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Hello, all ~ It's so nice to read about folks meeting up and all the new acquisitions and fair things. Brought home eight healthy keets and a BCM chick. Left two BCM chicks to dry off and hoping for more birds to hatch tomorrow and the next day. One other guinea keet died, but its insides were...

So, my homemade incubator still won't hold a high enough humidity level for lockdown. No broody in sight, so I asked my friend if I could borrow hers. She said she'd set it up and I brought the eggs ready for lockdown on Friday. TWO keets have hatched!! One more has pipped and zipped! I have 12...

I think a fence is always a good thing. Just in passing, I should tell you I've rehabbed two chicken killers. One is still alive (the other died of natural causes,not the rehab program!), and I can trust her around the chickens with no problems. Our dogs eat wild birds and wild rabbits, but...

Man, it's been hot lately! I have some last minute veggies to put in and a couple perennials I'd like to get in the ground. But in 90-degree weather, I've been holding off. Tomorrow! But tomorrow is horse day for the girls and I'm not sure it'll happen until Tuesday. I have a good batch of...

It is an amazing country, so much to see. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip and are back safely. Any losses? Whenever I leave, something dies in some bizarre accident. I call out the same vocal pattern every time I feed, so it's no problem for me to lure them back if I'm holding a bucket and...

I've ordered from cackle a few times and been very happy with my birds. I'm more into egg production, looks, and colourful eggs, though. I have no idea about SOP conformity. I've looked at those birds, too. Very striking, and I have an affinity for almost anything Japanese. A little too fu-fu...

Sounds like a fun event! I'm glad she's doing so much better, BC

Oh, my! Thank you for the detailed info. I have a silkie of about the same age (and temperament!) who has done very well in a mixed flock with large fowl. I even thought she'd be safer when free ranging rather than being in the coop if someone picked on her (thinking of hypotheticals while...

They look so tiny next to Ethel!

Hi, Folks - I've been following as much as I can, but it's such a busy season! About half the garden got weeded this morning. One of my rabbits got out and I think she's about to kindle, so I'm trying to catch her so she kindles in the colony. I may just let her do it out under the feed...

I love the shots of the turkey hen with the keets!! My keets raised with chickens are a liiiittle smarter than the keets I have raised just with other keets... I wonder if being raised by a turkey hen will make them smarter or...?? I did laugh kind of hard at Blackie - I feel bad he heard me...

Interesting info, thanks - I've been following this somewhat and hoping she had turned up by now. Sorry, Bogtown - I lost a couple little chicks last year, too. What kind of monster eats chicks, anyway?!?!?!?! I know, circle of life, but I think that was the most emotional chicken loss I...

These guys are so cute! There is a rabbit breeder in the North Branch area who also breeds and sells Icelandic (and a couple other) chickens. You can follow her/contact her at North Woods Bunny Barn on FB. Icelandics are a landrace, do they have an SOP? I do like the look of them.... But...

Siggie, I think I Love Layers is right, probably just the noise. I have a tin roof on my co-op, and it doesn't bother mine but they're used to it.

Ha! This made me laugh way too hard! We mark our ceramic eggs with a little brown smiley face on the end. The wild strawberries are doing well here, and the black caps are immature, but there are loads of them! It does seem to be a great berry season so far. Maybe the mild winter and nice...

Nope, he's not available, folks! I had a fun day trip with the kids down to Zumbrota to see MinnieChickMama! She is such a sweet gal. We got rained out, so we couldn't visit as much as I would have liked, but I'm glad I finally met her. I really liked how she had her breeding pens set up...

I thought that might be it. There are a few instances of that way back in our families, too.

All of them! LOL I'm not helping, am I? I get to meet MinnieChickMama today! Leaving shortly for the trip - we're going to hang out in Zumbrota for a couple hours, too.

Very cool!! I'm over here waiting for a broody to surface and hatch the eggs that won't fit in the bator! I hope things fare well at your place. Yikes! I wonder why she had no last name? Do you know?