tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post1530407394416484145..comments2024-03-12T19:08:39.990-03:00Comments on Dispatches from Can of Duck: Chick feeding frenzy, Stuffin keeps on bluffin'Claire MWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603169881463831299noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-72992299429157352202009-02-10T21:23:00.000-04:002009-02-10T21:23:00.000-04:00Aaahhh!! Chickens!! I would love to have a small...Aaahhh!! Chickens!! I would love to have a small flock, but between city regulations and Miss Chef's chicken phobias, I'm birdless. Thanks for the vicarious experience! Good luck to all the little ones, and you're right--running around after worms will make up for the roosters' sacrifice.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081652747471904560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-70588651551902908162009-02-09T23:51:00.000-04:002009-02-09T23:51:00.000-04:00Thanks for all the great comments all! Regarding ...Thanks for all the great comments all! <BR/><BR/>Regarding the number of chicks - I bought a LOT of eggs on eggbid.com, because I thought due to the cold weather, shipped eggs would have a terrible hatch rate. Um...I was wrong. We will not need the roughly 40 roosters who will come from these hatches, so we will probably freeze some of them and give some away.<BR/><BR/>Kristi - Valentines Day kid(s) would be wonderful! She certainly is looking close, and her udder seems to grow every day.<BR/><BR/>Isobelle - my chickens love to ride on the goats backs, as well as the sheep. I have not seen them ever poop on a sheep or a goat. They get off to do that. They don't like to poop in the same place they like to sit.<BR/><BR/>Carol - thanks for the prediction. You keep me grounded!<BR/><BR/>Yellow Jacket Ridge - would you like some roosters?! <BR/><BR/>Shiloh Prairie - her udder IS bigger! Every time I think it can't get bigger, it does! <BR/><BR/>Alpaca Granny - so glad to make you smile! <BR/><BR/>Nancy - Stuffin is very huggable!<BR/><BR/>Kenleighacres - I've got my pink observation glasses on, watching for color changes. Her opening has gotten longer (vertically). <BR/><BR/>Karen - no worries, I couldn't figure it out at first either. Just right click on the image, save it to your desktop, and then it's a jpeg image, which you can add to your post in the way you would add any other photo. Let me know if that doesn't work for you.Claire MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603169881463831299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-54420414285051373002009-02-09T20:10:00.000-04:002009-02-09T20:10:00.000-04:00Oops, I see you do have other plans for the rooste...Oops, I see you do have other plans for the roosters.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562812095027887481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-56661530033472195592009-02-09T20:09:00.000-04:002009-02-09T20:09:00.000-04:00That poor goat! Although, maybe the wait isn't as...That poor goat! Although, maybe the wait isn't as difficult for her as it is for you - and us! - since she hasn't been looking at a calendar.<BR/>Are you planning to keep all the chicks or are some, umm, destined for uses other than egg laying?<BR/>And, finally, I can't figure out how to get the icon for wonderful blog award you gave me last week into my blog... I'm kind of technologically impaired!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562812095027887481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-65241420635410638512009-02-09T18:07:00.000-04:002009-02-09T18:07:00.000-04:00The chick video was very fun! Stuffin is looking ...The chick video was very fun! <BR/><BR/>Stuffin is looking closer. Her vulva looks pinker than in the last pictures. Some of my sheep get BRIGHT pink shortly before lambing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-30799641899905778252009-02-09T11:42:00.000-04:002009-02-09T11:42:00.000-04:00I loved the sound of all those peeping chicks! An...I loved the sound of all those peeping chicks! And I know Diane will appreciate the udder shot. I'm sure Stuffin is as unhappy with the wait as the rest of us!<BR/><BR/>NancyMom Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231969558161393080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-7459006270751730262009-02-09T10:35:00.000-04:002009-02-09T10:35:00.000-04:00I think you need more chicken feeders!! Stuffin I...I think you need more chicken feeders!! <BR/><BR/>Stuffin IS adorable!Nancy K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06061265740359266798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-6244876201220438372009-02-09T08:27:00.000-04:002009-02-09T08:27:00.000-04:00Your video brought me a morning smile.Your video brought me a morning smile.Alpaca Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05032135129663529895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-70336899630782218242009-02-09T00:57:00.000-04:002009-02-09T00:57:00.000-04:00Look at all those cute chicks! I bet 87 of them ca...Look at all those cute chicks! I bet 87 of them can be a bit noisy. Are you going to keep all of them or sell some? You should have lots and lots of eggs in the future! Stuffin looks to me like her udder is bigger than it was in the last pics. I checked my does today and they are just starting to udder up now. They have about 8 weeks to go yet.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664824920459341153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-43696916882103637312009-02-08T21:52:00.000-04:002009-02-08T21:52:00.000-04:00Oh my gosh...87 chicks! You are going to have eggs...Oh my gosh...87 chicks! You are going to have eggs out your ears! Every time I check in there are new additions to your family. The video was awesome! I had to share it with Mical.Yellow Jacket Ridge Angorashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465844829245862850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-64690983860344779672009-02-08T20:37:00.000-04:002009-02-08T20:37:00.000-04:00I am sticking with my guess that Stuffin is going ...I am sticking with my guess that Stuffin is going to have her kid toward the end of February. Maybe two more weeks of waiting for you to endure.Carol B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18148501664346856904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-27399197456157088942009-02-08T17:19:00.000-04:002009-02-08T17:19:00.000-04:00What beautiful little peeps! Our person is thinki...What beautiful little peeps! Our person is thinking really hard about getting peeps. I wonder if they would poop on goats - blah. Say Hi to that cute little goat and my favorite Tulip goat! Isobelle in New York!IsobelleGoLightlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233377230754119180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-69438445960794387812009-02-08T16:56:00.000-04:002009-02-08T16:56:00.000-04:0087 chicks???? Good grief, thats quite a lot!! Stuf...87 chicks???? Good grief, thats quite a lot!! Stuffin is looking ready to go, esp. from that side view. She looks more hollowed out in the back....watch for that rush of milk and then she should be ready to go within 24 hours:) I am thinking mid-week? How about Valentine's Day kids?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070606564603963629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-24159956991495033302009-02-08T15:21:00.000-04:002009-02-08T15:21:00.000-04:00I think I have video setting on my camera but neve...I think I have video setting on my camera but never tried it. Your chicks certainly appear healthy. You actually hatched 'em? You must have had a great hatch rate.Joanna@BooneDocksWilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889259406024845745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-69252379284044736422009-02-08T14:55:00.000-04:002009-02-08T14:55:00.000-04:00Hi Lindanuts! She's just outside of Van Meter, no...Hi Lindanuts! She's just outside of Van Meter, not too far from Adel. I guess that makes us kind of central. She came home with us from a trip to Missouri.Claire MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603169881463831299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113326581808647426.post-30853481675705503512009-02-08T14:21:00.000-04:002009-02-08T14:21:00.000-04:00Stuffin is an adorable lil thing!What part of Iowa...Stuffin is an adorable lil thing!<BR/>What part of Iowa does she live in? We are in s.e. corner..Linda ★ Parker's Generalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580449029112777882noreply@blogger.com