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[Chicken Rustler]

I was just on it and looks to be working to me.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Oh yeah...I saw those and it makes me sad I didn't pursue them in LF.

Both girls were great and that roo--he was outstanding!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Oh yeah...I saw those and it makes me sad I didn't pursue them in LF.

Both girls were great and that roo--he was outstanding!

There's still time for that Heather!! ***insert evil laugh here***

 

[ultasol]

The favorelles or the SLW? I only brought one SLW girl. I have daughters and sons of them at home. The girls might be ready for Stevenson, but the boys are slow to mature.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

So is anybody else considering RVing at Stevenson. It is looking pretty positive we will be.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Oh yeah...I saw those and it makes me sad I didn't pursue them in LF.

Both girls were great and that roo--he was outstanding!

There's still time for that Heather!! ***insert evil laugh here***

Oh no! LOL Honestly, I am still working at the bantam favs...they don't take up as much room and I can keep them indoors in the winters to prevent frostbite.

But man--if I had the room and yet another coop....those would be my top three, for sure! I am working towards investing in covered runs this summer....like the hard plastic kind but with being preggo and my DH starting his master's degree....I doubt they'll be enough time to make him build those for me! LOL But we'll see. I opened a separate interest-earning savings account (attached to my PayPal) so I've been putting 25% of my egg, chicken and other sales in there to try to save up. I figured I might only be able to do one or two runs per year so eventually, I'll have them all enclosed. My DH thinks it will be $2,000 to do them all.

 

[blueducklings]

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Is there a campground nearby??

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Is there a campground nearby??

I am trying to get more info from them but it looks like they have onsite RV parking.

 

[broodytood]

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That's a beautiful story - thank you for sharing it with us. I had been wondering what the back story on your name was.

X2 from me as well. My DH and I have 6 kids and this is one of the reasons we are getting birds, for them!

 

[ultasol]

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I only saw three sick birds there, two were the ones that were isolated. A third I believe was removed once the judge was told,.

According to recent information, MG is in almost all (about 80%) of domestic non-commercial flocks.

What were you considering sick? Some birds have a certain look (ie the older male wyandottes and standard cochins get really fleshy around the eyes, and silkies always shake heads on occasion- I don't know if it is due to the crest being in their eyes or what).

I was considering the sick ones the ones with pale combs, swollen, puffy eyes (I breed cochins so I know the difference between a nice Asiatic head and a sick one). Yes, the polish shake their heads a lot but these were mostly Wyandottes, Ameracaunas and a few RIRs I saw doing that. There were a few who's eyes were completely shut, ruffled feathers, hunched over...gaping mouths....didn't look good. My birds are all in quarantine and will be for at least 3 weeks. This is the part of showing I don't like...

Two of the five wyandottes there were mine. My male is two and has quite the head, and always looks squinty, but he's healthy- it's just a mature male fleshy head. He did have a bit of favus on the comb which popped up but was being treated. I've been so happy with them- never had an off day (other than the day after the show my female prolapsed with a huge poo, but she had already laid without trouble,.. it all went back in and appears to be staying in, but only time will tell). Those two are vaccinated against many diseases (coryza, ILT, MG, mareks), as are all my mature birds.