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[TheReidHomestead]

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Those look just like their splash parents Wyatt and Wynona on my BYC Page!!!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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WOW!!! A blue boy!!! Now see, that must be from one of Willow's eggs. I think I showed her to you. She is the one that has the really really dark mahogany color, and those were the first that I've hatched from her. All of Wynona & Wyatt's babies have been splash. I hatched your batch plus one more batch with her eggs in it and sold them all. I had assumed until now that Willow was splash also, but she must be a light light blue to be hatching out chicks that dark! Please keep me posted on how that one feather's out as he matures! Oh I'm so excited! I'll have to email my other buyer and see what she ended up with because she got some darker looking day old chicks too.

I also just hatched out 6 BLRW chicks from shipped eggs although one died the next day. And I definently have some darker chicks. The one that died was the darkest of them all, but two are definently at least blue and 3 are splash or light blue.

And here is my black BLRW cockerel William from CCG.

He and another splash pullet moved into the Wyandotte coop this weekend and so far all is well. Wyatt has been fine with them which I am thrilled about!

 

[Chickielady]

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ug mine tooooo!!! lol! Your gardens look sooo nice CL!
Nice chickies too

Ditto all that - I have no idea what I'm doing trying to get a garden going. It never quite works out for me. Great chick/chicken/garden/coop photos all around!

Here in western WA ..it is timing, a staple gun, and a big roll of 6 mil plastic.
That and you seriously need to shop for seeds that 'work' in your area.
DO NOT ever just buy seeds that look good at the hardware store.
I only buy my seeds from Territorial, and one other heritage seed company.
They have a fantastic catalog, with great photos & descriptions, and I do this all in about December.
Planning is everything..while the chicken poop & straw & shavings are cooking out in the snow...
Buy seed that works in your area, start the seeds indoors a few weeks before you set them out.
Build a hot frame, or cold frame if you have no way to buy heat tape.
I really have to find it on line & post it..it is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!
Bury it in the ground, and plug it in.
It is self regulating..gets to a certain temp & stays there.
It works like a water bed heater or seed mat.
Heats the whole cold frame into a hot frame, plants grow outside in the hot frame, even in the snow!!!

This winter, I will give you a heads up what I am buying & doing.
This fall I do cold weather crops:
Garlic, cabbage, brussels sprouts, and always lettuces and arugula.
Beets do real well if you start them in October & they sweeten in cold weather.
A beet planted in March and growing through summer will be tasteless, same for turnips & rutabagas.
The extreme cold makes the plants put on sugar, which is anti-freeze !!

So a beet planted in October & growing over the winter will be so super sweet !!!!!!! YUMMY in salads or boiled with butter, right on your dinner plate.
There is nothing like a fresh winter beet, cabbage or brussels sprouts, picked from the garden under a few inches of snow~~~~
It is all timing, and the right seed.
AND compost!!!!!!!!!!!
Compost every thing ! Store bought is garbage !!!

 

[Chickielady]

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WOW!!! A blue boy!!! Now see, that must be from one of Willow's eggs. I think I showed her to you. She is the one that has the really really dark mahogany color, and those were the first that I've hatched from her. All of Wynona & Wyatt's babies have been splash. I hatched your batch plus one more batch with her eggs in it and sold them all. I had assumed until now that Willow was splash also, but she must be a light light blue to be hatching out chicks that dark! Please keep me posted on how that one feather's out as he matures! Oh I'm so excited! I'll have to email my other buyer and see what she ended up with because she got some darker looking day old chicks too.

I also just hatched out 6 BLRW chicks from shipped eggs although one died the next day. And I definently have some darker chicks. The one that died was the darkest of them all, but two are definently at least blue and 3 are splash or light blue.

And here is my black BLRW cockerel William from CCG.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22465_blrw-william.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22465_blrw-william2.jpg

He and another splash pullet moved into the Wyandotte coop this weekend and so far all is well. Wyatt has been fine with them which I am thrilled about!

Wyatt is fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SadieSue]

Chicks are hoodlums and they grow too quickly. I've just separated the 6 chicks into 2 groups because the bunny cage wasn't big enough to contain them all anymore. I'm begging DH to please get the temporary coop kit built this week so as soon as they get their vaccinations Thursday I can move them outside! I am fond of them but quickly tiring of them tossing food, bedding, sand and poop everywhere. I know none of this is news to you guys, I'm just saying I will be glad to get them out of the house! Next year when we hatch I think things will be arranged a little differently once they're older than 2 weeks.
Of course, now that I've said this, I look over at them and they're all snuggled in together looking adorable. They don't have me fooled. I know they're still hoodlums.

 

[Chickielady]

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Sounds like the man to woman appointment to me, you buff hand waxing, down on your knees.....he with a machine.

Men have to have a machine.
I learned that not too many years ago.
Given I had to use a screw driver to screw anything..and I did, I asked DH to put some screws in for me...
LOL..
He immediately dropped the screwdriver, and went off & bought a drill bit set, and a drill.
Done

That is why I keep him around

And the wheeled weed wacker decided to not start & the pull cord ripped off (so he rebuilt it today) and the propane ran out (so I replaced it as I am not a total idiot and he was busy with the lawn mower now...)
AND I also keep him around cuz he is adorable......

He thinks up stuff that is amazing....he knows circuits & transformers & engines and that gives me more time to sit here !!

 

[pongoid]

One of my black runner ducks died..I suspect an animal attack but I didn't see any evidence of the attack. No bite marks, no blood, no broken bones.

Only have one left.

 

[Chickielady]

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What did you pay per pound for them to cut & wrap ?

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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WOW!!! A blue boy!!! Now see, that must be from one of Willow's eggs. I think I showed her to you. She is the one that has the really really dark mahogany color, and those were the first that I've hatched from her. All of Wynona & Wyatt's babies have been splash. I hatched your batch plus one more batch with her eggs in it and sold them all. I had assumed until now that Willow was splash also, but she must be a light light blue to be hatching out chicks that dark! Please keep me posted on how that one feather's out as he matures! Oh I'm so excited! I'll have to email my other buyer and see what she ended up with because she got some darker looking day old chicks too.

I also just hatched out 6 BLRW chicks from shipped eggs although one died the next day. And I definently have some darker chicks. The one that died was the darkest of them all, but two are definently at least blue and 3 are splash or light blue.

And here is my black BLRW cockerel William from CCG.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22465_blrw-william.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22465_blrw-william2.jpg

He and another splash pullet moved into the Wyandotte coop this weekend and so far all is well. Wyatt has been fine with them which I am thrilled about!

Wyatt is fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you talking my original roo? That one I posted is William! All my Wyandotte's are W names, so it get's confusing!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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So sorry!!!