Poka_Doodle's journal

[Poka_Doodle]

So, stock show is coming, in like a week and a half. In this post I'm going to talk about our prep for then. I have eleven birds that I'm bringing. They are eating mostly game bird feed. Also my showmanship hen is getting trained daily with hopes that she will be called to the task. Next Thursday night I'll be bathing the birds and trying to do what I can about frost bite. But that's really it.

 

[micah wotring]

Wow 11! Good job!

Wouldn't you want to wash the bird closer to the show day? I mean, they might get dirty/dusty again.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Yeah. Show day is Saturday next week.

 

[micah wotring]

So that would mean just over a week between wash and show. Why not wash them closer to the show in case they get dirty?

 

[Poka_Doodle]

I'd meant next week Thursday.

 

[micah wotring]

I'd meant next week Thursday.

Ah, okay.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Yeah. I try to plan it so they are clean by the time they arrive at show.

 

[Bruce]

The old "when you say 'next' xxxday do you mean the next one that will occur or the next one that isn't this calendar week?". Always confusing!!

Wash and dry 11 chickens in 1 day??

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Sorry. But next week.

Eleven chickens would be exhausting to wash. I think only five or so will need it, hopefully only two.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

So with all these sports and absolutely no extra time we had have gotten a puppy. Sunday night my dad came home with him. Of course none of us really knew that he would be ours, we just thought he was another patient. So: his name is Roy, he is an Irish setter and we think about four months old. Because of me using a tablet I can only put pictures in my avatar.