Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Dr HaHa]

Just got back on had to do the new password thing.

9 pages to read. Maybe later. DAS/Jim after I posted that it came back to me while outside, Jim asked. My bad! Starvin Marvin here so it's eat and maybe a nap. Will catch up tomorrow.

 

[Bigfamily4me]

OK babies pictures... ripped off Amyables idea for their photos shoot...

Lavender Orpington pullet, and Black Split Lav pullet



Gold Laced Orpington pullets



Mystery Orpingtons...
the brown one is a slightly different brown than the gold laced. Came from a labeled egg that was from a chocolate roo over a buff. My only roo in this bunch...
The other one came from an egg not labled. a possible split, but i dont think so because it doesnt have the white markings that the splits have. So Im not sure, but its a pullet...

 

[Angiebubs]

BFfU: Cute pics-curious-how do you know its a pullet?

 

[vickiw]

ooooo, how pretty!!!! Ok, everyone has to stop showing all the cute chicks or my hubby is going to be mad at me when I smuggle some babies into the coop

 

[mazojoe]

thank you all for the advice on the ducks I will be sure an pass it along to my GF, I have already realized this will not be my decision. We do have a bunch of duck eggs in the incubator, around 60 muscovy and 12 peking. I think she is hoping to get a couple of those ducks, although I am just hatching them for a friend intrade for fence. We will end up with 3 or 4 for sure and she is saying muscovy.

Woke up this morning real early and we were out kinda late visiting some friends and playing cards. Didnt feel very well so we are watching fishing and hunting shows with the fire going and using the wind to dry some clothes.

Nice turkeys, and a double is awesome! I had to wait for the bird I shot, or I may have pulled a double also!

Going to be a tough week next week, I lost a friend in a car accident and our office managers mother died this weekend.

 

[Bigfamily4me]

Angie... I'm getting pretty decent at feather sexing. It also is easier when there is one chick that is very different from the rest. "Little girls wear ruffles" the pullets wings will show a second row of feathers, aka "ruffles"' for a very short period of time on their primary wing. I'm not perfect at it,but I have a pretty decent percentage, a good 80% of the time I'm right.

 

[unkadan]

as the rest of the boys become teenagers that % will drop,,,,,(in real life too)

hi folks,,,finally another day over 60º in the north woods,,,gotta run some errands then download some pics I took earlier,,,

there has been alot of this going on around here

 

[FrenchToast]

thank you all for the advice on the ducks I will be sure an pass it along to my GF, I have already realized this will not be my decision. We do have a bunch of duck eggs in the incubator, around 60 muscovy and 12 peking. I think she is hoping to get a couple of those ducks, although I am just hatching them for a friend intrade for fence. We will end up with 3 or 4 for sure and she is saying muscovy.

Woke up this morning real early and we were out kinda late visiting some friends and playing cards. Didnt feel very well so we are watching fishing and hunting shows with the fire going and using the wind to dry some clothes.

Nice turkeys, and a double is awesome! I had to wait for the bird I shot, or I may have pulled a double also!

Going to be a tough week next week, I lost a friend in a car accident and our office managers mother died this weekend.

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I am so sorry to hear this. Hugs and prayers to their family and friends.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I went to a 4H poultry meeting today and we played a game where you had to identify 35 breeds of birds. They had pictures of ducks, geese and turkeys. I was the only person to get them all correct. I think I have a problem.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I just hatched a really strange looking chick. Turns out my silkie mix rooster got with one of my lavender orpingtons. It has black skin amd the 5th toe is fused to the 4th.