Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Sweetfolly]

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Lol, ummm...those duck eggs are pure white - this duck has never been broody before, so I think she's pooped on them quite a few times...

The embryos looked really strong when I candled them though, so we'll see!

Most ducks will start laying at between 4 and 7 months...so, those Pekins could still start in the next month or two! If she doesn't provide any artificial light though, they may not start this late in the year - I wouldn't really expect to see any eggs until spring.

And I have 7 of those Runners yet that I'm raising up to add to my flock - I'm taking pictures of all the birds today; it's so bright and sunny out! So I'll post some pictures of mine later this afternoon!

I'm only planning on keeping 4 of those Runners, so I'll have three up for grabs in a month or so...

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

what about cartoons? Like these

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[raimnel]

I RAIMNEL will never go more than 2 days without reading BYC AGAIN!!

I was gone and busy for like a week a tried catching up, NOT! sorry I speed read through most of the posts. So here is what i caught..... soory for the losses, great job annarie on the duck pen, TO Lordy the must have hurt falling off the horse, Welcome JMPE, hows your PVC feeder flow down? Ours sucks!! My garden has some weeds and is under Lord know how much water..... If I step on the carpet thats in the walking rows I sink now. SUCKS! My house is a complete mess, the fatties (37) are still in the brooder box PEE YEW!!!! My ducks are temp. in the fatties outside cage waiting for their new coop. I got WAY to much to do! OH and about a week and a half ago I said something on the lines of praying that my DH would get layed off for a week so we can get something done....... well he was layed off this past week and unfortunitally is was during a time were we couldnt get stuff at home done.

got the duck coop started though

hopefully by the end of the week it will be done. Heres a pic of the start of it.

I'll take more, we decided to make it raised.... don't know if it is a good idea..... but well see. if it don't work then I guess we cut off the legs. Annarie how r u gonna keep the MESS out of the house area?? I was hoping to put the food and waterer under the coop in the summer but not sure for the winter

had to go Menards yesterday to get plywood for the duck coop...... on the way home we ran into HAIL and major rain, we were driving like 25 and couldnt see a thing out the windshield. and the idiot infront of us didn't have his lights on.... we could even see him. I don't think he could turn his lights on cause finnally he turned his hazzards on. Then there was a tree down in the road that we had to go around. and this HUGE beautiful rainbow. which reminds me that God promised not to flood the Earth again but I dunno.... we're getting close. The river here is as high as in the spring.

Have a good day everyone!!

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

or make the facts look interesting, i did this in the hand out for the farmers market:
(couldn't get the fonts to copy over)
Alektorophobia: The fear of poultry

The Largest Chicken egg:
12 oz and 12.25 inches

The Most Yolks in a Single egg: 9

Chickens can Fly, the Longest Flight 13 sec.

Chickens can Travel 9 miles an hour

Chickens where domesticated 8000 years ago

It takes 24-26 hours to lay an egg

over 150 breeds of chickens

It takes 21 days to Hatch an Egg

the put each fact in a different font,

 

[JMPE]

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We used a 90 angel but have the whole thing set a little kittyuwampus so that the feed tube and trough are a alittle bit of an angle (the feed pipe extends farther out of the coop and then angles back at the top... does that make any sense?). We've never had a issue with flow using crumbles.

 

[raimnel]

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We used a 90 angel but have the whole thing set a little kittyuwampus so that the feed tube and trough are a alittle bit of an angle (the feed pipe extends farther out of the coop and then angles back at the top... does that make any sense?). We've never had a issue with flow using crumbles.

do you have to use your hand to push feed to the end?? Or does it just flow all the way to the end of the "trough"?

 

[cedar post]

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We used a 90 angel but have the whole thing set a little kittyuwampus so that the feed tube and trough are a alittle bit of an angle (the feed pipe extends farther out of the coop and then angles back at the top... does that make any sense?). We've never had a issue with flow using crumbles.

do you have to use your hand to push feed to the end?? Or does it just flow all the way to the end of the "trough"?

Totally agree my pvc feeder flow down SUCKS!! Even with the crumbles.

I think my chickens heads are to big for the pvc feeder the combs get beat up trying to reach in there.

Big thanks to buck creek for testing my flock on short noitice.

 

[scarter]

Thanks, the cartoons are great. I also found body parts of a rooster. AND the different combs of a chicken chart.

 

[raimnel]

HI all, Just jumping in quick

I posted an ad on CL today for chickens for sale, check it out and PLEASE buy some

http://appleton.craigslist.org/grd/1855830417.html (farm & garden)

Oh and i'll post a pic of our PVC feeder.... the holes are good, it just doesn't flow!

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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if you like those there are more here: http://www.poultryhelp.com/cartoons1.html , warning some are kinda tasteless, but there are a lot of good ones too