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[JennS]

Nice to hear yer pup is doing better. Hope all turns out well!

Thank you! And happy birthday! I hope you had a good day.

Jennifer

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Oh IF they all turn out to be Roosterz that would be even better for Miss Smarty pantz T HI

I can tell ya where she lives and ya can just by and toss em over the fence

It can be your little secret !!! I will have NO KNOWLEDGE !!!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Thanks.. Considering we started out at Winco in Longview at 9:30 got done there just in time to get DW some lunch then went to Wilco and got out of there at 2:30. Got home unloaded stuff then off to Chehalis and got home from there at 6:30 other than that I just kinda sat around doing nothing!!!!

 

[JNB]

Happy Birthday Chicken Rustler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And here's to Many many more!!!!!!!!!


So today I was a very proud chicken Mom... my little ones finally figured out how to go in and out of the coop door on their own Took them 4 days to do it.. Food is such a great motivator to Cornish Cross.
I am pretty sure that one of my GLW is a Roo the other one is questionable... Im not sure about the BLW yet... maybe a Roo their too. I wont mind if I have one Roo..... (to replace Hulk my current mean ole grump Roo... He has left one to many scars on me for me to keep him.) If I have more than one I guess we will be making a trip to the Enumclaw auction.....
Today was pretty funny though We have a goofy cow that every so often decides she is going to stop drinking water and eating. Has done this since she was about a year old and weened. 2 Vets, numerous meds and treatments from the Vets and still no answers as to why. She drops weight and looks like a bag a bones. So needless to say she gets alot of TLC and handling from us. When Im out in the barn area I let her out and she follows me like a puppy. Im the one that hand feeds her most of the time.. so she likes me.... Anyways... I was out working in the coops and Hulk the Roo decided he was gonna fight with me.... Before I could put him in his place.. The Cow was over there chasing him.... She kept snorting at him and whacking him with her nose..

It was one of the funniest things I ve ever seen... no camera of course. I kinda felt sorry for Hulk he was so shocked by the events he went and put himself in the top corner nesting box.... Was just too funny.

Well just came on to wish CR a happy birthday... Hopefully Ill get to spend some time here in the next couple days to catch up.. We bought new mattresses So decided to clean out both my daughters and my rooms before we put the new stuff in .. So house is a mess.... and guess what 2 unexpected visitors popped in and needed a place to stay... Yikes....where to put them. Thank Heavens hubby thought to offer them our Airstream trailor .....The guy is going to do some work around here in exchange for a place to stay so YEAHHHHHHH!!!!! Win Win me thinks So Monday is day 2 of Fall cleaning... busy busy day

 

[Rainwolf]

Firewife Jess,  I remember reading that too much fruit  = poor laying or none at all.  This was on BYC quite some time ago.  The person was told to stop the fruit, and her hens started laying ago. You might give it a try and see.

That is most likely due to not enough  protein in the diet. 

I feed fresh fruit all summer and have no issues with lack of eggs. They get brewery grain in the morning.... then fruit at mid day.. and dry grains in the afternoon with free choice oyster shells.
I do it this way, or they will gorge on fruits and not get any protein.... So protein first then fruit (sugar/starch) then dry grains in case anyone did not get enough food.... (most of the time the grain gets locked up at night cuz they don't eat much of it)

I think Roxy is a Rocky...and the one behind him in the second picture looks to be a cute little boy too. They're only 8 weeks, both of them?

I think both are roosters as well.

edited to clarify

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but it is safer to ship chicks in larger batches. When the chicks are shipped they are often the only thing providing heat for each other. So when there are only a few chicks, there is a bigger risk of the chicks dying because they got too cold. If you only want a couple of chicks it is safer to either share an order from a hatchery, or buy the chicks from a local feed store or other local source.

If you want a specific breed, you should be able to pre-order them from any feed store. I do know that I am planning on ordering meat birds next spring. I normally buy 30 or so chicks at a time. This year I am planning on offering to go in with anyone that is interested in less chicks than I plan on. Even those that want 25 or more may find that by going in together, that we can ask of a discount on one very large order.

Yes, I am aware that it is safer to ship chicks in large batches. Depending on the circumstances, I certainly might be down for sharing a chick order from Ideal.

 

[itsren]

Happy belated birthday Chicken Rustler!

 

[itsren]

Question.... how do you know if a breeder is a good breeder? I'm looking at buying eggs from someone on BYC. The eggs would come out of Tennessee. They are not cheap. He says his flock is a show winning flock. And, he's willing to send me fewer eggs than he has on his listing so I can use one incubator for incubating and the other for hatching. He would send me 10 eggs with the hopes that at least 6 or 7 of them would make it all the way through the process and hatch. All I'm hoping is to get 2 pullets out of this. Any others would have to be sold.

I don't really know enough about Brahma's standards to tell if this guy's birds really are show quality. But, if it is true that Reber Ranch's chicks come from Privett, I know enough to know that the coloring of the rooster Privett shows on their website as their rooster is off. I think I may have gotten lucky with Drama that she's as pretty as she is.

Ooops... gotta go hush a bird up.... someone's honking loudly! Too early for that!!!

 

[itsren]

Caunnie is such a good girl! I thought they were making noise because they wanted out. So, I let them out. I do not need unhappy neighbors on an early holiday morning. I didn't see the neighbor's cat. Caunnie shot out of the coop and took off running toward the cat. I looked up just in time to see the cat run out of the yard. My sweet little Caunnie... she's no chicken!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

THANKS EVERYBODY For the birthday wishes. See this is what I am talking of when I talk about my BYC FAMILY. While I know some of you are fairly new and may not know much about others. Several here know and remember details about each other. That is what makes this group so awesome. Just like T HI remembering from a long ago conversation (that I don't remember) that I like Hermiston watermelon so she wen't out of her way to get me one when she was over there.
I was actually surprised that my mothers daughter told me happy b day on FB. But it was late in the day and only after several others had already. And she is 3 hours ahead of us !!! I guess that's what happens when ya can't wake because of yesterdays whiskey and then first order of the day is to make sure ya have enough whiskey (like a fifth) to get through the day.


Please note that the comments about the whiskey are not nor are they intended to reflect my feelings about drinking. It is only a statement about how my mothers daughter is allowing booze to control and ruin her life!!!