Quail_Antwerp: Words from the Barnyard...

[Quail_Antwerp]

Yesterday the kiddos, E, and I were outside spending some extra time with the chickens. The kids all had to have their picture taken with one of their chickens. I was happy to oblige them!

DD with a Buff Brahma pullet...this chick is offspring from her first pair of Brahmas, Eric and Greta. She named this chick Jetta.

DS1 with his Quail Anterp d'Anver Hen named Fran.

DS2 with his Black Tailed Buff Japanese cockerel, named Pepper (he subsequently named the two BTB Jap pullets Salt and Bread).

DS3 with his Rhode Island Red pullet, named Lollipop. This was his $2 chick from Meyers at the end of July when we picked up our Guineas. He had a whole $2 of his own money to spend, so he asked if they had any $2 chicks Charlotte, the Meyer's employee, grabbed him a RIR pullet. He was so thrilled!

And here's Baby Boy, buried in a pile of leaves!

I snapped this of my Blue Mottled d'Uccle cockerel yesterday, too. His stance was just perfect, and I think it's a beautiful picture of him. (I also think I need to enlarge it, frame it, and hang it on my wall! )

 

[BeccaOH]

Nice pics! Glad someone got to be outside yesterday enjoying the gorgeous weather.

 

[keljonma]

Great pictures! I know your DS3 is sure fond of his hen, Lollipop! Is she the one who doesn't get along with Lou?

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Yep, she's the one who doesn't get a long with Lou. Don't know what her problem is.

I didn't get the run on the coop done today. I did get two more posts in, so it's progress. Ideally, I would like to have it done by the end of this week, but looks like I'm probably going to have just one side done and work on the other side next week.

My mom is supposed to be getting Lance the Royal Palm and Saphira the Blue Slate after the first. She better hurry, because Saphira is really starting to over stay her welcome! If she's here much longer, she might just become our first homegrown turkey day dinner. She has NO sense of boundaries. She eats all the feed I put down for her and Lance (he gets some, too) and then she figures out ways to get into all of the other chicken pens and eats theirs, too. Today I caught her in the duck pen and boy did she tick of Gary the Mallard duck!! He was chasing her around the pen after she chased one of his girls. Kind of funny, but frustrating.

After that, I caught her in the BBS Orps pen, where I also have my BLRW Mama with her babies. She pecked one of the baby Welsummers, and sent Mama into a tizzy. So I went in to get her out and the stupid turkey ran from me. I chased her around the pen, while trying NOT to step on chicks Finally get her out and Lance comes after me after she screamed her fool head off.

Stupid turkey.

So when they leave, Ernie wants Bourbon Reds again. The last one he had attacked anything that moved in the yard. I'm thinking, why do we keep getting turkeys?!

 

[BeccaOH]

Poor Saphira. :/

 

[Farmfresh]

Great Pictures!

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

E and I were talking last night about my turkeys. I was feeling guilty about sending Lance and Saphira to my mom's, plus E and I both have concerns about them with my mom's dogs (at least one has become a poultry killer). So E said we'll work on the dog kennel and divide it in half, build housing for Lance and Saphira and keep them.

The other half will be used to house Bourbon reds that he still wants to get. I guess I'll be looking for Royal Palm hens in the spring, but E said something about maybe getting a BS tom instead, so I dunno.

It has rained all night, and is a bit chilly and damp this morning. I'm hoping the day gets nicer, but not holding my breath.

 

[keljonma]

It has rained all night, and is a bit chilly and damp this morning. I'm hoping the day gets nicer, but not holding my breath.

We are looking at 80% chance of rain today. Our high is supposed to be in the mid 50s, but we started at 48 this morning, so not much change. But tomorrow is forecast for sunshine and temps in the 60. So hopefully tomorrow will be better. You guys are usually warmer than we get.

 

[punkin]

Great pics, QA! I especially like how contented Jetta look with your DD.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Alrighty, Folks, I need some chicken help, please?

I really want to concentrate on my Blue Laced Red Wyandottes over this next year. I want to work on improving their color and type, with more importance on color right now, type later.

I posted on BYC that I am going to Nationals and that I'm on the search for a nice Wheaten Ameraucana Bantam pullet and LF Black or Blue BLRW rooster or hen/pullet.

A member pm'ed me and said he has several 7 month old roosters
and 17 newly hatched chicks that I can choose from!

Now, the following pics ARE NOT mine, they belong to the BYC'er who owns the birds, so I will be deleting these in a couple days so I won't be infringing or anything.

This is the pic of the Roo I told him I'd like to get.

But, I think this roo might be darker, and I already have 4 splash, with another splash coming up from my own splash, so I am wanting a DARK roo...So which of these two would you choose???

This is the pic of the chicks he sent me. He has ALL three colors, at least it looks that way to me, because two of the chicks at the top are definitely splash, and I see several that are definitely blues. The two chicks that I circled here are the ones I told him I want. I believe that the one I circled to the right will be either black or a very dark blue.

IF I don't get any of the roosters, I could get several more of the blue chicks, but I'm not sure where or how I'll brood chicks right now, because E said absolutely NO MORE chicks brooding in the house EVER! He's planning to put a small room in the new coop addition with electric next spring for all new chicks that need heat lamps.

So, I just want to know what you guys think. Which rooster do you think looks better? Which would you choose?