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Post by dawg53 on Oct 6, 2018 19:10:39 GMT -5
Your Bredas are beautiful. They have unusual looking nares.
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Post by Sylie on Oct 6, 2018 21:52:28 GMT -5
Love the name hahaha it suits her
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Post by maryellen on Oct 7, 2018 2:37:14 GMT -5
Thanks Dawg. Their nares are super weird, makes them look like vultures a bit.
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Post by maryellen on Oct 7, 2018 2:43:04 GMT -5
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Post by duckrunner on Oct 7, 2018 3:11:41 GMT -5
I breed them  . Most i hatched , a bunch i bought Omg I just love Groucho, the picture of the two black chickens (forgot their names) sitting together in a shape of a heart, and brownie! Really sad to hear Gwen died. I really thought she was going to make it. |
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Post by dawg53 on Oct 7, 2018 5:02:31 GMT -5
ME, I see you have Dollarweed in your yard too. Most folks here use chemicals to eliminate it from their lawns which I think is stupid. Dollarweed sucks up rain water like there's no tomorrow, I guess they dont know that.
My Barred Rocks love digging it up and eating the long white roots. For the most part, they keep it under control for me.
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Post by maryellen on Oct 7, 2018 15:58:20 GMT -5
Dollarweed?? Where do you see it? So its good for water?
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Post by Sylie on Oct 8, 2018 22:16:46 GMT -5
I don't see any dollarweed, (aka pennywort) I see ground ivy in one picture though. They do look similar but the difference is that the dollarweed is a complete circle where the ground ivy (and similar look a likes like colts foot aka pony's foot and also gotu kola) have a cleft on one side. Dollarweed is good for high blood pressure, edema, it helps wounds heal by affecting the cell membranes around the wound. But sadly I don't see any in your pictures ME. The ground ivy that I do see is good for colds (it's an expectorant) for both chickens and people, it's an astringent, antiseptic and anti inflammatory.
If you do find dollarweed, yes, it's good for water, the roots suck it up and hold onto it in case of drought, in a survival situation it can help you keep from dehydrating. The only drawback is it is really super bitter.
(sorry, weeds are my thing haha)
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Post by maryellen on Oct 9, 2018 12:01:56 GMT -5
Sylvie really?? Like that weed i can actually use?  |
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Post by Sylie on Oct 9, 2018 21:50:53 GMT -5
You'd be surprised how many regular old yard weeds that people put poison on to get rid of are actually very useful, healthy for you and medicinal.
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Post by maryellen on Nov 30, 2018 8:13:43 GMT -5
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Post by duckrunner on Dec 1, 2018 6:55:16 GMT -5
Awww they're so beautiful! Seriously are you selling any by any chance?  |
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Post by maryellen on Dec 1, 2018 8:58:28 GMT -5
I cant sell any, a few tested positive for MG and mareks. I used to sell before i bought infected birds:(
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Post by maryellen on Dec 1, 2018 14:55:53 GMT -5
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Post by maryellen on Dec 7, 2018 7:48:09 GMT -5
Morticia is whiter now Her butt feathers are totally white. Ive had her for a year now, she was one of the 2nd batch i bought from dutch connection farm. She was darker last year with a few white spots but since she is molting her new feathers are coming in more white.    |
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Post by boskelli1571 on Dec 7, 2018 7:55:40 GMT -5
Morticia is molting and turning whiter Her white stripe is getting larger.     It's funny you have a Morticia - my avatar is Morticia! She was a beautiful steel blue when I first got her, but she gets whiter every year |
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Post by maryellen on Dec 8, 2018 21:02:23 GMT -5
I named her that as she was black with a white mohawk like morticia on the addams family . She keeps getting whiter its crazy.
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Post by maryellen on Dec 8, 2018 21:10:40 GMT -5
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Post by maryellen on Jan 8, 2019 14:27:20 GMT -5
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Post by maryellen on Jan 8, 2019 14:28:24 GMT -5
Morticia today, she is the middle hen  |
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. Most i hatched , a bunch i bought 
