tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43253417368582381812024-03-04T20:06:19.731-08:00Chicken ChatA place to talk about all things chicken.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-7150110860060560692012-11-19T05:52:00.003-08:002012-11-19T06:23:05.016-08:00New Beginnings 12 days old!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>These little chicks are growing so fast. I forgot that they change everyday. I am busy preparing a larger area for them as soon as they have all their feathers. When they are 3 weeks old they will be moved into a less warm more fresh air spot where they can stretch their wings and GROW. Everything being at a brand new fresh start around here feels really good. Aren't they sweet. </b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">61 Babies in a BOX</span></b>Viking Granny!!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17575506479962596225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-45626588757875870422012-02-26T18:33:00.001-08:002012-02-26T18:33:47.950-08:00Growing Ducklings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
According to my calendar, and my memory, my four Muscovy ducklings range in age from about 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 weeks. I'm having a great time watching them grow and learning about these ducks by observation. The way their feathers come in is especially fascinating to me, as i watch them go from fuzzy, to spotted, to more solidly feathered. I've also learned that these ducks definitely LOVE water, deeply LOATHE being handled by humans such as myself, and grow very very quickly. Also, everyone who ever said that ducks are messy was telling the truth in understatement. Chickens are clean freaks compared to these guys. </div>
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Here are some cute pictures of them in their little pool, taken this morning.</div>
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They can't just drink water, they have to get in the water and then drink it.</div>
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They're very curious about "outside," but they haven't dared check it out yet.</div>
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Here, you can see how big they are. This "pool" is about 15 inches wide and about 3-4 inches deep.<br />
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Here, the statuesque duckling on the right is showing us his/her developing chest feathers. This is one of the younger ducklings, and he or she is on the way to having the solidly colored feathers like the duckling on the left.<br />
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I was just telling my husband that the ducks were getting awfully big and would need to be moving soon.<br />
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And then this afternoon i noticed that the brooder was dark. Upon investigation, i discovered that the heat lamp bulb had apparently exploded all over the brooder. There is broken glass everywhere!<br />
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So i decided to start the process of integration with the chickens. I put the ducklings in a large bird cage with cardboard and pine shavings on the bottom, in the chicken coop. I hope this works. And i hope they'll be warm enough. They're pretty well feathered, and they cuddle well, and had to get them out of all that broken glass. <br />
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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzqUwYFb-C-GDIGoHa3HqTjwK4uNcpai-0gVFUhyphenhyphenpkooe7jjkp90EzxfhyphenhyphenImJasvJH3S5nbZ2Y_unJWsuU9aXM2ps6Mzk4JnX8fcCB9d2jdxJpaYFihbVlmh4SC95CnhATgmjnJoeCRE/s320/IMG_3684.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636109992389689122" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzqUwYFb-C-GDIGoHa3HqTjwK4uNcpai-0gVFUhyphenhyphenpkooe7jjkp90EzxfhyphenhyphenImJasvJH3S5nbZ2Y_unJWsuU9aXM2ps6Mzk4JnX8fcCB9d2jdxJpaYFihbVlmh4SC95CnhATgmjnJoeCRE/s1600/IMG_3684.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}">IT IS SO HOT in this TEXAS HEAT WAVE that.</a>...............</span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzqUwYFb-C-GDIGoHa3HqTjwK4uNcpai-0gVFUhyphenhyphenpkooe7jjkp90EzxfhyphenhyphenImJasvJH3S5nbZ2Y_unJWsuU9aXM2ps6Mzk4JnX8fcCB9d2jdxJpaYFihbVlmh4SC95CnhATgmjnJoeCRE/s1600/IMG_3684.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzqUwYFb-C-GDIGoHa3HqTjwK4uNcpai-0gVFUhyphenhyphenpkooe7jjkp90EzxfhyphenhyphenImJasvJH3S5nbZ2Y_unJWsuU9aXM2ps6Mzk4JnX8fcCB9d2jdxJpaYFihbVlmh4SC95CnhATgmjnJoeCRE/s1600/IMG_3684.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFU9TWlyRQSom0USSVilrQoIAChyphenhyphene5vODpVrWJgwQQicRJEN2hdWhMwo4PmZ35r7uGc3mnB0UaU4-2iNuqCm3nZHPHpoZkyy2LYk2NTkpWs4ErKh_dmPBSYb9ZO7NBglhYX10V3_PmDI/s1600/IMG_3653.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}">babies are sharing puppy pools, and goats are asking to be milked randomly all day long and white dogs are rolling in the mud and the chickens have all but stopped laying</a><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzqUwYFb-C-GDIGoHa3HqTjwK4uNcpai-0gVFUhyphenhyphenpkooe7jjkp90EzxfhyphenhyphenImJasvJH3S5nbZ2Y_unJWsuU9aXM2ps6Mzk4JnX8fcCB9d2jdxJpaYFihbVlmh4SC95CnhATgmjnJoeCRE/s1600/IMG_3684.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFU9TWlyRQSom0USSVilrQoIAChyphenhyphene5vODpVrWJgwQQicRJEN2hdWhMwo4PmZ35r7uGc3mnB0UaU4-2iNuqCm3nZHPHpoZkyy2LYk2NTkpWs4ErKh_dmPBSYb9ZO7NBglhYX10V3_PmDI/s1600/IMG_3653.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>We now have fans blowing thru each coop and lots of extra water.<div><div><br /></div><div>The Ancona Chickens are the birds that we are currently focussing on. </div><div><br /></div><div>9 new little chicks just hatched out of the incubator TODAY. We plan on setting one more batch of ANCONA eggs before September. </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyone who wants to have plenty of eggs and keep chickens on a budget should consider the Ancona. They would rather eat grass and bugs than anything else. We fill their feeder half as much as the rest of the flocks. They just keep on laying. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These birds eat very little and lay more eggs than any of my other breeds. But even the ANCONA finally had enough of this heat and called it quits when we reached a whoppin 108 degrees. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We have since increased our protein and artificial wind and now we are back in production. These birds are hyper and lightweight, and before the heat wave these four girls layed 4 nice size WHITE eggs a day and sometimes even 6. I still don't understand that one.... but it has happened more than once. How can 4 hens lay 6 eggs?</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Viking Granny!!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17575506479962596225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-31666019181356325832011-06-11T20:14:00.000-07:002011-06-11T21:09:34.818-07:00How to stop a KID from CRYING!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRaMSdTqiJ8-OG1Sv2AK3BTTP9z1fKfVkkfNjUqXmKr0VEAPIqPy_QLyURlQWIVUsvywUaCGBxNH-ad7l4VodkRp_lxqejKaF75Mu_iRCoxULY6GERTqu8lqM6ejkF6AY4b_nMfpPRCc/s1600/IMG_5066.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRaMSdTqiJ8-OG1Sv2AK3BTTP9z1fKfVkkfNjUqXmKr0VEAPIqPy_QLyURlQWIVUsvywUaCGBxNH-ad7l4VodkRp_lxqejKaF75Mu_iRCoxULY6GERTqu8lqM6ejkF6AY4b_nMfpPRCc/s400/IMG_5066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617179455456034130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-AS1KqMqRX1gLPmFohpPnh0oG3FyE2J74oZJkx3lfZTJvrstZ_Y8LzCGw85JGqpT6FfTDSuaP24jGZVG6fvmxwnpeZAvYR0gSmX87PCkxxSWLYijg8Impa9Y7o7P9R8emjtX4zk-c7w/s1600/IMG_5065.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibW_J1kFbNSBXOvwiIH_3Ak4_LubcNHikFvkCC-xIxFblUYHojjwlVw5q4e72ty2hrLth06nwtojfUCR1Bf_OMexM6EE8EzWK-_QAUraTJH81SyxR0cY703vIKGflpm85qGaa-QjFalA/s400/IMG_5104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617176367316314914" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I have a very unconventional method of breaking broody hens. I have several coops of different breeds who are all very familiar with each other. Usually I can place a broody hen in a new coop, and the excitement of being in a new place with other hens, usually breaks the brood. I keep the broody in there for a couple of days, and then place her back where she belongs. <div><br /><div>All of the chickens have been raised together from hatch so they are very familiar and friendly with each other. But in this case for some reason, before I knew it, the other hens had pulled out all of the broody hens head feathers. She looked like she was so uncomfortable and her head was all raw. I did not have any "blu kote" so I doctored her with bacitracin and put her in a very quiet place to heal. </div><div><br /></div><div>This little KID has been missing his two sisters who left two days ago. On top of that, he is also being weaned from his mama. Have you ever heard a baby goat cry? OMG he sounds like a really sad baby. He gets to free range with his mom for a couple hours after she has been milked out, so I placed the bald ex-broody in the Kids empty little yard. She was so happy and relaxed and the KID, <i>Jeffery Charles</i> aka "STAR" is not so lonely any more!</div></div></div>Joy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08769606009907948421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-78573445083373123222011-06-09T21:37:00.001-07:002011-06-09T22:04:01.650-07:00Big BERTHA thinks she is a CHICKEN!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ta3JqXUiG0TumSL3MKYatLzMeqzFYQZnONhmo6mb6ujhx1SCMNSN-NqjGwVQdeoIec9F4uiM-KMMfAvosNrW9Az4wMTOBilAXWdbcVPi617i3Y9-0jZtej_y3I1QzdJi2lCxYxebqLI/s1600/IMG_2816.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ta3JqXUiG0TumSL3MKYatLzMeqzFYQZnONhmo6mb6ujhx1SCMNSN-NqjGwVQdeoIec9F4uiM-KMMfAvosNrW9Az4wMTOBilAXWdbcVPi617i3Y9-0jZtej_y3I1QzdJi2lCxYxebqLI/s200/IMG_2816.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616452005545183826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00cijA_fMmCORGTUhPQy3jilcdp4Yrp2ZfyYkFWuNnyj5Zj0fgjwsu2bihdevre1YpKDjRw3Ng_QvQbEt8JqnTRNUKt1XLb1CYf2l79qax-8bWGsHcCmHWDeHpyAbm4dxrneMlaM2XrA/s1600/IMG_2815.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00cijA_fMmCORGTUhPQy3jilcdp4Yrp2ZfyYkFWuNnyj5Zj0fgjwsu2bihdevre1YpKDjRw3Ng_QvQbEt8JqnTRNUKt1XLb1CYf2l79qax-8bWGsHcCmHWDeHpyAbm4dxrneMlaM2XrA/s200/IMG_2815.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616452000593379026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zqXN7XFQaUwVdW3JvMhkaVDvxjNXNvEwfas5gFWVIxxF7P1AsyyES1ukFIefTJX8fh6zdCfPLPC7ViqnhSNT3ChFACyl6JkYo23yq8nPONuhKUjBHdYifKnwbfYs59WLwRzyauJNYhY/s1600/IMG_2805.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zqXN7XFQaUwVdW3JvMhkaVDvxjNXNvEwfas5gFWVIxxF7P1AsyyES1ukFIefTJX8fh6zdCfPLPC7ViqnhSNT3ChFACyl6JkYo23yq8nPONuhKUjBHdYifKnwbfYs59WLwRzyauJNYhY/s200/IMG_2805.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616451991468411986" /></a><br /><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u>\</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></u></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; ">Bertha is a dear friends' lone surviving one day old GUINEA who came to live with a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="display: inline !important; ">chicken clutch at the JoyHouse.</div></span></u></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>She has been outgrowing her peers by leaps and bounds..... I wonder how long this peace and harmony will last.</div></span></u></div>Joy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08769606009907948421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-44610815797824862012011-02-12T08:17:00.000-08:002011-02-12T08:17:48.987-08:00Beautiful Flock Roosters! Soon to be homeless and flockless! Help!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Rocky. He's a 1 1/2 year old Rhode Island Rooster, who needs a new flock. Yesterday, his flock just picked up and moved in to some other guy's new place. Ungrateful biddies! And now he has no one too look after. He's unaggressive toward humans, gentle on the ladies, and great and watching for predators. Besides all that, he's really nice to look at. In person is much better than it is in this picture. Won't you please give him a home? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_4nQHIFXA-Y/TNGcqf0yGFI/AAAAAAAADRw/WfGZsoCQ1cQ/s1600/S6309777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_4nQHIFXA-Y/TNGcqf0yGFI/AAAAAAAADRw/WfGZsoCQ1cQ/s320/S6309777.JPG" width="306" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is Edgar, Rocky's son. He's about 9 months old, and his mom is a beautiful buff orpington. His beautiful orange color and his skill at escaping from butcher knives earned him a treasured position in Rogers Country, but now it is time for him to move on to his own flock. He has had a great teacher, and he is amazing to look at. Will you give him a chance?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OIgsfSUOmHg/TNGc_1cPxLI/AAAAAAAADR0/ckRolXMv7pE/s1600/S6309788.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OIgsfSUOmHg/TNGc_1cPxLI/AAAAAAAADR0/ckRolXMv7pE/s320/S6309788.JPG" width="284" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-77782268895894208272011-02-04T10:29:00.001-08:002011-02-04T10:29:38.912-08:00Chickens for SaleHello Chicken Friends,<br />
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I have already written a sizable post <a href="http://iwannabeafarmer.blogspot.com/2011/02/because-yall-are-my-favorites.html">on my personal blog</a>, so please mosey on over to see pictures and descriptions of chickens and rabbits that i am putting up for sale.<br />
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BethUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-63989899737663805362011-01-09T06:13:00.000-08:002011-01-09T06:31:05.093-08:00Local Artists Love Chickens<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZKtDJfCmAv4ZAJOs0M7rtYK8Acv0MBYefRESRArEeg5KpjbsZ0nwGHN50199h-z_f0RsXzgHKQOXUEN-w90s7IVLGA4rIkK6gr45X8NB_YemVYsbLNWLh4-Sp8fvcx_Q3rF03XqZtJI/s1600/IMG_0071.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZKtDJfCmAv4ZAJOs0M7rtYK8Acv0MBYefRESRArEeg5KpjbsZ0nwGHN50199h-z_f0RsXzgHKQOXUEN-w90s7IVLGA4rIkK6gr45X8NB_YemVYsbLNWLh4-Sp8fvcx_Q3rF03XqZtJI/s200/IMG_0071.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560192830582297810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMZErrMIv9lwvw10YFDxqmJtjjqr4ZCjwXHknh-aQgAGAc0qRMrD_Ggta76JXW9kNTop5ZQrFhHOkWBHJ6hyphenhyphensXn6dYM-bHhFMx2hm4oeerzjtXxKRPulMX0uVjYUMbr9wb1zsZKH0C2o/s1600/IMG_0070.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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Lately, i have had some serious <a href="http://iwannabeafarmer.blogspot.com/2010/10/easy-saturday.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">chicken management issues</span></a> . I got a little carried away with my incubator, without consideration for where i would house all these babies when they started growing up. Right now i have 57 chickens, 33 of which are recent hatches who refuse to go to the coop to sleep. So every night, i have to collect them and put them someplace safe to sleep. This is an evening ritual which quickly grows old.<br />
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Also it has a solution.<br />
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Once a chicken recognizes a certain place as home, he or she will go back to that place to sleep. Happily, one can teach a chicken where home is by locking it into "home" for about a week. After that, she will go home at dusk unless something happens to sort of reset her "home" button.<br />
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Many of these chickens will be butchered when they grow older, but in the meantime...<br />
I want all the chickens to see the coop as home, but i don't want to lock the adult chickens, who have a well established home understanding, into "home" for a week, with 33 youngsters. That seems cruel to everyone involved.<br />
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Thus, i have been pondering. <br />
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In addition to our current chaos, we are also putting in place a plan to hatch youngsters every ten weeks, most of whom will eventually be butchered or sold. So this problem is going to be ongoing, though hopefully not ever quite as chaotic as it is right now. My incubator is now on a schedule - not just willy nilly.<br />
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Thus i have pondered further.<br />
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Then it came to me. Praise God that He cares about how i house my chickens! I think this idea might be helpful to other chicken people. I think it's really going to work.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AGdToJv-I1M/TMpAB34fj2I/AAAAAAAADPs/uRn9BZHRANY/s1600/drawing+of+coop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="396" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AGdToJv-I1M/TMpAB34fj2I/AAAAAAAADPs/uRn9BZHRANY/s400/drawing+of+coop.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>This is an overhead rendition of the layout of our coop. I needed to find a way to make a roomy enclosure in which to house chicks 24/7 for a solid week - but still not cramp the style of those pushy grown-up chickens.<br />
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Then the fantastic realization struck me! The very best thing to do without compromising the space allotted for the adults, was to use the area under the roosting bars! <br />
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Eureka!<br />
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My chickens free range all day long, so the coop is only used (when all is normal) for sleeping and laying eggs.<br />
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Thus area under the roosts is completely wasted space, and when the chickens do use it, they generally get pooped on by other chickens. And that's <b>never</b> good (especially when the chickens have been eating mulberries).<br />
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So this morning, i got up and got to work.<br />
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I put a "poop board" under the roosts to act as a roof for the babies, and then, inspired by my curtains (<a href="http://iwannabeafarmer.blogspot.com/2010/09/welled-up-with-ease.html">lovely curtains</a>), i made four separate panels of framed chicken wire that can all be moved around independently just by lifting. SO nice! They're not attached to anything, and that makes clean up and rearrangement much simpler.<br />
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Now, i am not a carpenter. I may be many things, but carpenter is really not one of them. I am however, resourceful, somewhat stubborn, and determined. The following pictures reflect all of these things - and the fact that i used almost entirely previously well-used materials.<br />
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The good news: it's all completely functional. And that was the point. Chickens aren't particularly picky about appearances.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And they're in it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are now 57 chickens in my little coop (most of them tiny), and tomorrow, i won't have to gather them up and put them back! That's a successful day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Many good things come from what a man says. And the work of his hands rewards him.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i>~ Proverbs 12:14 ~</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">~ Philipians 4:6 ~</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-15727459680789053102010-10-26T19:56:00.000-07:002010-10-26T21:27:54.042-07:00My Two New Loves<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsUG4FwkS6xFbq73l_SQuqvZsEYXD5JhNMlpWj3HdLTsV01FpA4jXFAzMOr6HDou93G23QT9LWdF2c2c0UZnatDSe3JEdWQewsCFnEsEQg90tdM1NzZ2WX8hYSiFwZf53GwGnvGUX5-c/s1600/44425_1581919349199_1272161973_31620716_6724633_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsUG4FwkS6xFbq73l_SQuqvZsEYXD5JhNMlpWj3HdLTsV01FpA4jXFAzMOr6HDou93G23QT9LWdF2c2c0UZnatDSe3JEdWQewsCFnEsEQg90tdM1NzZ2WX8hYSiFwZf53GwGnvGUX5-c/s400/44425_1581919349199_1272161973_31620716_6724633_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532554371276748914" /></a>Slovensky Cuvac dogs are protectors of poultry and sheep and goats.<div><br /></div><div>Look at this sweet mama chicken with her own babies and still posing for this shot.... LOOK at the LOOK on her face! </div><div><br /></div><div>I love this picture!</div>Joy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08769606009907948421noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-779663675125453522010-10-06T22:11:00.000-07:002010-10-06T22:25:42.385-07:00For Sale $2 each Conroe Texas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_0X5i1YfLgHD3hyMPYnP60vD6IFzYYknqDOg-mFx7p9PRKtNGpMVPHhohdNKoseX_TIop2_NafGifKHKGPDVfUnnGf6kCE9S9hWWWSOTLwbMUcZ3y6mfuKgHYRR2Fczh8ZqilCDvzko/s1600/IMG_6738.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_0X5i1YfLgHD3hyMPYnP60vD6IFzYYknqDOg-mFx7p9PRKtNGpMVPHhohdNKoseX_TIop2_NafGifKHKGPDVfUnnGf6kCE9S9hWWWSOTLwbMUcZ3y6mfuKgHYRR2Fczh8ZqilCDvzko/s400/IMG_6738.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525168678573612434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrdmBSexsaFOTTXu6Rrg9WDFo8Qba__IVzVq68ZtfzL-RRvKdJFawinIWV2Q5V7zyTp64RPn5XixEQxLoubuE9jqYOZMKCYA3fmLGn7ovxMPxLuHUSVTSej6BNUGix_fPEVL1bVqm6do/s1600/IMG_6731.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrdmBSexsaFOTTXu6Rrg9WDFo8Qba__IVzVq68ZtfzL-RRvKdJFawinIWV2Q5V7zyTp64RPn5XixEQxLoubuE9jqYOZMKCYA3fmLGn7ovxMPxLuHUSVTSej6BNUGix_fPEVL1bVqm6do/s400/IMG_6731.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525168669280674818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPQoSf7tiQJBOWZ9WEZ-yCl2g21U8or5cYN-Aq-jMwREbDDkmfFPH16CLW1prvdyTNrWylkS4d4tAko41YdcmQhh6WfZ7b4TyYNGe_b8mvHm60-93d40mRFPMAZNdPMpoMJ45hxBy3lk/s1600/IMG_6728.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPQoSf7tiQJBOWZ9WEZ-yCl2g21U8or5cYN-Aq-jMwREbDDkmfFPH16CLW1prvdyTNrWylkS4d4tAko41YdcmQhh6WfZ7b4TyYNGe_b8mvHm60-93d40mRFPMAZNdPMpoMJ45hxBy3lk/s400/IMG_6728.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525168279565400978" /></a>2 day old chicks are so precious! <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One Wellsummer, </div><div>One Catalana, and </div><div>two Easter Eggers</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>3</div><div><br /></div><div>A</div><div>N</div><div>C</div><div>O</div><div>N</div><div>A</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>5</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div>C</div><div>A</div><div>T</div><div>A</div><div>L</div><div>A</div><div>N</div><div>A</div>Joy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08769606009907948421noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-558284898139043432010-09-18T19:52:00.000-07:002010-09-18T19:52:20.276-07:00More Chicks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My second very successful hatch finished up this morning. This is my 3rd incubator hatch ever and my second at 96%. I'm not bragging, mind you. I am very pleased. But i have simply followed instructions given to me by the more experienced. Clearly they were right. Out of 24 eggs, 23 chicks hatched healthy and strong. I haven't cracked open the 24th egg yet. It is in the fridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A RIR/BO cross.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioplpe270pNxY28ZXZI2_oGtllvEtIq8XUIzk47ko2FxWpfZskNH62HntdRMQWy86QLVkaCVMnBzI7LauwcKSi0q8tpp-yS9SpM9XxsTWQOHBXiHO99dEY6cfLj7fTbHm_VayaUk9fVF8Y/s1600/S6309078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioplpe270pNxY28ZXZI2_oGtllvEtIq8XUIzk47ko2FxWpfZskNH62HntdRMQWy86QLVkaCVMnBzI7LauwcKSi0q8tpp-yS9SpM9XxsTWQOHBXiHO99dEY6cfLj7fTbHm_VayaUk9fVF8Y/s320/S6309078.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe a BO? Not sure 'cause the daddy is no longer with us, but i suppose his seed might still be. Don't worry; those aren't carunkles on his face. I had just dipped all their beaks in water and food before i took these pictures.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, and this is Jelly, who is very excited about every new hatch of baby chicks!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These chicks are for sale, by the way. Anyone interested?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-27657164699266895662010-09-13T21:59:00.000-07:002010-09-13T22:15:02.212-07:00It's a WIN WIN!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnPeTo7SstWRjqoM4tRxSDHP2of8X1Zc7QcPJ3walTloUrzfxh7TKH3qdOCme2iPs2N7RkImBEDSty7FJr7ByXAMX05zfSuGXwm1AvwKniSQ2al_O_e7nqKGDP1mRajpplwTYGfu5DSI/s1600/What+do+you+want%3F.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnPeTo7SstWRjqoM4tRxSDHP2of8X1Zc7QcPJ3walTloUrzfxh7TKH3qdOCme2iPs2N7RkImBEDSty7FJr7ByXAMX05zfSuGXwm1AvwKniSQ2al_O_e7nqKGDP1mRajpplwTYGfu5DSI/s400/What+do+you+want%3F.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516632043314602978" /></a><br />My fellow chicken loving friend Benjamin David had a broody hen. He placed 13 or so eggs under her that had already been incubated for over a week, so she did not have to set on them for the full 21 days. FOUR hatched! Back at the JoyHouse Ranchola, from the incubator, same scenerio. Several eggs in the incubator but because of all the construction at the house, (this months excuse) only FIVE hatched. Raising baby chicks is a worthwhile pain in the boody, but 5 little chicks are not as easy or "worthwhile" to grow as when there are 15 or 30. It is so much easier to let the Mama hen do all the work. So we picked up the Mama and removed all the dud eggs that had not hatched..... and we gave her ALL the chicks. She is so proud and she now has NINE in her little CLUTCH and she is very proud indeed.Joy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08769606009907948421noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-22816179976847649712010-09-11T22:58:00.000-07:002010-09-11T23:26:17.491-07:00Pure Breed Fertillized EGGS $10 a dozen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qI0aV88uqqQH4qXW5sAI-TY_hyVI58ywih-Fwdtb2dW6FuViUPNz2zUnEOfZW_AuovccZ0U0-YQHCdPbi-30FuAjZNOgUsFu9A-WhCO19i_WkbzdrfJGe_AoH0mTsHTwPJgNE270CeI/s1600/IMG_5906.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qI0aV88uqqQH4qXW5sAI-TY_hyVI58ywih-Fwdtb2dW6FuViUPNz2zUnEOfZW_AuovccZ0U0-YQHCdPbi-30FuAjZNOgUsFu9A-WhCO19i_WkbzdrfJGe_AoH0mTsHTwPJgNE270CeI/s400/IMG_5906.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515908135602577762" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0EDh5XFzCh1HBLdRXVuc69vW_dyz_jRqJaLNUKlcvxxwZp2JilAP2FLyryLdwuUeGrswYhrrCzcpz9462dnO0NvUOZQ4G3ZAPIENirt6R14tvBDA_-eWRmovnkjkWuV5xfm0hwYtc7E/s1600/IMG_5899.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0EDh5XFzCh1HBLdRXVuc69vW_dyz_jRqJaLNUKlcvxxwZp2JilAP2FLyryLdwuUeGrswYhrrCzcpz9462dnO0NvUOZQ4G3ZAPIENirt6R14tvBDA_-eWRmovnkjkWuV5xfm0hwYtc7E/s400/IMG_5899.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515907144132853858" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Ancona is a rare bird. They are lightweight and great producers of a large white egg. These birds are flighty. They are beautiful black with white polka dots and a very large single comb. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaxJc-vNyzxnCj_cP46heMuPRYXkaREjWZbpCCquprPD_Y2Rdjc1gMnFtgm5pPyeE6ISzhn59xobkqGSXx_YGrQmHfXgP4U7vHB0Ic3XRS_yX3yaY9YggGnozZzU1vCpZN_Njqj9M0F8/s1600/IMG_5834.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaxJc-vNyzxnCj_cP46heMuPRYXkaREjWZbpCCquprPD_Y2Rdjc1gMnFtgm5pPyeE6ISzhn59xobkqGSXx_YGrQmHfXgP4U7vHB0Ic3XRS_yX3yaY9YggGnozZzU1vCpZN_Njqj9M0F8/s400/IMG_5834.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515903664136769554" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJROeV9H1emM04_bP1RPCRsRP8OxVip1wz1oj5aM9sO10yQdv0_YDVsxF_vpmqXzZJIj5pz8nA5NUelffalBtpGklebRi5esT-63nMDijVd4p9a5WIGnZivcx7IsjhTnOW4VFuwP1lJRY/s1600/IMG_5836.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJROeV9H1emM04_bP1RPCRsRP8OxVip1wz1oj5aM9sO10yQdv0_YDVsxF_vpmqXzZJIj5pz8nA5NUelffalBtpGklebRi5esT-63nMDijVd4p9a5WIGnZivcx7IsjhTnOW4VFuwP1lJRY/s400/IMG_5836.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515903656886977858" /></a>The Catalana are a dual purpose bird with a very layed back temperment. They have white earlobes and lay a pretty cream colored off white egg.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br />Easter Eggers are a actually a cross breed with the blue egg gene present. All of the Easter Eggers (aka Americanas) are fathered by this beautiful Red Rooster. Easter Eggers can lay many colors, pink, tan, brown, green or blue.</div></div></div>Joy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08769606009907948421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-27360742225670900962010-09-09T19:18:00.000-07:002010-09-09T19:18:03.268-07:00Basic Coccidiosis FactsOver on <a href="http://www.backyardchickens.com/">BYC</a>, i answer questions about Coccidiosis often. And i have found that there are a lot of common misconceptions about how this disease - and the protozoa that cause it - work. Today, i put together a semi-formal fact sheet about coccidiosis in chickens and published it on <a href="http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=26709-coccidiosis-and-medicated-feed">my BYC member page</a>. I thought i would share it here too. I hope it can be a helpful resource for someone. Please let me know if there is information missing that you think i should add. And feel free to tell me if you think i'm way off base - just be prepared to back your argument. ;) ~Beth<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: maroon; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Basic Information About Coccidiosis in Chickens</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: maroon; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: large;">About Coccidiosis:</span><br />
<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;">Coccidiosis is not a germ-spread disease, like other things. It is a condition in which the protozoal parasites or oocysts, which naturally live in the chicken's intestines become too numerous for the chicken to handle and make the chicken sick. Thankfully, once your chicken has endured and recovered from coccidiosis, caused by a particular strain of this protozoa, it develops a resistance or immunity to that strain and will not get sick from it again.</span></li>
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<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;">The "oocysts" that cause coccidiosis live in the soil and reproduce in the intestinal tract of your chickens. Chickens develop their own intestinal populations of protozoa by picking up oocysts from the soil and from the feces of other chickens. </span></li>
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<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium;">There are at least 7 strains of coccidia that affect chickens. Your soil may have one or several.</span></li>
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Coccidiosis is a species-specific disease.</strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This means that your dogs can't "catch" coccidiosis from your chickens or vice-versa. Sure, dogs (and pretty much all birds and mammals) can get coccidiosis, but each strain of coccidiosis affects only one species of animal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>How does medicated feed work?</strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Most medicated chick starter available to back yard chicken folks contains the ingredient Amprolium. Amprolium is a thiamin blocker. It works by blocking the absorption of the vitamin B1, which interrupts the development of the growing protozoa in the intestines of the chicken. <strong>Medicated feed can work <span style="font-size: medium;">if and only if </span>your chicks are simultaneously exposed to coccidia protozoa.</strong> By this method, your chicks may be able to develop their resistance/immunity to coccidiosis, gradually without experiencing infestation. If you are using medicated feed and simultaneously, meticulously, removing each and every dropping from your brooder and keeping your chicks away from your soil, you are preventing them from building resistance to a deadly disease.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Does medicated feed prevent coccidiosis?</strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe. If you don't simultaneously expose your chicks to soil and/or adult droppings, medicated feed cannot do its job. And even if you do, it may or may not work. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Are there natural ways to prevent coccidiosis?</strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Absolutely. For the back yard flock, natural prevention of coccidiosis is entirely possible. If you have ever seen a hen raise a brood of chicks, you may notice that she begins teaching her chicks to scratch in the soil for food immediately. As soon as those babies are dry, give or take a couple of days, exposure begins. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Subsequently, <strong>hen-raised chicks rarely get coccidiosis</strong>. So, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">method one: let your broody hen raise her own chicks</span>. But, since most of us don't start out with a broody hen and her chicks, we need ways to mimic her methods:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><strong>1.</strong> If possible, allow your chicks access to the soil as soon as you get them. The sooner they hit the ground, the sooner they start learning to be chickens.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><strong>2.</strong> For many of us, #1 is difficult because of work schedules or weather or whatever. Another way to mimic this is to actually shovel small amounts of soil from the chicken run and place it in the brooder with the chicks. They will scratch through it and expose themselves to the oocysts in your soil. This should be done regularly so as to mimic daily exposure to the soil.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><strong>3.</strong> Once your chicks' feathers grow out, move them to the outdoors/coop situation as soon as possible. The sooner they are experiencing a full-fledged chicken life, the sooner they can solidify their resistance to coccidiosis.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What if they get coccidiosis anyway?</span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Medicate</span>. I have not had an outbreak of coccidiosis for over a year, and i make every effort to raise my chickens without medication or drugs of any kind, but i still keep a container of Corid (liquid Amprolium 9.6%) on hand just in case. If i see symptoms, i medicate, no questions asked. I medicate the entire flock (of that age group), even if only one shows symptoms. This is done by mixing 2 teaspoons per gallon in the drinking water. Isolate the affected flock so that the only water they drink is medicated. Remix and change the water every day for 5-7 days. Most often, symptoms will disappear by about day 3 of medication.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How do i know if my chicks have coccidiosis?</span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1.</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fluffiness.</span> Fluffiness? Yes. Often, just one or two chicks in your flock will be the first to tell you that you have a problem. One of the two most common first obvious indicators of coccidiosis is one chick, all fluffed up, sleepily huddling in a corner or near a heat lamp. It sounds arbitrary, but when you see it, you'll remember it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><strong>2.</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bloody feces.</span> Not to be confused with natural intestinal shedding, which sometimes looks like a small amount of blood mixed with the feces, coccidiosis will often cause truly bloody feces, sometimes containing more blood than feces.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><strong>3.</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Time line.</span> If you're not sure whether you're dealing with coccidiosis, you can often verify by reviewing your time line. This is because an outbreak of coccidiosis in chicks generally occurs 2-4 weeks after the chicks first begin being exposed to the soil/adult droppings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Can adult chickens get coccidiosis too?</span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Yes.</strong> They can. There are exceptions to the rule, but on the rare occasion that an adult chicken comes down with coccidiosis, it is usually because it has been introduced to a new strain of oocysts in the soil. This can happen if a chicken is moved to a new location or if adult chickens from another location are introduced, exposing the "native" chicken to new strains of protozoa. Adult chickens with a coccidial infestation generally take it much harder than a chick and may take longer to recover. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Amprolium works by limiting the absorption of vitamin B1. This and the enormous strain placed on the chicken's body due to the infestation, warrant extra vitamins and other nutrients after the medication is gone and the chicks have recovered from the coccidiosis. Scrambled eggs and vitamin supplements (often found at the local feed store) will help your chicks to become healthy and vibrant again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Opinion Portion</span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After hours upon hours of reading, discussions with other chicken keepers, and experiments and experiences with my own chickens, it has come to be my opinion that back yard chicken keepers make a huge mistake when they buy into the idea that you can prevent coccidiosis by keeping an immaculate coop/brooder. Any chicken kept in any natural or sort-of natural situation, in which it is exposed to the soil, must develop resistance to the oocysts that cause coccidiosis. It can do this gradually, by picking up a little at a time from an early age, or it can get really sick all at once at a later age, and have to be medicated, or possibly die. As a resident of hot and humid East Texas (a fantastic breeding ground for coccidia oocysts), i have had great success in preventing outbreaks of coccidiosis by simply exposing my chicks to soil and adult feces as early as possible and consistently. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I also do not use medicated feed of any kind. Medicated feeds were created for large population chicken "factories" where it is impossible to give chickens fresh pasture or keep them from being exposed to an overwhelming number of oocysts, from the sheer population of chickens in a relatively small area. If i were doing that (which i do not plan), then i would use medicated feed. I do not believe it is necessary for the back yard chicken keeper, especially when medications such as Corid so often do such a good job of nipping coccidiosis in the bud when it does show its head.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*<em>The information presented here is based on personal experience and observation, discussions with other back yard chicken keepers who are smarter than me, and numerous on-line sources, which confirm the scientific fact portions of this page. If you are interested in reading more of the scientific mumbo jumbo (a.k.a. facts) about coccidiosis in chickens, <a href="http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/coccidiosis.html">this</a> is a very helpful link. I don't agree with all of the application portion, but facts are facts. And the presentation is very helpful and easy to understand.</em></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-48096407838282135652010-09-08T21:20:00.000-07:002010-09-08T21:41:13.945-07:00Easter Eggers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWT76LUWFDsBdTIwZO28xnmDceUV-kGuYCkrafdNhCKuNbEVAKjGO7l1zziO2dy1vjc9kFwbew3yUwv13n5ZhY-7de1cimjz4zg9L-4pZvfvKEHVJ_4IxR0JF0VsAvI6hp4onIu029wRU/s1600/IMG_5836.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWT76LUWFDsBdTIwZO28xnmDceUV-kGuYCkrafdNhCKuNbEVAKjGO7l1zziO2dy1vjc9kFwbew3yUwv13n5ZhY-7de1cimjz4zg9L-4pZvfvKEHVJ_4IxR0JF0VsAvI6hp4onIu029wRU/s400/IMG_5836.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514767583846803522" /></a><b>This is Bingley! </b>He is getting more beautiful as he matures.<div><br /></div><div>He likes the "bed head" look!</div><div><br /></div><div>He looks like such a wise Roo with his beard and frumpt up hair..... and his little Robin Hood hat of a comb. 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This carton has BO= WA= EE =Catalana and Ancona eggs..</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Joy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08769606009907948421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-38168461438256207712010-09-04T17:44:00.000-07:002010-09-04T17:44:39.720-07:00Lesson Learned<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You might remember my broody mama, Mathilde, and her brood of chicks. She has been living in the run with her chicks in order to protect her chicks from the motherly bathings of my dog, Jelly. A couple of nights ago, it got to raining pretty steadily. Mathilde and the chicks had shelter in the run, but they were still on the wet ground, and i wanted them to be able to get truly dry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Normally, i would put her in the brooder, but the brooder was full of these little guys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But i thought i would give a try to combining them. The babies in the brooder were only about a week and half younger than Mathilde's chicks. So, i put Mathilde and her 3 chicks in the brooder with the babies, and i watched her to make sure everything would work out o.k.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, i nearly broke down into tears as Mathilde looked around at all these chicks, her bird brain obviously trying to figure out where she miscounted, and after some serious thought, walked over to the corner where all the babies were hiding from the giant monster chicken, and attempted to cover them. It was beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am so in love with this cross, i thought i would share. This is Edgar, on the right. He's a bit of a blur, since he won't hold still for pictures since his near death experience. But you can kind of see his coloring. On top of the terra cotta base, there's a gorgeous fiery orange, especially in his hackle and saddle feathers. It's superb!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These chickens are a product of a cross between my treasured Rhode Island Red rooster, Rocky, and one of several Buff Orpington hens. These pictures really don't do them justice, but i'm so in love with the color, that i'm thinking of trying to learn more about chicken genetics (a subject which tends to elude me) and see if i can get this color to somehow breed true. I'm pretty sure this would mean developing an entirely new breed. But hey, better to shoot for the moon, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every time i look back up at that picture, i'm in love again.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-35151123528633435022010-08-18T07:28:00.000-07:002010-08-18T09:20:53.384-07:00Mother Hens<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1geMCsXoVr4Bu7OmeI5Yn184WzkWJKPUdxX8ceJSlcRD7PUyVd-JtuUHduvcm8qEKB50TBoQ7H9nwRROTZb_WDOFF2yj5pYWc2pjRSlm534cBmdafZyY_xQLOHFPlXqdFACZdjwRS-nU/s1600/IMG_5180.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1geMCsXoVr4Bu7OmeI5Yn184WzkWJKPUdxX8ceJSlcRD7PUyVd-JtuUHduvcm8qEKB50TBoQ7H9nwRROTZb_WDOFF2yj5pYWc2pjRSlm534cBmdafZyY_xQLOHFPlXqdFACZdjwRS-nU/s400/IMG_5180.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506783688301624002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGmaeXJK3Mc3grs7JrvBIfAEfLneOagNfSBt_PHj305QJNS4lg5T7bo6B4qlhe68JlvZ4KS6-0GVueLgyeNJwCsVMV36RrKB-F7m8dVOwgTjVeSWLibYVh2zYmmwEw8kG3Uu97U8QQfo/s1600/IMG_5199.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGmaeXJK3Mc3grs7JrvBIfAEfLneOagNfSBt_PHj305QJNS4lg5T7bo6B4qlhe68JlvZ4KS6-0GVueLgyeNJwCsVMV36RrKB-F7m8dVOwgTjVeSWLibYVh2zYmmwEw8kG3Uu97U8QQfo/s200/IMG_5199.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506783440876181858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlodwPzaYshnchH0pL_qtHXVEXYaFeTpULlELPJ02MaDg-e2nE72HwJw_wL5c5CCn5tdSr1I3EzXxWwDA_CgsCmvAF_Fb-ZKF4Kn6EqGZsvFKdaj378tmXR4k_m-YWoW9MS9xAQ_jaqk/s1600/IMG_5186.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlodwPzaYshnchH0pL_qtHXVEXYaFeTpULlELPJ02MaDg-e2nE72HwJw_wL5c5CCn5tdSr1I3EzXxWwDA_CgsCmvAF_Fb-ZKF4Kn6EqGZsvFKdaj378tmXR4k_m-YWoW9MS9xAQ_jaqk/s200/IMG_5186.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506783433958638610" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Because of a family emergency, I had to leave the house in a hurry. With two dogs on chains and the chickens free ranging and even with a fire going in the burn pile, I loaded up four half dressed children and left. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">My dear friends who were planning on delivering a chicken pen the NEXT day, sent me a text and were delivering it now. While in route home several hours later, I received another text telling me that the youngest black puppy had gotten loose and Josiah and Daniel found him in the chicken pen with the chickens and put him back on his chain. They also noticed the mama hen and some of her <b>five day old</b> babies and put them up. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I was sick to my stomach. My new puppy is not a chicken eater but he plays with anyone he gets a hold of until they die. I had just released the mama hen from her little cage with her six new babies and put them all back in the big girl pen, so she could introduce them to the flock.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Beth has taught me to get those babies on the ground and in the flock as soon as possible. This lowers the risk of "cocci" and also gets the other hens used to the babies while their mother is overly protective and possessive. It is a win win. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Late last night I returned to the house well after dark. The mama chicken was in her dog crate and all I saw was two babies. I was very grateful for the two surviving babies. I thanked God for Josiah and Daniel! If they had not come over a day early, the puppy could have easily destroyed the entire flock. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This morning as I stood drinking my coffee and watching the chickens, I thought of the scripture.....''</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 19, 32); line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings............</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">" (last part of Matthew 23:37)</span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I am so very thankful to GOD for sending those precious wonderful young men to save the flock. Not only did they see the problem, they did everything in their power to remedy it. They put the dog back on the chain and they locked up the chickens. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I am not sure if some of the babies were hiding in the dark under a cinder block or in the dog crate deep under their mama's wings, but this morning five out of six of her babies are happy and alive and scratching around the coop. We only lost one!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Not only did Josiah and Daniel deliver a wonderful huge chicken run, they also saved the JoyHouse flock from a ruthless predator puppy who is on his very last paw. </span></div>Joy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08769606009907948421noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4325341736858238181.post-67153293688552803422010-08-16T16:22:00.000-07:002010-08-16T16:22:38.023-07:00More Wing-sexing and a Clarification<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It should be noted that these wing-sexing pictures are part of an experiment more than anything. Wing-sexing is not known to be accurate in the back yard flock, since some hatcheries breed specifically for the growth of the wings, so that their chicks can be wing-sexed. I have a personal wonderment that i am testing here, and i'm letting you watch. 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chick #7:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isn't she bashful? Girl.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chick #8:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Girl<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here's a group shot. Aren't they adorable! I never get tired of baby chicks.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think that some of my guesses today might be opposite from yesterday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eva said 5 girls and 3 boys yesterday. Today, i might agree with her. Maybe. I would love to be able to sex my chicks. But it's so hard to say.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1