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[Stumpfarmer]

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Ya, he agrees with that...my DH is very opinionated and does not have a filter....meaning....things just seem to come out without any thought behind it. He would not want to live in Kansas (says you can keep the tornados) but Colville is not his cup of tea either.

Good thing I don't like tea.

So what is it about Colville that he does not like. Colville is not written in stone for us. It seem all the land that meets criteria is north of Spokane and north of the reservation. We have even looked at some properties up around Spirit Lake ID. This spring we are planning on a visit.

Spring... well, I guess in April you'll get an idea why "North of Spokane and North of the Reservation" is also not great farming country. Mining country, logging country, hunting and fishing country... May lies about some of the reasons that's so, though.

 

[Chickielady]

Oh Kim, it was Lulu, not Lucy, huh?
Well, there is eggs in the incubator!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Oh, I poke at the Chicken Calculator every once in a while just to watch the wheels go around.

I want that book, although I fear that it may well be difficult to find- people on one of the "Breeds, Genetics and Showing" threads were complaining about that.

Email to come.

 

[hallerlake]

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Oh, I poke at the Chicken Calculator every once in a while just to watch the wheels go around.

I want that book, although I fear that it may well be difficult to find- people on one of the "Breeds, Genetics and Showing" threads were complaining about that.

Email to come.

It looks to be expensive, too.

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

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Thinking of you this morning...did Dottie come for breakfast?

take care - dawn

Oh, Dawn, thanks for thinking of me.
I've been out searching again this morning.
I'm hoping she's found a safe spot and is hiding out from the rain.
I was out gardening all day yesterday and all eight of the girls were with me.
No noise, no alarm, no feathers flying. At some point in the afternoon I became aware that she wasn't with us. (She's my favorite, of course.)
Now I'm not sure what to do.
Someone (not a chicken fancier) had an attiutude last night of "it's just a chicken" - I'm grateful for this forum.
You guys understand that it's not just a chicken - it's Dottie!
She's got a great personality. Lots of my neighbors have commented on her and she's a favorite with the neighborhood children.
(She's one of Hallerlake's Spitzhauben with the spikey rock-star hair-do.)
I hope she finds her way home.
Not planning to be out in the rain today and trying to decide if I should let the other girls out to "find" her.
What do you guys think? Would it help?

 

[Chickielady]

Well, in my opinion, no I would not let the other girls out to find her..there may well be a predator out there, once fed, they'll hang around for today's meal...just in case, I'd lock up my birds & keep a quiet watch for coyotes, hawks, etc.
Good luck!

 

[Kaneke]

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Thinking of you this morning...did Dottie come for breakfast?

take care - dawn

Oh, Dawn, thanks for thinking of me.
I've been out searching again this morning.
I'm hoping she's found a safe spot and is hiding out from the rain.
I was out gardening all day yesterday and all eight of the girls were with me.
No noise, no alarm, no feathers flying. At some point in the afternoon I became aware that she wasn't with us. (She's my favorite, of course.)
Now I'm not sure what to do.
Someone (not a chicken fancier) had an attiutude last night of "it's just a chicken" - I'm grateful for this forum.
You guys understand that it's not just a chicken - it's Dottie!
She's got a great personality. Lots of my neighbors have commented on her and she's a favorite with the neighborhood children.
(She's one of Hallerlake's Spitzhauben with the spikey rock-star hair-do.)
I hope she finds her way home.
Not planning to be out in the rain today and trying to decide if I should let the other girls out to "find" her.
What do you guys think? Would it help?

exactly, it's Dottie !

I'd keep the rest cooped up today, and feed them a few extra treats, so maybe she can hear the "I've got it and you can't have it" vocalizations

also maybe make a "treat trail" from where you last spotted her, to the coop

hoping for the best

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Oh, I poke at the Chicken Calculator every once in a while just to watch the wheels go around.

I want that book, although I fear that it may well be difficult to find- people on one of the "Breeds, Genetics and Showing" threads were complaining about that.

Email to come.

It looks to be expensive, too.

I haven't bought a book for myself in a very long time, though. Well, excluding Terry Pratchett and rebuying the Cadfael books that were lost when members of the book-swap circle died.

 

[Illia]

Stumpfarmer, thanks! Your little bit on hawks I really loved hearing. I love birds, read up on them, but raptors and free ranging poultry - Don't know much about. And I'd love to learn the behaviors, habits, etc.

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Okay back to this - The first two are likely full duckwing. The first is likely either a BBR male or solid gold female. The second might be a silver female. Quinta is either a carrier of Columbian or of E/E (solid black)

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I'm still referring to this post while trying to figure out what we have in our chicks

I think...oh jeez...I have no idea! LOL You know I will be asking later!

The following said is true, but if the chick has light coloration with diluted, broken up, or pale chipmunk patterning it also is likely carrying Columbian but more likely Wheaten too. So for example the one I said was a male - Will probably grow up to be a golden duckwing w/Columbian, as he's very pale, broken up in color, - So he's a carrier of Columbian but the combination of gold and silver genes lightens him up as a chick. He may grow to be mostly white with a black tail, red shoulders/wings, yellow hackles/saddle.



The real dependent here always comes down to the parents. If you want to know the gender and color of your chicks, she me the parents.

Because I may be wrong when labeling them without parental knowledge.

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

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I will follow your advice. Thank you.