YO GEORGIANS! :)

[swampturkey]

yeah, its the 2nd and 4th saturday of each month.

 

[jphendrix]

I may have to go, and get my cousin thats in Pearson and I may go to the next one with her. I had forgotten they had it.

 

[Highcotton]

Roboduck, Welcome to BYC.

 

[LTygress]

I just had to go back 60 pages in this thread to verify the date but...

I've got an egg dated February 11th from my "silkie" pen. There are two others from the main pen due the same day, but one already hatched, the other has already done an external pip last night (due to zip anytime now) so this one could also hatch early. The one from the silkie pen has internally pipped, so I made the "assist" holes in it (two tiny holes into the air cell, using a 22G needle, for access to more air in case it fails the external pip at first).

This particular egg is the very last possible egg from the mixed-breed bantam hen that I lost to a possum. I'll check the wings when it comes out and HOPE for a sign that it's a female. If so, I'll probably keep it.

But more importantly, ANY egg from the silkie pen that hatches after this one, will be a purebred silkie. I've got eggs dated for the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 1st, and 3rd. Yeah, exactly every other day, lol! But when those hatch, I will FINALLY have 100% purebred silkie babies. And it's going to be interesting to find out if it's my white silkie hen, or if it's the black one I got from abmaddox.

 

[LTygress]

ARGH!
Where did I put my 1000th post?!?

 

[abmaddox1981]

So with the gross weather headed in, I'm about to start moving birds. Ugh! Oh, and I've sprouting wheat in my bathroom ( no one uses the mudroom potty for whatever reason) and fed most of it to the rabbits. The chickens got their tray yesterday and they'll get whatever the rabbits don't finish off. They all loved it! So now I have a way to give fresh greens without breaking the bank. Yaaay!

 

[Chickie Momma]

LT you will have to post pics of your ingenious idea unless I make it over to your place to play with your babies hehehe

 

[Chickie Momma]

@SwampTurkey: het babies are adorable! What color are her eggs?

 

[swampturkey]

her eggs are a light to medium green.

 

[LTygress]

LT you will have to post pics of your ingenious idea unless I make it over to your place to play with your babies hehehe

Well so far I can post this:



The nest boxes that I made (with Brownie sitting in them before I ever got them out of the shed).


And THIS LINK.

That's what I actually plan to buy to make into "pens" with each breed of chicken. It comes with the screen - I just have to set it up. Much faster than measuring and cutting board, screen, and/or wire for each pen. And only $100 each isn't TOO bad for a ready-made chicken pen.