Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Terri O]

Yes that is the swap that everyone THINKS is on Saturday and ends up going there 2x! I went last year and came home with a duck, a pigeon and some Ancona chicks. (they were all males except 1!) The swap was really huge and really cold! A lot of the sellers are outside along the fairgrounds road. Wear something warm! Terri O--off to make a pot roast!

 

[WIChookchick]

Hey Terri Are you going?? Want some one to pay for part of the gas???!!!
HINT HINT!! I could meet you somewhere enroute like Johnson Creek outlet mall (or the truck stop)

Let me know!!
mmmmmmm chickens and stuff!!

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

yes, Beaver dam is on SUNDAY, always, spring and fall, if you showbirds then its sat and sun, took me 3 years to get it right. the only draw back is most of it is outside but its a good one. you can get more than just birds. I'm going.

 

[20123001]

i am most definatly going to beaver dam! Even when i have to wake up at 430!

 

[Terri O]

Quote:
Well...I wasnt going to go...but now you have twisted my arm~

uummmm--check your PMs!

 

[WIChookchick]

Well I can go to either one.. I will call you tomorrow.
But it intrigues me that they have people who sell along side the roadway.. DROOOOLL!!!!

On a side note... saw this incubator and thought some one might be interested... I would be but if I could get it.. I would be in serious trouble!!

http://madison.craigslist.org/grd/2257033243.html
incubator (pardeeville)
Date: 2011-03-09, 8:35PM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]

Lyon model #TX6 table top incubator
w/fan , 18-chicken egg ring ,&auto water fountain.
never used still in box .$50.00 or best offer
phone 608-212-1805

 

[Terri O]

Well I am very sad tonight...I just candled a few eggs before I set my quail eggs. As usual I couldnt see a thing. There were two that looked very similar inside but one had a little peck hole in it. Another had a dark spot but a hairline crack. SO I opened both of them with defects...yup, the one with the pick hole had a beating heart and was feathering! DAM^!!! I dispatched it quickly but it was still sad. The one with the crack seemed like it was a quitter. The yolk was really runny, no blood and the baby was only a half inch long. I guess I have to go back and look at the candling pics again...no more for me this hatch! Terri O

 

[Hurley]

Sounds like fun, will have to see what I'm doing that weekend. Looks like it's only 45 miles from here, due north.

Got peepers in the incubator, 4 Marans out so far, 16 of 18 developed.

Here are some from the last 2 batches:

Splash Cuckoo Cockerel hatched at New Years:

I think he's handsome. He's going to go out and replace the boys from last year when he's old enough.




3 Cuckoo Marans from my last batch, looks like the gold gene is indeed floating around in those roosters:
(They can stand up, they were just afraid of their pedestal, at least long enough to let me get a picture out of their pen.

And another from the New Years Hatch, a black copper Marans from a coule thrown in eggs with a silkie order I had made.

I think her pattern is quite interesting, even if it isn't correct.

 

[babylady4]

First egg!!!!!!!

Laid it yesterday; I'll post pics when I can.

 

[Susie"J"]

Congratulations BL4 on your first egg !!!!!