SPRING-A-LING

AHH! The weather today was PERFECT! WARM and breezy!!! Tonight too is wonderful! I'd love nothing more than to sit out there on the porch and enjoy it but our looney bin neighbor was shooting AT his dog a few hours ago (police were called- but nothing was done about it) so I only went outside after that to potty my dogs and hurried back in the house.

Other than that drama all is well here. The coturnixs are starting to crow and chase the ladies outside so eggs should be SOON! I got my serama, cochin and duccle eggs from California today! They were shipped out on thursday...I seriously thought my luck they'd be here on tuesday not sat! :D I was so excited! I havent heard back from the breeder yet on which eggs are which as only some were labled. Theres 11 eggs total...she is SOO awesome for all she gave I cannot wait to repay her with coturnix eggs! :D I'm paying her shipping for these eggs, but I'm also sending her eggs like she did me. There was some colors of coturnix she paid for from someone else and didn't get all the color she hoped to so I'm happy to supply when they start up. She's going to be my egg tester for my first offical batch of available coturnix eggs. I'm gonna hatch the first few to get some colors then I'll split up the pens and give her all that I collect for 2-3 days that should give her a huge variety! I can't waiiit!

I'm now on the look at for my CALL DUCK and or Black East Indies bantam eggs, both are gorgeous small ducks that I've wanted both since I've seen. It's hard finding the black east indies which are what I want the most! :D

In my brooder I have Bronx a black Ameraucana cockerel that may carry the lavander gene, Mouse a blue looking Easter Egger Bantam hen, 1 tuxedo chick from my rosetta coturnix hen Rosie, 1 pharoah coturnix chick from her as well, 2 jumbo browns from a breeder on BYC, and a curly coturnix hen from another breeder on BYC as well.... I'm really excited to breed those into a separate line as people who learn about the curlies really want them. I think they kinda look like a mess to me but maybe I can breed them to look uniform and not so Messy! LOL!

I stopped using the bedding stall dry today, it was making the entire house dusty. I'm now using Kaytees natural lavander stuff...oo it smells good and is pretty with real dried flowers in it! I hope it keeps the smell down because then it'll also keep the dust down! :D