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[SadieSue]

I met Shyla-C this morning and picked up some beautiful glass chicken beads that she made for me. They are so cool I just had to share. She did black, blue, white and brown plus a speckled, barred and a Cuckoo! I had originally bought these with gifts in mind, but I'm not sure I can let them go now.

YIKES those are cute! I've seen them before but when you put them all in a flock like that... Hmm... do they have holes in them so they can be strung? I might need a chicken necklace of some kind... Someone design something quick. I'm jonesing for a chicken necklace now. Then I could bring my little flock with me in spirit!

 

[Sudsy Chick]

I met Shyla-C this morning and picked up some beautiful glass chicken beads that she made for me. They are so cool I just had to share. She did black, blue, white and brown plus a speckled, barred and a Cuckoo! I had originally bought these with gifts in mind, but I'm not sure I can let them go now.

Love your beads! Do you ever barter? Check out my etsy store =)

We got our baby goats yesterday! They are adorable! I'm excited but a little bit nervous at the same time. We've never had goats so my knowledge is very limited.

Any cute or creative ideas for names? They are wethers (castrated boys). So far we have Blitz, Salt & Pepper, Billy & Goat and Scout.


Here they are.....

Aw your goats are so cute!

Last hatch looks like I have 2 R/C LBL pullets (YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
and 5 Partridge Chantecler pullets & one Chantecler cockerel.
GREAT HATCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chipmunks every where, won't Einstein be so happy ????

This little booger would NOT hold still.







Also, so far have 4 Black Copper Marans X Crele Chantecler babies...who knows what that will turn out.
All are black & no doubt will have to be breed back to the Father as in the Golden Cuckoo "recipe"

Aw, chickies! Very cute! I still owe you an email - have at least one lg bottle and think that might be all Will send email soon!

 

[JennS]

Sounds like you need BEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZ

Maybe try to plant some flowers or shrubs bees like to attract them to your garden ?

Thing is, I have TONS of bees! We don't use any pesticides, so we had lots of bumblebees and mason bees in the spring. About midsummer, we started seeing honeybees. There is a patch of stonecrop about 10 feet away from the scarlet runners that had 2-3 dozen honeybees on it at any given time. I also see them on the clover in the grass, and our big summersweet bushes. Why are they not pollinating the beans? The back yard is landscaped with mostly perennials and some veggies, and the small bean bushes are producing a small crop, even though the bees are busy with all the flowers out back. I've even got hummingbirds going to all the flowers as well.

I also had poor results with my squash. I planted them at the right time, but they hardly put on any growth. I'm just starting to get little squashes growing on the zucchini and delicata. I think I need to amend the soil more next year. I doubt that I will have any composted chicken manure ready, but maybe I can buy some. I had an amazing snap pea and lettuce crop, but the mid to late summer crops just aren't doing well. It didn't help that I was too distracted to keep up with fertilizing.

Jennifer

 

[hallerlake]

Last hatch looks like I have 2 R/C LBL pullets (YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
and 5 Partridge Chantecler pullets & one Chantecler cockerel.
GREAT HATCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chipmunks every where, won't Einstein be so happy ????

This little booger would NOT hold still.







Also, so far have 4 Black Copper Marans X Crele Chantecler babies...who knows what that will turn out.
All are black & no doubt will have to be breed back to the Father as in the Golden Cuckoo "recipe"

Thank you for reminding me that I have chicks due to hatch on Thursday. I better get ready for them.

 

[SadieSue]

You guys with your cute goat and chick pics. You tempt me. I'm still trying to get chickens OUT of the house, but I'm always tempted to get new eggs from some trusted source and hatch more babies. Not gonna do it. Not until spring. I mean it. I've still got 3 Silkies and two Seramas in my house. The Silkies will be moving out soon into the banty pen but I think I may move the Seramas to another part of the house or maybe the garage. They're so sweet and friendly I like having them near me - it's just the DUST is not good for anyone! What to do...

I've got to get to a Chicken Keeper Anonymous meeting.

 

[RainyDayChicken]

Hi, New to the forum as well.
I have 5 kids, 13 chickens and live in Spanaway. we recently put the coop up and got chickens. I enjoy them so much. they are so much fun
All together now i have 9 americana Including 1 black and white americana and a mix, 1 RIR, and 2 black copper maran.

just jump in with any questions or info.

 

[FirewifeJess]

You guys with your cute goat and chick pics. You tempt me. I'm still trying to get chickens OUT of the house, but I'm always tempted to get new eggs from some trusted source and hatch more babies. Not gonna do it. Not until spring. I mean it. I've still got 3 Silkies and two Seramas in my house. The Silkies will be moving out soon into the banty pen but I think I may move the Seramas to another part of the house or maybe the garage. They're so sweet and friendly I like having them near me - it's just the DUST is not good for anyone! What to do...

I've got to get to a Chicken Keeper Anonymous meeting.

Me too!! We just had a horrifying death of a chicken and I really want to replace her already with more Wyandottes of different coloring. I'm sick in the head and need a chicken head doctor to shrinkify me.

 

[JennS]

Here is part of my back yard. I think it's pretty bee friendly.

My coop and pen are being built around the corner to the right, under the deck. I'm hoping that I can let the chooks out at times without them tearing my flowers to bits!!!



I wish I had more room! We are on a 1/4 acre lot, and the neighbors are super close. If I had acres, I'd have orchards and huge vegetable gardens, goats, lots of poultry, and probably an ex husband, lol. I'm glad he puts up with my craziness on its current level. He's allergic to almost everything outside, so he told me I could do whatever I wanted with the yard so long as I could take care of it. But with Claritin-D (year round) and Flonase (in allergy season) he can now spend some time outside, and he's told me that he enjoys what I've done with the gardens.

Jennifer

 

[FirewifeJess]

Here is part of my back yard. I think it's pretty bee friendly.

My coop and pen are being built around the corner to the right, under the deck. I'm hoping that I can let the chooks out at times without them tearing my flowers to bits!!!



I wish I had more room! We are on a 1/4 acre lot, and the neighbors are super close. If I had acres, I'd have orchards and huge vegetable gardens, goats, lots of poultry, and probably an ex husband, lol. I'm glad he puts up with my craziness on its current level. He's allergic to almost everything outside, so he told me I could do whatever I wanted with the yard so long as I could take care of it. But with Claritin-D (year round) and Flonase (in allergy season) he can now spend some time outside, and he's told me that he enjoys what I've done with the gardens.

Jennifer

What a beautiful space! You've done very well on a small lot, it's amazing! Great job!

By the way, mine's 1/2 acre...and looks like crap ALL the time. So...good job.

 

[SadieSue]

DH has been working on a big project in the bed next to our driveway. He's been tearing out this really overgrown ground cover and tossing it in the yard waste bin for the past 2 weeks. I need some knowledgeable garden folks to identify this ground cover for me. When it blooms it has tiny light purple flowers.

I was just thinking... since my free ranging chickens have eaten every other plant in the backyard if I should let them have a go at this stuff before we trash it in the yard waste bin. I need to identify it first so I know it's not toxic for them.

I also need to start brainstorming a source for greens for the girls since winter's coming. I'm wondering if the grocery stores would let me have their unsellable produce?

So what is this stuff? Is it on the toxic plant list? Can anyone help? TIA!

It's the ground cover with smaller leaves -


DH has been working weeks to tear it up out of the ground. It was creeping into the driveway.
There's a pile ready to go into the trash in the foreground.


Closer view -