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I change my vote, I want Lulu.
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Nettle Soup posted:I change my vote, I want Lulu. Let's cover our bases here with a Bu Bu too.
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Mar 28, 2022 12:23
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I'm not dooming any more eggs/chicks by naming them, but I will follow with interest
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Mar 28, 2022 14:49
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Criminy, with these names next year I'm gonna lean out the back door to call the chickens, and the neighbors will call 911 thinking I'm having some kind of blathering fit.
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Mar 28, 2022 19:52
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Let's also toss in Boop.
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Mar 28, 2022 19:57
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Or that you’ve been at the Mexican market
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Mar 28, 2022 20:38
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Criminy, with these names next year I'm gonna lean out the back door to call the chickens, and the neighbors will call 911 thinking I'm having some kind of blathering fit. The best chickens have to have the best names.
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Mar 28, 2022 21:05
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My vote is for Choo-Choo
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Mar 28, 2022 21:21
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I named Kana last year, this year I am going to request Lu Bu please because I love ancient Chinese warlords and I want chaosfeather to be happy
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Mar 28, 2022 21:32
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I respectfully submit “Phoebe Maybe”
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Mar 28, 2022 22:48
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I'm excited for a new chickam  Lil' Pep is once again living inside. someone just won't stop picking her feathers, even when she had her little jacket on  she's not thrilled about the situation but she likes all the attention and treats we give her 
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Mar 28, 2022 23:38
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eating only apples posted:I want chaosfeather to be happy
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Mar 29, 2022 00:43
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eating only apples posted:I named Kana last year, this year I am going to request Lu Bu please because I love ancient Chinese warlords and I want chaosfeather to be happy I would name all my hens after ROTK characters if more of them were women, and also if I didn't have kids.
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So for a long time now our dogs have known to get excited, that we're 'talking to them', when we put on the Dug voice from 'Up'. But now the chickens get excited when we start talking to them... in the voice of the Chicken Lady from 'Kids in the Hall'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDYnFy4rCJY "Straight outta my body and onto your plate!" Imagined fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Mar 29, 2022 |
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Mar 29, 2022 02:08
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eating only apples posted:I named Kana last year, this year I am going to request Lu Bu please because I love ancient Chinese warlords and I want chaosfeather to be happy You're both very sweet but I can always try next year! Please submit names you'd like to see.
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I'm in NC and the avian flu is going around. It's pretty easy to get the word to be careful, but is there a place / resource to check to know when I can let the dumdums out to roam again? A red shouldered hawk was found dead with it in my county.
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Alterian posted:I'm in NC and the avian flu is going around. It's pretty easy to get the word to be careful, but is there a place / resource to check to know when I can let the dumdums out to roam again? A red shouldered hawk was found dead with it in my county. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/2022-hpai I'm not sure that this will give you everything you need as it's a national alert/research system, but maybe it'll help? This seems more regional: http://www.ncagr.gov/avianflu/
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Yesterday a relatively small falcon/hawk bird of prey thing (I'm not sure exactly what kind of bird it was but it was smaller than like an eagle) landed on a fencepost in my yard and scared the poo poo out of my chickens, it was gone by the time I got outside to try to scare it away. So that was exciting. The chickens are ok I think, they hid in the coop and wouldn't come out until I went out there.
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perfect names allShifty Nipples posted:Yesterday a relatively small falcon/hawk bird of prey thing (I'm not sure exactly what kind of bird it was but it was smaller than like an eagle) landed on a fencepost in my yard and scared the poo poo out of my chickens, it was gone by the time I got outside to try to scare it away. So that was exciting. The chickens are ok I think, they hid in the coop and wouldn't come out until I went out there.
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mahershalalhashbaz posted:perfect names all And BTW, God help any small raptor that actually lands and goes after them--because once on the ground, that hawk is gonna get HIS poo poo sorted--I've been present three times when this happened and my flock damned near killed the poor hawk. The worst time was when one went after a group of 5-6 broody hens that were dust bathing under a tree. Good lord. I literally had to run out and drag them off a damned hawk. My roosters just kind of...calmly stood aside and let the demon girls handle things.  For the record, each time it was a Sharpshin, which is NO match for chickens and really should know better. FUN FACT: A pair of Sharpshins have decided to build a nest in the trees two houses over. The next few months should be a real knee-slapper. Velvet Sparrow fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Mar 31, 2022 |
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Chaosfeather posted:You're both very sweet but I can always try next year! Please submit names you'd like to see. Too late, Lu Bu is on the list. 
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what a beautiful hen! what an intense glare! 
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freeedr posted:
Her color is so pretty. Rose is weaning her babies already. She spent a half hour in the nest box yesterday and the chicks WERE NOT INVITED. Afterwards she did hang out with them sometimes during the day but she did not sleep in the nest with them at night. They don’t seem too heartbroken about it so she did her job extremely well.  For those keeping track at home it’s been a bit less than 4 weeks which is the same as every other time she’s had chicks. It’s really funny that her internal clock is so precise.
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Rose is such a good mum.
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spookygonk posted:Rose is such a good mum. freeedr posted:
aaaaaaaaa I love chicken glares
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Enfys posted:aaaaaaaaa I love chicken glares Kind of random cause it has nothing to do with birds but I've been wanting to tell you that your deep sea exploration thread in PYF/PMF is awesome as heck 
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Chips, my eldest ex-batt, has suddenly and surprisingly gone a bit broody. None of my other ex-batts have ever seemed all that aware of their eggs as things that exist, never mind as something that they produce and that have a function. The other hens are disgruntled because this is the prime nest box for laying and none of the others will do, so they are trying to lay eggs on top of/around her while she fluffs up into an immovable rageball. I almost wish I had some fertilised eggs to give her, but she already took a long time to perk back up after a hard moult a couple months ago. Shifty Nipples posted:Kind of random cause it has nothing to do with birds but I've been wanting to tell you that your deep sea exploration thread in PYF/PMF is awesome as heck Aww thanks, that's made my day 
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Nope,no matter the egg number, the chicks are named as they hatch, we pick a name out of a hat as soon as one pops out of its shell, then post the name in the thread. The Chickam thread will be posted in GBS as always, but as soon as I start the thread I'll post a link to it here. Please name a chicken Doug McClure.
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Velvet Sparrow posted:And BTW, God help any small raptor that actually lands and goes after them--because once on the ground, that hawk is gonna get HIS poo poo sorted--I've been present three times when this happened and my flock damned near killed the poor hawk. The worst time was when one went after a group of 5-6 broody hens that were dust bathing under a tree. Good lord. I literally had to run out and drag them off a damned hawk. My roosters just kind of...calmly stood aside and let the demon girls handle things. Joburg posted:Rose is weaning her babies already. She spent a half hour in the nest box yesterday and the chicks WERE NOT INVITED. Afterwards she did hang out with them sometimes during the day but she did not sleep in the nest with them at night. They don’t seem too heartbroken about it so she did her job extremely well. Enfys posted:Chips, my eldest ex-batt, has suddenly and surprisingly gone a bit broody. None of my other ex-batts have ever seemed all that aware of their eggs as things that exist, never mind as something that they produce and that have a function. The other hens are disgruntled because this is the prime nest box for laying and none of the others will do, so they are trying to lay eggs on top of/around her while she fluffs up into an immovable rageball. 
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A lot of news about the new bird flu today in the north east, y'all be careful with your chooks.
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mahershalalhashbaz posted:until a few months ago i'd never heard a quail squawk like a gull, but now they all do it whenever they see food MINE! 
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Enfys posted:Chips, my eldest ex-batt, has suddenly and surprisingly gone a bit broody. None of my other ex-batts have ever seemed all that aware of their eggs as things that exist, never mind as something that they produce and that have a function. The other hens are disgruntled because this is the prime nest box for laying and none of the others will do, so they are trying to lay eggs on top of/around her while she fluffs up into an immovable rageball.
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WE HAVE EMBRYOS!  Here's the break down: 29 eggs set ten days ago, 17 were our eggs, 12 were eggs from neighbors. When I candled tonite: 18 eggs have embryos (10 ours, 8 neighbors), 2 not sure of (both ours), & 9 duds that never developed (5 ours, 4 neighbors). The eggs from Slick Charlie, Peanut, Nyx and Rapunzel all have embryos. Chickam in 10 days!
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Velvet Sparrow posted:WE HAVE EMBRYOS! 
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Velvet Sparrow posted:WE HAVE EMBRYOS! Did that big red egg have an embryo?
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