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Guest:
Hello to all. My wife and I just entered our birds in the County Fair and we where pleased to see lots of ameraucana\'s and also really happy that a lot of people really liked our birds. Beginners luck. We got some eggs from a breeder this spring and just started to get some eggs from our hens this past week. The fair thing was a last minute decision but I think it’s going to be fun and a real learning experience. Look forward to letting you guys know how we do and to ask lots of questions in the near future. Glad we found you.

Mike Gilbert:
Welcome Douglas!   Please share a bit about your stock.
Varieties, source, what you like, what you don\'t like, etc.
And where are you from?   Please feel free to ask any questions and we will try to help.   Thanks for joining us.

Mike Gilbert

Guest:
Hey Mike we have 4 black and 2 blue pullets. We had 3 of the blue but one went MIA after an afternoon of free ranging. We have a resident coopers hawk and many fox. So the birds are now confined to the run unless I’m there with them all day from now on. We also have 1 cockerel that is a splash of color. Yellow, black, rust brown and a blue green tail. Not sure about him, he is beautiful but I can’t find any info on him. Any thoughts? I found a person here in Clarke County Virginia that had ameraucana’s and we got our eggs from her this past spring for hatching. She did not know very much about the birds as they where her husbands and he had recently passed. We just wanted to keep a few hens for eggs but I have grown attached to cockerel so we are going to need to make a few decisions in the next week or two as to what we are going to do about him. The judging at the fair is today so I’ll let you know how we do.

Guest:
I know all about hawks. My property is called Falconridge Ranch and aptly named! They window shop pretty often. Not sure yet that it\'s a perfect solution, but none have dropped in for lunch yet since we turned out our 22 guinea fowl (keets hatched in May.) The chickens are very tuned into their warning calls and scuttle for the henhouse and covered pens in a hurry. Might be an idea if you can stand the racket. Sure are noisy! The geese could be a deterrent too. So far the chickens are really enjoying their freedom!!

Guest:
I wish we had room for 22 guinea but we don\'t. That’s a pretty cool solution though.

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