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I took these pictures Monday when the kittens were 10 days old but I wanted to save them for today. Happy Caturday everyone. Now for individual photo's, they do not have names yet. These are just what we call them when me and mom weigh them. Last time Trixie had 4 identical kittens. This time...

I really need to read up on Frizzle genetics. I do know crossing Teddy x Henny Penny will produce only satins. What I do not know is if silkie x frizzle is frizzle only or 50 frizzle and 50 silkie. I will have to be careful with the frizzles though on what to keep. If I am not mistaken frizzle x...

@Ponypoor young man Bert has a new fan. I was showing Rosie pictures of the parents to the eggs in the incubator. Curly and Henny Penny are her 2 favorites out of her girls. She is my daughter though and she spotted Bert in the background of one of the pictures. I want to go steal Marty. Rosie...

Joking aside, I am happy to hear that you have a little boy in your group of chicks. I can just imagine him trying to crow right now, it has to be hilarious. I do not think I have ever had one start that young. Drumstick was my youngest who let out his first strangled attempt at 5 1/2 weeks...

Oh Teddy where are you buddy, sic-em. Someone is talking trash about your future chicks.

Tell that to the remaining 8 dozen eggs on my countertop. Oh if I wanted to fill every slot in that 47 egg turner I could.

Well, the eggs are set. I set a total of 28 eggs. Here is the breakdown.. Marty-7, Curly-7, Fluffy-3, Henny P-3, Poppet-6 and Betty-2. All but the final Poppet egg went in at 5pm. Poppet made me wait until 10 minutes ago. I had a difficult time deciding where to place the incubator in the living...

Ok, the incubator is up and running. It came up to temp and the turner is working. I was late getting it set up so if it still holds steady for 2 more hours I will set it. I also hope to have one more Poppet egg by then.

Quite frankly the way this child likes to argue she should be a Lawyer. Even if you point out she is wrong, she will argue until she is blue in the face that no she is right. If by some miracle she is right, omg the gloating that follows.

Oh you and Rosie would so get along. She too is not a people person. She has friends, but people in general, nope. Her desired career is Forensics. As of right now she is interested in either toxicology, blood splatter analysis or pathology. I informed her if she goes the pathology route she...

I would love for at least one from all the girls to hatch. Practically speaking with shipped eggs you are taking a gamble. If I had to just pick 1 egg to hatch it would be a Marty egg. Girl or boy, a Marty egg.

Hey everyone. Well, it is time to break out old Bessie and set her up. Bessie by the way is my incubator. Some of you already know but a secret has been kept between @Ponypoor and myself. I may have hinted a bit the last month when she talked about her plans with hatching silkie eggs by her...

I am so sorry, RIP Larry. You did the right thing if it was a open fracture. Closed fracture, depending on location and severity splint and cage rest. Compound leg fracture I equate to the same as with a horse with a compound fracture. She was a beautiful girl and I am happy she got to spend her...

Not going to yell at you. Until you really know him, you need a saddle. Bareback is fine do not get me wrong, but if you take lessons, you will need a saddle. I like your dad's thinking. Right now, you do not need new or fancy, you need practical. If it fits him use this for a while. The new or...

Pastel is a pretty boy I will give him that. In truth, he is simply doing his job protecting his ladies and the chicks as he would in the wild. I have to ask, did he amp up his aggression towards you when the chicks hatched? I do not think he is a lost cause, I see glimmers of hope with him. I...