CntryBoy777
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I sure have been around a few....in the recent past, as a matter of fact.....
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rachels.haven
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Lol, yep. My kids try to eat nothing to spite you, then get moody and hangry, unmanageable, and feral...like little Sasquatch. I'm told that someday they will grow up and have to feed themselves the majority of the time and may even grow a sense of self-preservation. My plan is to make sure they survive until then. I love those crazy kids.
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rachels.haven
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I sure have been around a few....in the recent past, as a matter of fact.....
So I take it your kids are in bed then?
Bruce
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No, he and his wife were living with daughter and grandchildren while they looked for a house in FL. Found one and moved in a couple of weeks ago. Been a long while since @CntryBoy777 had little ones underfoot.
CntryBoy777
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Naw....
....I have 4 daughters that all have their own....we just stayed with DD4....and she has a 8 & 2 yrolds, we just moved to our new "place".....and are back to being us....well, as best we can do with our stuff 800mi away in storage....but, will be going and getting them next wk.....
....I have 4 daughters that all have their own....we just stayed with DD4....and she has a 8 & 2 yrolds, we just moved to our new "place".....and are back to being us....well, as best we can do with our stuff 800mi away in storage....but, will be going and getting them next wk.....- Thread starter
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rachels.haven
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Sorry, clearly I should be reading your journal too. Wow, that's rough! I hope by this time in two weeks you are being even more like you. Moving's no fun until it's over. Good luck!
Wow, that's rough! I hope by this time in two weeks you are being even more like you. Moving's no fun until it's over. Good luck!- Thread starter
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rachels.haven
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Hay, hay, hay!
30 bales of hay! That will last us a while.
As a side note, one of the cockerels in my chick bin is making himself out to be a cull for freezer camp. He's three inches tall, covered in fluff, and chest bumping and biting my hand whenever I go in to feed or change water. Sheesh, what an attitude! I'm also suspicious I'm hearing crowing squeaks already. He'll be tasty if he lasts that long.
I'm enjoying my barred rocks auto sexing ability, btw. Other than Mr. Aggressive Chick, I can already pick out the two other males. If their temperaments are decent these will be fun to breed.
30 bales of hay! That will last us a while.
As a side note, one of the cockerels in my chick bin is making himself out to be a cull for freezer camp. He's three inches tall, covered in fluff, and chest bumping and biting my hand whenever I go in to feed or change water. Sheesh, what an attitude! I'm also suspicious I'm hearing crowing squeaks already. He'll be tasty if he lasts that long.
I'm enjoying my barred rocks auto sexing ability, btw. Other than Mr. Aggressive Chick, I can already pick out the two other males. If their temperaments are decent these will be fun to breed.
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Bruce
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Curious since I don't think BR's are autosexing. Maybe it is a BR cross?
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rachels.haven
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Sorry, on my phone so this might be short.
The males have 2 barring genes, so as chicks they are lighter, have yellow legs and a less defined head spot. The barring gene is attached to one of the sex chromosomes, and in chickens the females are the heterozygous sex (unlike humans where the male sex is) so the pullets can only have one barring gene and and the black base color is less broken up by it therefore they are overall darker, blacker legs, fewer bars on adult feathers, more defined head spot, etc. I think I've heard that breaks down sometimes with the more show or heritage lines, but these are just from McMurray so the chance of being correct on sex by color is pretty decent. I should do pictures and show you, come to think of it. I'll do that tomorrow, although Google may beat me to it for you. Right now I'm in town for a quick errand so it will have to wait.
Lol, short.
The males have 2 barring genes, so as chicks they are lighter, have yellow legs and a less defined head spot. The barring gene is attached to one of the sex chromosomes, and in chickens the females are the heterozygous sex (unlike humans where the male sex is) so the pullets can only have one barring gene and and the black base color is less broken up by it therefore they are overall darker, blacker legs, fewer bars on adult feathers, more defined head spot, etc. I think I've heard that breaks down sometimes with the more show or heritage lines, but these are just from McMurray so the chance of being correct on sex by color is pretty decent. I should do pictures and show you, come to think of it. I'll do that tomorrow, although Google may beat me to it for you. Right now I'm in town for a quick errand so it will have to wait.
Lol, short.
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rachels.haven
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I like the feet the best example-wise because shading doesn't always show up right. Here's a male
