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Oh my goodness, what a beautiful day! Didn't get a thing outside done, but I did get outside to enjoy the sunshine a little after work. I guess DH wants to get rid of the last of his quail. After butchering the majority of them last fall, he decided that they're too much work for too little...

No, they're solid wood (maple, I think - they were installed by the previous owner), nailed to the subfloor. We had to tear the floors out upstairs because they weren't nailed down properly and began to buckle... and, apparently, when they started to buckle, the previous owner went downstairs...

*sigh* Awful, awful day today at work... my favorite manager is on medical leave for two weeks, and...well, quite frankly, I cannot stand my other manager! Ended up kind of blowing up at her as I was leaving this afternoon, and I just know I'm going to hear about it next time I'm there. I'm...

Got my 3 new Call duckies in the mail today! Slight disappointment in the drake as far as size and type go (he's kind of big and "clunky" ), but the girls are so pretty I'll forgive the seller. Anywho, here are a few pictures! Two of the newbies (in quarantine until after we move!) And the...

Man oh man, I always get on BYC and end up spending so much time in the Duck and Genetics sections that I don't have time to come post here! And then when I do get around to it, there's 30 pages for me to read to catch up! I had a major lapse in judgment and self-control last night and set 25...

Gahh! I just looked out the window and it's SNOWING here! We haven't moved into the new house yet - there ended up being some problems with the plumbing and ductwork that, while it doesn't make the house un-livable, we decided to have re-done the right way before we move in. They're going to...

Oh my goodness, I forgot how chatty ya'll are. Almost 20 pages to catch up on since I was on the other day! And all of you people who are hatching already - now I remember why I stopped coming on BYC! You guys are a bad influence on me! I have 3 incubators out in the garage with a combined egg...

Hey guys. Been a long, long time! Black Cochin Bantams (Craig in Iowa) has been bugging me on Facebook to get back on BYC, which I've been avoiding because whenever I come on here I see another breed/variety of bird that I NEED and I can't have! It's seriously torture. Can't even have a...

Quote: Yep, "Snowflake" is a "flame-point", with an orange-tabby ears and tail, and ice-blue eyes. We'd been looking for ONE more kitty to add to our 1 dog, 1 cat home - we had actually walked down to our local animal shelter 3 times this month, but didn't find any that we fell in love with...

Hey guys Lots going on - not enough time for posting on BYC lately! I saw some familiar faces in Portage over the weekend and decided it was time to pop in and say hi! Didn't come home from Portage with any new birds, since it's looking more and more like we're going to be moving mid-winter...

BL4 - Those Calls are so cute! My ladies have all taken a break from laying... I haven't let them sit on any eggs, so they'd been going non-stop for months, I guess they deserve a hiatus! Ugh, I have been so busy, it's ridiculous. Because Will's friend passed away, all the wedding stuff was...

Hi guys. I wanted to jump right online today after work and join in the post-bash chatter...but it's been a BAD day. Will's best friend passed away in his sleep this morning. He'd had a sore throat for about a week, took a pain pill to help him sleep, and it appears that his throat swelled...

Okay guys - I tried to go back and read through what I've missed, but y'all are a chatty bunch! Busy week here - work was horrible, we had people not showing up and not calling, so I got stuck covering some shifts, and Will and I have been going to a bunch of auctions in the area - my most...

Quote: Beat me to it! BlackBrookPoultry - the bash is going to be a 2.5 hour drive for me, but it's totally worth it! I dragged my two youngest sisters along last year and they had so much fun (mostly carrying around those baby bunnies all day ) that my mom took off work to bring them along...

Quote: Oh - it's not a Call. The twisty-necked Stanbridge White passed away, and the crooked-billed one is a Dutch Hookbill, which is a small breed too and he needs a home! Terri O - the first two Call ducklings in the latest batch hatched overnight, and they're a Mallard-Grey and ANOTHER...

Yikes! It's hard going back to work after a 4 day mini-vacation. I got home at 5:30 and have been napping until just now! I was right about the little twisted-neck duckling - we should've culled him and ended his suffering right away. He started pooping blood yesterday - we suspected but...

Quote: Oh, the Wisconsin Cheeseheads Thread is up and running and VERY active! Can't help you with any of the breeds you're looking for though - I was hoping to hatch some Splash Bantam Cochins out of my Blue Mottleds this year, but I've had rotten luck with fertility and I'm thinking I'm...

Quote: Trust me, the internet is pretty much useless for duck color genetics, except for Henk69's website: http://kippenjungle.nl/kruisingEend.html The duck color calculator can't take any recessive genes into account unless you know your duck is carrying them and you go into the advanced...

Quote: Well, there's a dominant bib gene and a recessive bib gene, but the dominant one is linked to extended black, and all your Calls are Extended Black-based except for the Pastel (she's Mallard-based). So, yes - in your case, the bib is dominant and pretty much inevitable in all the...

BL4 - I haven't been having much luck with the eggs I've been setting lately either. I know that my mom and sisters don't collect any eggs until the END of the day, so I think all the eggs are getting too hot in the sun during the day, and the temperature shock of bringing them inside and...