keep our end of the bargain - the crowing cockerel is still locked up - it was a crowing hen!

She'd better not do it again!

I had one other hen crow once; but it was only once and the day after her favorite flock mate was sold.

The only thing I can think is that her hatch-mate is broody...wonder if this could bring on some weird need to be rooster-like?

She's a full year and a half old - never crowed before, ever!

 

[Teva]

There was crowing coming from the hen house at 6:15 a.m. this morning! There are no boys in the hen house!

I already have three cockerels locked up in the baby coop...one stays until 8 a.m. to lessen the early morning crowing.

It was just getting light this morning...6:15 a.m., I opened the front door of the henhouse. The birds stayed on the roost. The coop is under a cedar tree - so it is hard for them to see early.

I walked over to the baby coop and opened the door - let the girls and boys that are not crowing yet out.

I started pulling food & waters out and setting them around.

I then heard crowing coming from the hen house! I ran over and started pulling birds out to see who was making the racket.

Blueberry looked at me - as if to say "it's about time" and then she let out a cock-a-doodle-doo while I looked on! Blueberry is having an identity crisis!?!

I swatted the tree branches at her to make her stop - told her not to do that, she's a GIRL! and she did it again! About ten times in a five minute period! Full cock-a-doodle-doos - like none of our cockerels can even produce!

My neighbor asked me about it - I had to tell her that we did keep our end of the bargain - the crowing cockerel is still locked up - it was a crowing hen!

She'd better not do it again!

I had one other hen crow once; but it was only once and the day after her favorite flock mate was sold.

The only thing I can think is that her hatch-mate is broody...wonder if this could bring on some weird need to be rooster-like?

She's a full year and a half old - never crowed before, ever!

Did she look at you all cockeyed?

 

[FirewifeJess]

If it make you feel better Dawn, some of my girls have started makIng threats to crow and are just awful loud these days since Ricky left; someone had to step up and be the man apparently, and my Marans took that as their job :-/

 

[SadieSue]

My neighbor asked me about it - I had to tell her that we did keep our end of the bargain - the crowing cockerel is still locked up - it was a crowing hen!

She'd better not do it again!

I had one other hen crow once; but it was only once and the day after her favorite flock mate was sold.

The only thing I can think is that her hatch-mate is broody...wonder if this could bring on some weird need to be rooster-like?

She's a full year and a half old - never crowed before, ever!

Yikes. That's just all we need isn't it? For some of our favorite girls to start crowing? Every evening this week I've been pulling "Mr. Darcy", the 100% English Blue Orpington from the grow out coop he shares with his sisters and putting him in the dog crate in the garage. So the past 2 mornings I've opened up his crate as I'm filling food dishes and he walks out of the garage on his own and greets everybody with at least 3 deep, booming crows! I keep telling him "shush shush! You're going to get us in trouble!", but I'm not sure he understands the gravity of our situation...

Let's hope Blueberry returns to her normal self soon!

 

[Hinotori]

Did she look at you all cockeyed?

Not to punny there!

 

[FirewifeJess]

Glad we're away durin te convention; we don't have cable at home and now we can watch!!! LOL

 

[KMHunter]

Has anyone ever used "pinless peepers"? I am pretty darn sure I've got a feather picker in the flock, but it's impossible to determine who. It would have started during those 3 months when the girls were confined to their run when we had the wild dogs on the other side of our wire fence, but it appears it's continuing even though they are free ranging every day now. Looks like a bad habit began and hasn't let up. I'm certain it's not molting. Beards are being plucked and one or two spots on the back. Bad girls.

BTW - since we spent thousands of dollars to build our beautiful wooden fence early this summer so I could have peace in my yard again it appears we may have lost those neighbors (the owner and her two "renters") and their wild dogs permanently. I haven't seen hide nor hair of them for at least 3 weeks. I was pretty sure it would be a transient situation since they seemed flaky.
No matter. The money is spent now, we have a beautiful fence and I suppose it's added value to the house even though I'll be here until my daughter has to move her feeble mother out of here.

Anyway - I'd like a little feedback on the pinless peepers if anyone has any experience with them. I've heard they can be pretty effective against the feather picking.
Thanks!

Don't buy any! I have some that I just purchased. They didn't help with the hens picking on the Favs, but maybe it would help with feather picking. PM me your address and I will send you some. How many do you need?