Re: Re:Cats and Chicks..

Is that a nickname for the Dominique Chicken?  I love those..and the Barred Plymoth Rock Chickens..I love the look.  OH..and the Silver Laced Wyandotte Chickens...they are SO pretty.
  

Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
  I had a Dominicker hen once that was the same way. She liked to ride around 
in a basket, and if I went out in the yard with one she would always jump 
in. I just love Rhode Island Reds, but Dominickers are my absolute 
favorites.
zem
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam Evans" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re:Cats and Chicks..


>I still have a picture of you and Cool Chicken on my fridge.
>
> On 9/17/07, Jesse Bell wrote:
>>
>> You know what? Three of those chickens just jump in my hands now when I
>> open it up to feed and change water. The yellow one practically tries to
>> fly out of there and land on me. WOW. Amazing what chickens are like 
>> when
>> you handle them all the time. I'm gonna have several "Cool Chickens!" 
>> (for
>> those on the list that don't know - Cool Chicken was a Rhode Island Red
>> chicken that I used to have that would sit on your lap and eat fritos and
>> follow you everywhere. She was WAY cool)
>>
>>
>> Pam Evans wrote:
>> ohmigosh woman - THAT was close call. poor little babies must have been
>> scared silly!
>>
>> On 9/14/07, Jesse Bell wrote:
>> >
>> > Yep. Amazing.
>> >
>> >
>> > Kitty wrote:
>> > And there were still ten?
>> >
>> > Kitty
>> > neIN, Zone 5
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Jesse Bell"
>> > To:
>> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:30 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re:Cats and Chicks..
>> >
>> >
>> > > Really? Yes, I'd be interested in seeing the magazine or online
>> catalog
>> > > for your chicken brooder. Last night we went and bought a galvanized
>> > > steel water trough (small and lower to the ground - small sheep or
>> goat
>> > > size) and transferred the chicks into that. I have 10 of them now and
>> > the
>> > > box was just too small. I let my guard down for 5 minutes while I 
>> > > went
>> > > outside to dump the old shavings into the compost pile and when I 
>> > > came
>> > > BACK, RAJA was sitting INSIDE the trough, with the chicks, staring at
>> > > them. Poor little chicks were all huddled at one end, scared to 
>> > > DEATH.
>> I
>> > > yelled "RAJA!!!! - NOT YOURS!!! AGHHHHHHHH" and went after her...she
>> > > scampered out of there and I didn't see her for the rest of the 
>> > > night.
>> I
>> > > was so lucky. Can't believe I forgot to close the laundry room door
>> > > behind me.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Daryl
>> > wrote:
>> > > My chick brooder has a screen top on one end, and wood with some 
>> > > small
>> > > plexi
>> > > windows on the end with the heat lamp. Diesel loved to spend the day
>> > > watching the chicks and enjoying the extra warmth.
>> > >
>> > > I was glad the chicks got big enough for Diesel to leave them alone.
>> He
>> > > was
>> > > good when I was out there with him, but considering the lust in his
>> > eyes,
>> > > and what he did to a wren that got onto the screened porch, I think
>> that
>> > > he
>> > > would have made lunch out of them given the chance. It was a very
>> > > well-traveled wren before he dropped it in the dining room and I was
>> > able
>> > > to
>> > > get it out from underneath the furniture. Don't want to do that 
>> > > again!
>> > >
>> > > BTW - the plans for my brooder came from Countryside and Small Stock
>> > > Journal
>> > > and it can double as a cheese dryer, if you're interested. I can 
>> > > raise
>> > > half
>> > > a dozen chicks to 6 weeks w/ no problem.
>> > >
>> > > d
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "Jesse Bell"
>> > > To:
>> > > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:39 AM
>> > > Subject: [CHAT] Re:Cats and Chicks..
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> Raja has been sitting by my newly hatched chicks every day that I've
>> > had
>> > >> them in the house. They are safe, in a big plastic storage box with 
>> > >> a
>> > lid
>> > >> that has holes cut in it. I have a heat lamp in there - BUT - you 
>> > >> can
>> > >> sort of see the chicks walking around inside the box because of the
>> > light
>> > >> shining on it, and Raja sits there, with HUGE eyes, and stares at 
>> > >> the
>> > >> box.
>> > >> I take the lid off to change the food, water and wood shavings, and
>> to
>> > >> play with the little cuties..and Raja sneaks her head over the edge
>> and
>> > >> looks at them, then looks at me like "can I have 'em?" and I say, 
>> > >> "NO
>> > >> Raja - not yours" and she sits back down, looking very put out. But
>> she
>> > >> knows when I say "not yours" that she has to leave them alone. But
>> she
>> > >> really, really wants them. I love those silly chicks. Because I've
>> had
>> > >> them since day 1 or 2 and handle them all the time, they just sit in
>> my
>> > >> hand and fall asleep. We had a new one hatch yesterday and I left it
>> > >> under the mother for the first day. They do
>> > >> better that way. I think I'll have 2-3 more before it's all over. It
>> is
>> > >> so amazing to watch this whole process. Very cool.
>> > >
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>> > > Jesse R. Bell
>> > >
>> > > "All that we are is a result of what we have thought." - Buddha
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>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX
>> zone 8A
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