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Velvet Sparrow posted:This morning I did a breakout on big eggs gathered in the last two days--infertile!!! So the kid and I are heading out into the run with a pair of scissors right now to give everyone a butt haircut. I can only imagine this being put on a resume: Professional Chicken Brazilian Clipper. I also imagine the chickens aren't exactly big fans of this treatment.
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# ¿ Apr 6, 2013 19:35 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 10:44 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Also, Yoya the Giant Cochin has joined Wiggles in the broody hen department! If they're both broody, will you split the babies between them? I kinda want to see two mommas, one huge and one tiny.
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# ¿ Apr 6, 2013 22:27 |
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Tim the Enchanter posted:Ill try to take some new ones but nobody is in good shape right now because ive clipped all their asses for the hot weather. You do know that is a reason for MORE pictures, not less, right?
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# ¿ Apr 9, 2013 03:14 |
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Inveigle posted:Don't know why rice is worse to clean up than bird seed, but evidently rice on slick, hard surfaces can cause people to slip and fall. I suspect that most places prefer that nothing be thrown at all (including movie theaters during "Rocky Horror Picture Show"). Rice when wet turns into a sticky glue-like mess. Moreso when it's been crushed after being stomped on. Not only hard to clean it up, but anything else it touches becomes glued to the ground. (Ever had mochi? Now, stick that onto the floor. Yeah.)
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# ¿ Apr 15, 2013 19:55 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Well we're coming down to the wire... the chick brooder box is built (and is almost ridiculously huge) and ready to go, and the eggs get their last day of turning tomorrow (and a final candling) before going into their three day lockdown. I'm candling the second batch of eggs on Friday night to see if any have developed, so I'll know then if we'll have a second hatch on May 4th. Although we have 4 broodies at the moment, I think either Wiggles or Yoya will be recruited for a mom. Yoya would be the better choice since she's bigger & fluffier, but Wiggles REALLY wants it. Wiggles for the comedy option of tiny momma and big brood! Also, figures the hatch will probably begin while I'm on vacation. Any idea when the Naming/Hatching thread goes up? Will it be like last year's hat system? I want to get in my "Queen Elizabeak" nomination early. (Also try to sneak in a "Kriemhild Gretchen" too...)
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# ¿ Apr 16, 2013 10:17 |
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Chido posted:It's been really hot these last 2 days, so I'm progressing slow in changing coops, but I'm gettign there. I got the hoes new nest boxes and they've already use, and got the new waterer ready and I'll use it tomorrow. It's so weird to look outside and not see Roo walking around or boking outside the kitchen I'd like to imagine that Roostroyer donning some sorta Build-A-Bear Spartan battle armor, then valiantly giving his life fighting off a Lovecraftian Ancient One Horror to save his henhoes, Chido, & Family. That is not the truth, but it's how I like to remember him.
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# ¿ May 4, 2013 03:53 |
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I made a thing, in tribute to Roostroyer. (Yes, perfectly playable in Arkham Horror. Not entirely sure on the balance, but what the hey...)
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# ¿ May 7, 2013 04:40 |
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Chido posted:The Cthulu references an Vaga42Bond's character sheet she made of Roo have made me feel like writing the history of how i got Roo and the hoes from a Lovecraftian perspective. Fluffy chickens fighting octopii He made. Thank you. And it's an Investigator Card from Arkham Horror. There's an Let's Play for it going on right now. (Yes, perfectly playable in Arkham Horror. Not entirely balanced, but what the hey...) Vaga42Bond fucked around with this message at 06:12 on May 10, 2013 |
# ¿ May 10, 2013 06:05 |
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SynthOrange posted:I cant remember any Chickam assists that survived. Inveigle posted:VS assisted one of the Light Brahmas this past hatch, but I can't recall if it was the one that died. I remember that it was a really BIG chick so it had a hard time shifting around inside the shell to get out. I think Roostroyer was, being such a big boy he couldn't turn around properly. Tho the overall success rate is pretty pisspoor.
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# ¿ May 14, 2013 15:56 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Dunno about this heat we're having...it's been 100 degrees for the last week, today got up to 105, tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter and this will last for at least the next 4 days or so. Maybe set up a sprinkler and let it run in the run with them?
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# ¿ Jul 2, 2013 07:53 |
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Pogonodon posted:Well, the constant rain has taken a heavy toll. Where on Earth are you to have two months of nonstop rain, and how are you not living on an Ark? Or are you...?
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# ¿ Sep 4, 2013 03:17 |
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On the Duct Tape Island Special of Mythbusters, nobody told Adam Savage that chickens can fly either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op-lPcNRWZc
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# ¿ Sep 5, 2013 03:35 |
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Those duck pics remind me of one of my favorite Mythbusters one-liners, "Quack, drat you!" Also: So many ducks! (0:38 for the line.)
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# ¿ Sep 30, 2013 18:46 |
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The BBC had a special about The Private Lives of Chickens.
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# ¿ Oct 8, 2013 09:30 |
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After that BBC Special, I say name him Lloyd.
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# ¿ Oct 9, 2013 06:11 |
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Ohhhh. If you have a "D-" naming thing there, how about Dillinger?
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# ¿ Oct 10, 2013 04:48 |
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I found this cute little video of baby chicks arriving through the mail.
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# ¿ Nov 12, 2013 19:29 |
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I keep forgetting to mention, but these were on Dave Barry's 2013 Gift Guide:Dave Barry posted:CHICKEN DIAPERS Dave Barry posted:CHICKEN BRASSIERE So, gotta ask. How much use in reality will they have for people with chickens? Vaga42Bond fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Dec 18, 2013 |
# ¿ Dec 18, 2013 04:22 |
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:I can only assume that these chickens do not walk as we understand the term, and instead roll around like feathery Katamaris, gathering more and more chickens to add to their bulk as they go. Funny you should mention that...
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# ¿ Jan 20, 2014 06:50 |
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Some chickens I encountered in the parking lot of an amusement park in New Zealand. (A farm was next door...) THIS cheeky fellow was quite persistent in trying to beg for treats from me and others. He eventually resorted to pecking at pant cuffs for attention. In addition to chickens, cows, and sheep, they were raising these fellows! This is a Pukeko, a funny blue-ish bird. Notable for being quite a pest in gardens, as one story I heard about them was one was carefully eating the seeds behind some poor schmuck planting. (He showed up outside a hotel one morning.)
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# ¿ Apr 6, 2014 23:39 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Vaga42Bond, in answer to your question in chat, my best guess would be a mix that includes Easter Eggers. Quite interesting but I guess that makes sense given the frequent free-rangers there. (A notable lack of very many predators will do that, probably.)
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# ¿ Apr 16, 2014 08:33 |
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The Los Angeles Times has an article about backyard chickens. http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-0702-lopez-chickens-20140702-column.html
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# ¿ Jul 2, 2014 20:20 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:AHAHAHA, we're getting dense smoke again from several huge California wildfires, just like last year. Our AQI right now is 197, 'Very Unhealthy'. At this point, maybe you should consider building an addition to the house for the chickens...
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# ¿ Sep 24, 2014 06:53 |
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Hopefully relevant enough, but a friend of mine is making a webcomic about the last chicken in the universe. http://www.cluckedcomic.com/ quote:When a chicken lands on Earth in search of kin, he discovers that not only is his kind considered the tastiest thing in the universe… he’s also the only one left. Can he survive the hungering hordes, cosmic chases and entirety of the Galactic Federation long enough to save his homeworld? Velvet Sparrow posted:Yoya says 'Hi...' Oh gods, I remember when she was just being broody as all heck and fluffed up in other pics.
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# ¿ Nov 7, 2015 22:53 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Now to decide what we will hatch next Spring... You want a kiwi. You really want a kiwi. Kiwi.
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# ¿ Nov 10, 2015 04:36 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 10:44 |
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My friend was going home (while carrying a rotisserie chicken dinner, of all things), when she encountered this fellow. Any identification as to what breed he is?
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# ¿ Dec 21, 2015 01:28 |