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[hallerlake]

I have new babies this morning. 4 of my Cream Legbar eggs hatched overnight. I have 2 boys and 2 girls. 2 more eggs have pipped. So exciting! My girls have apparently stopped laying for the winter so unless I put a light out there, these will be my only fall babies.

Autosexing is grand isn't it?

 

[Imp]

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So hard to predict chickens. As Speckled Hen says: "They aren't vending machines"

I wouldn't worry that 2 days off now means hey won't lay till spring. I have found most of my brown layers barely, if at all, slow down the first winter. Slow down the second year and are pretty much not laying during the winter the third year, even with lights; but they do pick back up quickly.
Every green layer (EE) has been a very erratic layer for me, often taking long breaks all times of the year. But others have posted that the are egg laying machines.

I also have had spring hatched chicks start laying the second and third week of December, at 33 and 35 weeks.

Russ

 

[hallerlake]

I just found out that the house we were looking at buying (untill things on our end fell apart) is still for sale. At this point I may be able to pull some sunshine out of my *** and get this house! Oh I am so excited!
I don't know if I ever told ya'll about this house, but it is huge and devided into two living spaces so my BIL and his wife would be able to move with us. Even with that there are still enough rooms for all the kids to have their own. It is on just under 10 acres, fenced for horses, 9 stall horse barn, with a HUGE COVERED areana!!!!

Sounds great. Good luck.

 

[Farmin Momma]

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Yep, that's it!

This is the front view of the house.......

This is my the barn. 9 stalls each with its own fenced area off of them and heated tack room.

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

We slept in here at my apartment this morning (really needed it after the past few days!), then I needed him to help me move some furniture here (long story) before he took the bus back to his place. So, he didn't get home to look after Salma until almost noon. We left her inside in the dog carrier with plenty of food and water yesterday around 6pm. He tells me she seems a bit out of sorts but her eye looks better and she is more energetic (read: resisting her pill doses!) and starting to preen again. He said he wasn't sure she'd eaten anything, which is probably because we covered the carrier with a blanket so it's been dark in there. So he fed her with the dropper. Each day since the attack, she's had a lot more appetite later in the day than in the mornings, so hopefully she will eat on her own again later today. We still can't find that cotton-pickin' heat lamp, so for now she's still indoors since it's chilly today. I really wish we could find the heat lamp and put her carrier outside because she finally started eating on her own when we put her outside yesterday. I told him that if she doesn't eat on her own soon, he should just put her outside for a while anyway so that maybe she'll eat. He also said that the "out of sorts" mood is probably because she seems more aware of her surroundings now, which is a good sign. I don't know... now I'm feeling guilty for leaving her alone for so long.

He's going to let me know as soon as she eats on her own. I'd drive up there but the gas money is getting shy what with all the trips back and forth.

 

[FirewifeJess]

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Yep, that's it!

This is the front view of the house.......

This is my the barn. 9 stalls each with its own fenced area off of them and heated tack room.

That's awesome!! You could make any number of those stalls into chicken coops too! Just hardware cloth on the external horse stalls and a roof over top and you'd be set for any number of horses and chickens!

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

Ha, the moment I hit "send" I got a text saying she's eating on her own.

 

[Chickielady]

aka time to slop the cows, milk the hogs and egg the chickens!

Yup !

 

[Chickielady]

Trying to catch up here but have to stop & say:
We had an annoying beep from a text sent at 4:30 A.M. this morning...followed quickly by another & another so figured it was an emergency.
So DH got up & checked his phone.........
And DiL water broke, and she was on her way to the hospital, and an hour later she had a 7#10 oz baby boy !!!!!!!!!!
Still have not heard the name yet ! this is 8 grandkids, and my daughter has 1 in the oven at 4 mo along........

 

[FirewifeJess]

Trying to catch up here but have to stop & say:
We had an annoying beep from a text sent at 4:30 A.M. this morning...followed quickly by another & another so figured it was an emergency.
So DH got up & checked his phone.........
And DiL water broke, and she was on her way to the hospital, and an hour later she had a 7#10 oz baby boy !!!!!!!!!!
Still have not heard the name yet ! this is 8 grandkids, and my daughter has 1 in the oven at 4 mo along........

Congratulations!! Babies are such a blessing