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[Hinotori]

The 4 surviving eggs from the PO crushing are due to hatch tomorrow. Taking bets on how many you think will hatch

Well I'm hoping all four hatch for you. With what happened, those seem like a miracle. I have my fingers crossed for you.

 

[Teva]

Does anybody have an idea why my girls only use ONE nest to lay in, when I have three available? I found TWO mommas in the same nest yesterday.....pretty humorous!

Looks like my LH pullet may be laying soon! Last night she was waddling and trying to head into my compost pile while I was trying to herd her to the pen/coop. She was the only one left outside, which struck me as odd when I checked on them, usually they all head into the coop at the same time with out any stragglers.

 

[Teva]

I am so bumbed. A few weeks ago I told you guys that I got 5 more hens for free. Two speckled sussex, one I sold (which I have wanted for a LONG time) two RIRs and a dark Cuckoo Maran. I have been so busy this past two weeks that untill today I did not realize that I have not seen the Speckled sussexin about a week and a half. As of this morning now all of them are gone. They had decided to sleep outside of the coop on a pile of tree branches and now they are gone. Dang cyotes!!!!! I was planning on grabing those girls at night and putting them in the coop but again I have been really busy, well now I am paying for not finding time.

Also I have some really odd news. I have a White Leghorn hen....and she is acting BROODY! What no lady, you are not supose to do that. What the crud. Plus I already have one broody sitting on nothing for the last few weeks. Every time I would give her eggs she would leave them and go to another nest that was empty, that is why I have not bought any eggs for her as I would not want to waist money on the eggs for her to just leave them.

oh no FM sorry you lost your birds! Those coyotes sure are hungry this time of year. You'd think they'd be higher up in the hills now that the snow is gone (I live below the Olympics, they lost all of their snow in the last 2 weeks!)

 

[Rainwolf]

Rainwolf   - wow what a neat fence.  Practice makes perfect, so give me this one, and make another for you.Works for me.

Check out Home Depot..... the fences are pre-made and cheaper then buying wood and building if you only have 18' of fence to build.
I did do some extra work on the panels with screws and etc so they are a bit stronger then the original store version.......

Lemon Cuckoo Orpington Project Rooster "Lemon" still not positive on male female but gets chased by the roosters and is very large. Not crowing yet.....


Bantam Cochin/Orpington mix "Red" I think a pullet but my rooster chases Red so can anyone confirm male/female for me?



Roosters are free to BYC peeps.... please reserve now if you want one. I need them gone and will start processing the crowing ones tomorrow....

I'm guessing your Orp is a pullet.  Not positive, but that's how I'm leaning.  Mix is a cockerel, pretty sure.  His hackles and saddle feathers are just starting to grow in, and his tail feathers are curling.  Could be wrong, but I think he's just a late bloomer.

So the lemon is a girl and the mixed Red is a boy???

 

[Rainwolf]

another photo of Lemon (click photo to see larger version)

 

[Rainwolf]

OK so last chance on the Bantams who are crowing!!!!!

1 black ameraucana (posted photo earlier)
1 blue ameraucana
1 mixed black with golden/yellow neck (posted photo earlier)
1 mid sized EE "Sleepy" (picture posted earlier)

they have to either be reserved today by you guys or I'll start processing them today/tonight!

Anyone who wanted a trio of bantam ameraucana's speak up now!

 

[FlyRobinFly]

That is a great price for cherries.

I got a pound each of Rainier and bing from ReiMiraa and they are really good, very sweet and plump. Haven't yet tried the bicolor corn and apricots she brought, but they look tasty!

Would recommend her family's fruit to anyone!

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

Hatching eggs? Anyone? I hate to let these go to waste.

Chubby Chicken is coming to get some chicks tomorrow, so if you're out in her neck of the woods she can pick 'em up for you!

 

[nikki1]

From what I have read you need a four stage reverse osmosis system to get rid of most of the fluoride. I have also read the colloidal silver will keep the nasties from growing.

Well, yeah, but colloidal silver is pretty darn nasty itself. Give me fluoride any day above colloidal silver. Yikes!

 

[JNB]

Does anybody have an idea why my girls only use ONE nest to lay in, when I have three available? I found TWO mommas in the same nest yesterday.....pretty humorous!

Looks like my LH pullet may be laying soon! Last night she was waddling and trying to head into my compost pile while I was trying to herd her to the pen/coop. She was the only one left outside, which struck me as odd when I checked on them, usually they all head into the coop at the same time with out any stragglers.

I cant answer why they do this, but I can tell you that your not alone..I have 8 boxes for 9 hens but they all lay in 2 boxes, several times I found 2 and even 3 in one box.. Silly girls!! I origanally thought that maybe it was because they were all raised together from day 2 of life. But I adopted another flock of 15 hens... when I got them they had not been laying for awhile... they do the same thing only lay in 3 boxes of their coop .... they like to snuggle all together in the boxes.

Answer Number 4 makes sense for this
http://swampyacresfarm.com/EggLayingQandA.html