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[crazychickenluver]

I have a peep I have a peep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The first chick is making its way out right as we speak!!! Mom is letting us watch and take pics. SHe is so cute she talks to the chick every time it peeps....I will have pics later..............

 

[LaSombra]

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what a good momma

can't wait for pics

 

[jbear]

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congrats!! can't wait to see pictures!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Spring Creek--was actually a 'commune' back in the day.. lol! There was another one up near Tunk Mt too.. didn't live on it, but played with all the kids there. we all had hossies and rode like hoodlums all over the place... The kids like to go to the barter faire too, but we leave at dusk lol! That's my favorite time of year over there--crisp clear days, kinda warmish but kinda not. I do like to visit my dad too, in the summer, cuz he isn't too far from a river so we spend most of the day on it..

(he lives in the Methow Valley, not to far out of Carlton--which is were I grew up after we moved from the Tonasket area....
I am an EW girl stuck on the west side!

Jen: ya' I am familiar with barter faire...fun during the day...don't want to be there at night...scary. I grew up in Twisp, graduated from Liberty Bell...so I am 100% familiar with the Methow. How funny...it is such a small world. My 70 yo mother wanted to go up to barter Faire, she had never been. We took her last year....she had fun. She was funny to watch though and how she interacted with some of the people and some of the "products" that were being sold. I had to kinda chase her away from a few items that were totaly inappropriate and for that matter - not legal. She didn't know what it was. LOL. Even though they say they keep out illegal stuff, it still gets in.

Alright, back outside to work on The Hen Pen and get all the finishing touches on it.

 

[Chez Poulet]

I'm on Harstine Island outside of Shelton, lived here for 2 1/2 years now. I have 13 spoiled princesses. 4 Derbyshire Redcaps, 3 golden Campines, 3 Black Sexlink, 3 Ameraucanas. I live on 5 acres and have my chocolate business in the two out buildings. I'm originally from Southern California, but dreamed of having chickens and being a country gal most of my life. After visiting W. WA for about 13 years, I moved to an area I thought I could probably live the rest of my life in and am near a couple of friends who had lived here from S. Cal. too for 20-10 years. I'd like to get know more people who raise Derbyshire Redcaps. Next to the Campines, I think they're wonderful and intelligent birds. Normally I hear they are skittish and make great free rangers, but mine are like lap dogs. ~ Lori

 

[Jessica Rabbit]

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you forgot to mention the beautiful birds we got too!!!! We are going crazy with this!

 

[jbear]

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Spring Creek--was actually a 'commune' back in the day.. lol! There was another one up near Tunk Mt too.. didn't live on it, but played with all the kids there. we all had hossies and rode like hoodlums all over the place... The kids like to go to the barter faire too, but we leave at dusk lol! That's my favorite time of year over there--crisp clear days, kinda warmish but kinda not. I do like to visit my dad too, in the summer, cuz he isn't too far from a river so we spend most of the day on it..

(he lives in the Methow Valley, not to far out of Carlton--which is were I grew up after we moved from the Tonasket area....
I am an EW girl stuck on the west side!

Jen: ya' I am familiar with barter faire...fun during the day...don't want to be there at night...scary. I grew up in Twisp, graduated from Liberty Bell...so I am 100% familiar with the Methow. How funny...it is such a small world. My 70 yo mother wanted to go up to barter Faire, she had never been. We took her last year....she had fun. She was funny to watch though and how she interacted with some of the people and some of the "products" that were being sold. I had to kinda chase her away from a few items that were totaly inappropriate and for that matter - not legal. She didn't know what it was. LOL. Even though they say they keep out illegal stuff, it still gets in.

Alright, back outside to work on The Hen Pen and get all the finishing touches on it.

no way! I graduated from LB too!! in 88.

haha--very small world.. bet we know some of the same people! my friend and I took our oldest kids up to the barter faire after dark one year... they HAD to go see the drum circle.. lol! they were pretty amused/shocked I think. lol! funny they try to market the thing as a 'family faire' now too.. so not! but it's still fun, and its something i did every year as a kid with my family--for the REAL reason, to trade harvest stuff. We used to ride our horses in, when it was close to our home, before they bought that property they are on now.

**on a poultry note**

had a call duck hatch this AM.. looks a little iffy, it looks like her navel didn't close? is this something that will go down/absorb on it's own?? She was pipping for two days, no zipping or anything, so I zipped for her--not breaking that membrane, but keeping her moist... anyway, I wonder if I did more harm than good. I have been so frustrated with trying to hatch duck eggs in an incubator... they always die. I think I can't control the humidity well enough. Luckily, one of my hens(duck) decided to go broody and is on a clutch of 7 of her own durn eggs.

you go girl!

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[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

Jen:

[i]no way! I graduated from LB too!! in 88. haha--very small world.. bet we know some of the same people! my friend and I took our oldest kids up to the barter faire after dark one year... they HAD to go see the drum circle.. lol! they were pretty amused/shocked I think. lol! funny they try to market the thing as a 'family faire' now too.. so not! but it's still fun, and its something i did every year as a kid with my family--for the REAL reason, to trade harvest stuff. We used to ride our horses in, when it was close to our home, before they bought that property they are on now[/i]

Ya, I have heard about the drum circle, never witnessed it though. I don't think I wanna. You graduated in '88, I graduated in '84. I am Teresa Wells (maiden name)...my brother is Travis Wells. He would have graduated in '88 (I think, ya...'88).

 

[jbear]

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travis was in my class.

just saw him at our reunion--he has a beautiful family. well..nice to meet you here! lol! happy chickening!

 

[jbear]

oh.. and qwx update..I think she is gonna be alright

i got her to eat a small bite..and what looks like the navel thing seems to be going away. how long does it take for their feet to spread out correctly? does that happen right away or should I be worried about her feet? ... heck, I worry about everything so.. what's one more thing?