Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Cindlady]

So cold and snowy!

Wow To and FT Sorry about your losses

Sissy is not doing well either.

her breathing is starting to get labored. I don't know what's wrong. No sign of a cold or bugs. Doesn't seem to be egg bound. Croop was empty 'till I started force feeding her. What I feed her last night still seems to be there. Must be something else internal. Maybe she got hurt? I don't know.

CC.. no heads yet? Come on chickies!

 

[Celtic Chick]

Did you mention what Brinsea model you are getting CC ?

I have a new octagon advance 20 that I'm gonna use for the first time this spring. Maybe we can set a April fools day set together. That way the hatch will be close to may and warmer brooding temps in my garage. Just a thought.

bigz

No, sorry, Bigz, I didn't. I just got the small 7 capacity one. Mini Advance, I think? I was looking all over for pricing & finally ordered one, only to find it backordered. So I checked Brinsea's website, and it turns out you can order directly from them, get it faster (ships on the 20th as opposed to everyone elses 28th), and they had a sale, so I got it for $40 less.

So naturally I called & cancelled my first order.

An April Fool's Day set sounds great to me! Twist my arm, I'm in.

Now I just need to trade TO my Moose for one of her Tobies and maybe she'll join us in setting some eggs together. Hint, hint, TO!

Knowledge fairy of all things chicken? Oh, you know Jim is never gonna let you live that one down, Bigz.

 

[Terri O]

An April Fool's Day set sounds great to me! Twist my arm, I'm in.

Now I just need to trade TO my Moose for one of her Tobies and maybe she'll join us in setting some eggs together. Hint, hint, TO!

Knowledge fairy of all things chicken? Oh, you know Jim is never gonna let you live that one down, Bigz.

I just HAD to comment on this one! You are right CC...Brent is going to get "the big head" and Jim will be merciless! Your only saving grace BigZ will be if Jim thinks there is too much to read and he misses that comment! (dont count on it though!) Speaking of...he is going to be reading for DAYS to catch up! I am so for an April FOOL's Day hatch! Oh OH...I hope I have my incubator back by then...I am lending it to the Sunday school for quail eggs...Let's see; Feb 20+18=38 Feb has 29 so 9 days in to March...set eggs for hatch gives me...Hey, if I set them the day I get the bator back I think it makes April 1st for a hatch date!!! Now THAT is weird! I have to have a calendar to figure it for sure. LOL--I just reread the message...looks like you want to SET on 4-1...that I will be able to do easily. I think we should go for the 4-1 HATCH date; Then we could name the chicks foolish names! Names of comedians? THis is gonna be FUN!

Alright, coveralls ON NOW! Later all! TErri O

 

[bigzio]

 

[Celtic Chick]

x2!

 

[bigzio]

I don't think I'll have my breeding ready by then. I planned on breeding the hens mid march and have fertile eggs to set by april fools...depends on the spring weather maybe...or not. I think my plan is etched in stone...maybe or not.

Bf4...thanks...you are the smartest bestest cheesehead I know....pay attention TO and learn like the smartest bestest ones, eh!

 

[MustLoveHens]

Hey! If I can get my hands on fertile eggs count me in on the Cheese Head April Fools Hatch. If I get my act together, maybe I can get some more Icelandic eggs for it!
So if I understand TO she wants a Hatch Date of April First (Set Date of March 11) and BigZ wants a Set Date of April 1 right? Why couldn't we do both? That would be fun!

For the life of me I'm trying to remember which of my pets had the April 1st birthday! Oh! I remember! It's my mini rex Harrison!

What else....oh my Amazon order came finally. I got a smaller nest box for Lucy the NZ. She is very small fer a NZ so the large nest box was way too big for her. I hope it works out for her. SHe sure is silly thing.....

Well have a great night! I'm gearing up for shoveling snow tomorrow morning. The dump was closed last weekend when it was supposed to be open so I'm really hoping it's open tomorrow. If it's not, then we have to wait another week! Grrr...I sure hope it's open.....keep your fingers crossed for me..
Night All

 

[Tomski]

The automatic/timer didn't work. Just manual.... LOL Pop door is done. Pulleys from the outside open and close it.


The old receptipticles you see are disconnected - that's why the bottom 6" of sheet rock is cut away.
I moved all the electricity to the inside wall, up at 7' level so the birds can't mess with them.

Camera is screwing up - More pis to follow...... hopefully.

Tom

 

[Celtic Chick]

No sign of any chickie heads yet. But every time a chick peeps, momma answers her back. You can almost tell what she is saying sometimes, it is eerie. Some times it sounds like she is telling them to be quiet, other times it seems she is telling them to rest for a while. It is difficult to describe, but you can hear it in her tone. I think she is going to be a good mama. I hope.

 

[raimnel]

I'm IN for the setting eggs on April fools day, I too want to separate my birds. so lets see, if I separate breeds mid Feb? (BRRRR) and start saving eggs the last week of March.... I shouldn't end up with crosses

actually I would be suprised if I do .lol This would make their hatch date April 22nd ish. lol DH and my "anniversary" (when we started going out) ok I gotta a question? is 12 hens to many for 1 roo? Im thinking of using the Del roo with 6 del hens and 6 RIR. I could throw my RIR roo in there?? hmmm?! I'm also thinking of throwing in my store bought hens (the ones I hatched from store bought eggs(fear not, they were farm eggs i bought in the store)), the roos got BIG fast. Funny thing is I'm hoping for mostly roos out of these

wouldn't it be funny if I ended up with hens just cause I wanted roos? I usually end up with MORE roos.
Did I tell you that I have the makings for a sizzle? frizzle cochin X silkie

ok thats enough talking about my birds.
so some of the church ladies are getting together tomorrow a.m. to make mini quilts. Most of these ladies don't even OWN a sewing machine? and all are at least 10 years older than me?! (most are 20+ years older) and they never owned a sewing machine??? does this apply to u guys too? im interested in this fact? one lady said she doesn't sew buttons on either??? what the heck?

anyways I gotta go get things together for the a.m.. Tomorrow I'm gonna take my Christmas tree down!

what can I say? nothing!
so anybody else with me on still having your tree up? lol
later