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[jbear]

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the hatch will be fine

have a nice shopping day!

 

[Ogress]

Anybody want to save a few cockerals from going to freezer camp? Some of these handsome young fellows are headed to camp on Saturday, poor little guys

. I feel like a meanie, but ai can't keep them all. I purchased them all from Cowgirlgrace. pictures were taken 10 days ago:

2 english orpingtons born late January: Not certain these are boys, but they look like it to me! They have not crowed yet.. They were hatched last few days of January or early Feb. I am getting rid of one of them.

Here are a few barnevelders. I am currently getting rid of 3 of the 5 cockerals I have, and will later narrow that down to just 1. I'm keeping the pullets. They were hatched Feb 5, and Feb 11.

These are the 2 cockerals I'm keeping for now ... a big copper-backed boy and the runt "Flop" that DD is si attached to:

Edited because I put the same picture up for both types of chickens

 

[Chickielady]

OK, as promised, garden pics.
Chick photos to follow, in a later post.
View from my barn cabin:

2 rows of 15 feet of peas on the far left, mistakenly planted too close together

The second planting of salad greens, needing thinning...

Candy Onions

Close up in the Dill bed, with more dill seedlings taking up residence in the bare spots done in by slugs...

Inside, the center raised bed box has 12 feet of 3 rows of Italian Torpedo Onions

To the right, the first tomato box

Panned up above the tomatoes to show the ceiling heigth

All the wat to the right is the 12 feet of English (hot house) cucumbers...
Gotta make my bread n' butter pickles this year!

The scene at the North door, where you can see the extension cord to the heat tape buried in the soil inside the boxes..

Another view

a close up of the extension cord and part of the blue heat tape

Soil temp, 80 degrees !
Miracle heat tape!!!
The air temp inside is 66 degrees, should rise as the soil in the boxes is warming & will give off heat & warm the air..
Soil temp is 80 degrees, the heat tape buried 12" below the soil surface
Air temp outside was 41 !!!!!!!!
I was so worried the green house was that cold!!

And lastly, this little girl is in love with DH, and gets into his shop every chance she gets.
She loves it in there.
He has had to catch her & release her several times now, and so far she comes right back and when he tries to catch her, she practically jumps on his finger.
I think she wants to nest in there...he has clear wavy fiberglass panels around the roof, so it is very light...and she loves to fly in & preen while she sits on various tools on his work bench...too cute!
Maybe she needs to meet Larry?

OK I will get back with the Lemon Blue Cochin chick photos in a little bit.
Enjoy!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

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The first Orpington photo, the bird on the right (in back) looks like a pullet to me...she would (if she is a she) be a great layer!
Be careful she is not a she!!
Beautiful runs you have !
Most of mine are gravel or mud!

 

[hallerlake]

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What about the original, uncrossed Cornish?

BTW How are you??

I'm sort of walking around in a fog.

 

[pettec63]

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Really?? With all that I'm just not seeing a problem here!! wouldn't have to ask me twice!! lol! sounds like a good guy!!! Don't know why people make a bigger deal out of stuff then has to be, get a vet check and be done with it right?? to me it's the trustworthy source of where you would be getting your horse, and if YOU keep your horses well, then your step father and the seller shouldn't have to worry to much!!

exactly! lol I have been taking care of this horse for almost 2 years. He's a great horse, a little pushy on the ground, but thats because he only gets ridden, no in hand work at all. So he is a space invader, but consistant in hand work will take care of that. My client isnt worried about Red coming to stay with me. lol He's actually happy that he will be here with me, because he knows my horses are properly cared for. Only thing I lack here it home is a green pasture... And well with this weather, not many pastures are green where I live. He is definately worth the $2000 asking price, and he needs less work than my Step Dad does!

Ill try to post pics of him tonight after I get back form the barn.

That's funny!

Good I'd love to see pics of him!!

 

[Chickielady]

Oh BTW, to answer about the Cornish...I am breeding the 3 Dark Cornish Cocks over several Buckeye Hens, as the Bucks lay better than Cornish.
Cornish birds do not lay well, and are a bit small compared to most layers.
To increase hatchibility, you put the Cornish Cocks over a dual purpose good layer hen, and she lays & lays & lays...and what you get, is BIG eggs whenever you like, and when the freezer gets low on chicken, you simply hatch a few eggs, say a doz at a time.
After 6 to 8 weeks after hatch, you butcher.
Fill the freezer, then all along continue to sell/eat the nice eggs.
If you had the Buck Cock bird over Cornish hens, you MIGHT get a small egg every so often, so you see the point of a cross?
I am using Buckeye hens under the Cornish, as they are wonderful layers of nice large eggs, and are in themselves, nice full breasted meaty dual purpose birds, stout and fantatsic foragers.
This cross should produce a meatie capable of good forage in pasture grasses and not sit on it's hiney in front of a feeder (gross)
They should arrive in 2 weeks.
I ordered a McMurray "Bar-be-que Special" and 3 Dark Cornish Cockerals to get the ball rolling.
The Buckeyes are 2 mo old now..and will be in their own coop shortly.
As soon as we EVER GET IT DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is DH's special design of which I have no idea what he is doing so I can only sit & watch if he ever gets working on it....he did get the plucker done though!!!

I can upload a few pics of that too, if y'all wanna see it ?

 

[Chickielady]

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BTW How are you??

I'm sort of walking around in a fog.

We are just getting out of our fog from DH's Mom untimely illness & death...just about out of the fog & POW!
Mother's Day hit, and I could tell he was enveloped in the fog all over again...so I hugged him & said I would share my Mommie with him, and that brought a small smile to his face

Hugs to you Haller!!!!!!!

 

[pettec63]

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Nice CL!!! I love your green house!!! I'm still trying to fence my garden off from my critters so I can plant all the stuff I started three months ago!! I really like the way you have the lettuce boxes!! that's a great Idea!! Interesting about the heat tape?? never thought of that!! Good job!!!

 

[Ogress]

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Thanks for the input!

I may have to hang onto the orpingtons until I know for sure what they are. I'd love to have hens, and they are beautiful birds, very calm. The lavender orps have much smaller combs, but it may just be because they are different birds. The Barnies are calm too, at least so far. They are supposed to be a mellow bird.

You should have seen my runs before we built the new coop! No matter how deep I'd bark them, the mud would come right through, even with the covered run. In a couple of days, the birds would be to their knees in mud! And I'd have to kneel in it to change out their food and water

The kids playground never got muddy, so we ripped out the swingset and had someone build these covered runs for us. I think the playground retaining wall keeps the water from flowing through and the ground cloth under the bark keeps the mud from seeping up. My dogs had their kennel on here for a while, and the dogs stayed clean, and bet of all, Shasta can't dig through the groundcloth! since it contained her, I knew it'd be good.