Pet Quality Seramas :)

Now here at the homestead I've got small flock of 5 lovely little pet quality seramas! I note the "pet quality" part as just like my pet quality call ducks there is a drastic difference in looks between them and their show quality counter parts. I love them all so much though wonderful little birds (both them and the calls). When I let them out of the brooder shed (where I house them) they will make their way to wherever I am and stare at me if to ask what they are supposed to do next. Hehe! Thing is, they perfer not to be touched or held but don't fight if they are picked up which is so sweet! These would be WONDERFUL chickens for children no question about it I wish I had them growing up! :) I deffiantly think they are even sweeter than silkies!

In other news, I have been waiting weeks for my capuchine pigeons to lay eggs again, well finnally the other day my one pair layed an egg...and sadly the male broke it 2 days later. Unsure how he did it but it was stuck to his belly. *sigh* so now I wait again. :P Supposedly they can lay all winter long, so with that said, hopefully my season for seeing an ugly squab isnt over! :) I dont need more pigeons as im happy with the number I have but I love watching mothers care for their own young it's just sweet :) And in pigeons both parents care for their young so double adorable! :)

I got more red (cinnamon) coturnix eggs in my incubator along with 2 white bobwhite eggies :) I also have outside a pair of Tennesee Red Bobwhites, i had a trio but I woke up today with one of them dead I assume a hen... probably the one that was laying my luck! I dont really mind though, she had looked unhappy from the day I got her so no suprise plus all I was really interested was the roo...they are so hard to tell apart though *male and female* that I am not 100% sure which one is which lol! I read that the tenns are "mute" bobwhites, Im unsure what that means as it also says that they do the bobwhite call...but i've never heard my male call.... one of them in tehre makes cries and yips that reminds me of noises a parrot would make but other than that no charactersitic bobwhite whistle. I love that sound wouldnt mind hearing it :P

Other than bird news... planning for human baby number one.... not pregnant yet, but hoping to be here some day soon :) I am so ready to be a mama it actually makes me sad thinking about it....I was happy thinking about it but so far no pregnancy so everytime I know im not it really bums me out. I read it normally takes 4 months for the average couple to get pregnant....soo I'm trying to be pacient :P It's technically only been one month so far, but I count two since I thought I was pregnant the month before we actually started planning. BUT just to give myself some sanity I'll only say it's been one month :)

I'm still alive :P

Hey there anyone who's still sticking with this :) I'm still around just haven't had much to update still really don't but alas Im bored :) I'm working on a book about Coturnix! :) I'm also waiting on red (cinnamon) coturnix eggs and other project coturnix eggs I am very excited about! I've been fighting (naturally) a sinous infection... using saline flushing of my sinouses...it sucks to do but it really does help.... I think I need to do it again tonight which will be my third flushing..salt going down the nose, throat and backing up into the sinouses does nOT feel nice but the end result is less pain :)

Hubby and I are trying for our first baby... planning on taking a EPT this weekend... I dont *feel* pregnant though so... I dunno.

Movedout almost all my big birds, working now with silkies in blue and splash, as well as mottled cochins...the plan? Crossing the two together for a few generations to produce Mottled silkies in blue and black! :) Wont that be neat!?!?! :) I am also probably this weekend getting a trio or two pairs of Seramas from a good friend of mine..we're swapping...he's getting my excess standard birds and he's giving me itty birds :P haha. I'm downsizing on the monsters to adjust feed costs :)

My black east indie bantam ducks were due today...none made it... :(. One pipped and died, the other pipped and I had to cull as its brains were hanging out of hte back of it's head :( And the other three were all DOA. :( I was upset but not suprised...I wanted them too bad... that' always happens. *shrugs*

welp going to end this here :)