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[chickisoup]

Did you notice no snow????? We still have drifts but it's been so warm the last few days that we had a major melt! Should rain later and then back to snow of course. Hopefully this next cold spell won't last more than a week or so, I really need to get the new batch of chicks outside.

 

[chickisoup]

Does she have wound there ?

LOL, nope. They are pure Orp but from a Buff hen and a Lavender roo. Both parents are also way over standard size. They both have dark grey/black under layer of feathers and dark faces.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh good glad to hear no wound.
We have snow on the roofs but just a trace 40 here.
The snow that happens now is so wet it melts on contact.
I have mostly big birds no Orps here.

 

[room onthebroom]

We’ve had Iris, our full size, adult rooster in the house all week while Frankie is trying to surgically remove his bumble.

I’m sure the neighbors think he’s louder echoing off our bare walls. As for us, he might as well be screaming directly into my brain cavity.

 

[sourland]

he might as well be screaming directly into my brain cavity.

Echo chamber ?

 

[room onthebroom]

Echo chamber ?

It’s possible I might have a little extra empty space up there.

 

[room onthebroom]

My nerves are rattled. As if keeping an illegal rooster under the radar for FOUR SOLID YEARS isn’t stressful enough.

 

[Alaskan]

My place this morning

Kid parked bobcat too close to the cut through to the church driveway... couldn't get past...

 

[Alaskan]

@Alaskan the one on the right is my Orp pullet that just laid her first egg. The one on the left is my normal sized 5 yr old Buff Orp.
ETA: forgot to mention that this is a pic of the smaller "pullet".


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Sorry for the bad pic. I was trying to get a good shot of the one I only got half of so you could see the unusual feathering on her back but at least you can tell on the bottom one how they have black faces and underlaying. Their "Buff" is still a bit muddy but it is getting brighter. I haven't tried to weigh them yet.

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That pullet is HUGE!!!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, People of the Pond.