Absolutely agree. I still wonder how this little made it into my yard. All the moms- about 4, all have older chicks. Must have been one of the neighborhood kids ♡ they like to bring me the chicks they find but usually call to me first.
could also have been a neighbor cat I guess. But no sign of the chicks mom.
Probably a dumb question, but as chickens don’t sweat (I think I got that right), do they benefit from the cooling effect of a breeze that we feel?
). There wasn't much of a chicken show at all. I think my county has become so urban and suburban that this part of the county fair is dying out. 
Those chooks are so lucky to have you there to count them.C was at the allotments when I got there. I met them coming out of the main gate. C told me they had done the water for the geese and chickens and were off home.
When I get to the run gate, this is what I see.
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C had missed one again. If I hadn't shown up, that's a dead chicken.
Maybe C can't count past ten.
As you may have read, it's been a bit on the warm side in parts of Britain.
This was the only hen that I saw struggling. She did come out and join the rest after 15 minutes or so. I must admit I had been having visions of arriving to find two or three dead.
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Everybody out.
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A hot hen.
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A hen that doesn't want me to Vaseline her legs.
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It's gone a bit dry for the UK.
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What a PITA! Glad you could still laugh about it. Since the covid shutdowns it seems to have become acceptable to simply shut up shop with no warning (or consequence). We seem to have swung to the opposite of 'keep calm and carry on'.They cancelled all the trains from 9pm or earlier it seems just when it was getting cooler! They say the tracks warp in the heat. What they make them out of? Plastic!?
Renfe in Catalonia managed to run trains on time in 40C+ temperatures.Better plastic I suspect.
The bus didn't show up. The tarmac was probably too sticky.
I can't help thinking that somewhere in the contracts awarded to these companies there is something about providing a public service while you make a profit if you can.
My eldest drove me home in the end.
I mean come on, It's not that hot and it's only going to last a couple of days. I suppose where it's between 35C and 45C for months the plastic tracks have warped themselves back into shape.
I can definitely commiserate! A few years ago I noticed our county fair had no dairy cattle. None! A big team of exhibition Percheron horses was occupying the dairy barn. They were glorious but they were out of town performers so not an ag activity in this county.:sigh: I am so disappointed. I went to our local "poultry show" this weekend.
I have been so looking forward to making contacts with So Cal chicken breeders so I can acquire a few bantam pullets. The new coop is coming along between all my other projects. I was looking for pretty much the same thing Ribh looked for when she found her breeder: raised in a clean and healthy environment and for eye candy instead of egg production.
More than ten years ago, I went to the county fair's poultry show and found the breeder I got my bantam cochins from. There had been a whole exhibition building full of beautiful chickens and knowledgable chicken people to talk to. Ten years later... I dunno what happened. This year really only a few dozen 4H kids doing showmanship with some silkies that looked like druggies they were so passive (or were so stressed they were catatonic... although knowing silkies, that may be their normal behavior
I guess I'll have to travel north to a more rural show to find breeders, since I really don't want to resort to Craig's List or mailed hatchery chicks, and the only local "feed store" is appalling.
Sorry for the rant, but I figured you all would commiserate. My family thinks I'm nuts even to go to this kind of trouble finding a puppy, let alone pullets.
Thank heavens they had a car to do it with too.They cancelled all the trains from 9pm or earlier it seems just when it was getting cooler! They say the tracks warp in the heat. What they make them out of? Plastic!?
Renfe in Catalonia managed to run trains on time in 40C+ temperatures.Better plastic I suspect.
The bus didn't show up. The tarmac was probably too sticky.
I can't help thinking that somewhere in the contracts awarded to these companies there is something about providing a public service while you make a profit if you can.
My eldest drove me home in the end.
I mean come on, It's not that hot and it's only going to last a couple of days. I suppose where it's between 35C and 45C for months the plastic tracks have warped themselves back into shape.
Both chicken and people like trees and plants. That neighbor of yours cementing everywhere maybe bought some house plants for inside his home! Some people however prefer "pretty" plants whereas I suppose chickens prefer shrubs and vines. My hen Vanille loves our cherry treeI know ~ but I'm an arts major so I think chickens like nice things too & that's what I've always strived for. Now I try more for pretty & what I've learnt chickens like. It seems to be a good combination. I enjoy looking @ the chicken's environment & they enjoy being in it.
. We're going to plant a mulberry tree in the chicken space, my partner says there used to be a huge old one that died when he was a child.He's beautiful! Cross breeds make for striking looks and color!
This made my morning happy ! I was wondering how long she could be kept apart and still be recognized by mama hen.
Maybe you could ask on BYC if people from so cal know of good breeders ? Not sure if you would get good advice, but it might be better than craigslist.:sigh: I am so disappointed. I went to our local "poultry show" this weekend.
I have been so looking forward to making contacts with So Cal chicken breeders so I can acquire a few bantam pullets. The new coop is coming along between all my other projects. I was looking for pretty much the same thing Ribh looked for when she found her breeder: raised in a clean and healthy environment and for eye candy instead of egg production.
More than ten years ago, I went to the county fair's poultry show and found the breeder I got my bantam cochins from. There had been a whole exhibition building full of beautiful chickens and knowledgable chicken people to talk to. Ten years later... I dunno what happened. This year really only a few dozen 4H kids doing showmanship with some silkies that looked like druggies they were so passive (or were so stressed they were catatonic... although knowing silkies, that may be their normal behavior
I guess I'll have to travel north to a more rural show to find breeders, since I really don't want to resort to Craig's List or mailed hatchery chicks, and the only local "feed store" is appalling.
Sorry for the rant, but I figured you all would commiserate. My family thinks I'm nuts even to go to this kind of trouble finding a puppy, let alone pullets.
.Life on a rig isn't for everyone. I've a cousin whose first job as a young engineer was on a rig in Norway, and it turned out to be also his last. It didn't go well with him, he came back far out, went to live in auroville for several years, never worked again and spent his life involved in various conspiracy movements. He did make a huge amount of money out of it but not sure it was worth it.
