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LisaW
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-UPDATE-week one complete!
awww, yay Sunny!!!
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Posted 6/8/09 7:14 AM  |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
Thanks everyone!
So today something funny & so typical of my crazy chickens happened. I decided to take Sunny off the nest this evening when I got home from work to check the eggs and make sure she has a drink. As soon as I lifted her out of the nest I noticed 6 BROWN eggs and 1 BLUE egg 
That means one of her crazy "sisters" either Genevieve or Penny went in the nest WITH Sunny and layed their egg today 
Its slightly possible that Sunny left the nest & they went it while she was gone but I doubt it.
I cleaned the coop yesterday & the girls don't really like when the nests are fresh, they like old squished down hay which Sunny's nest has because I didn't want to disrupt her while she's got her eggs. So I guess they figured they would just join her. Miraculously all six of the eggs are in perfect condition, but this time last year we already had one broken egg 
Sunny is looking healthy & determined, she is loosing weight though, I can tell when I hold her. I've been giving her mealworms, her favorite high protien treat right in the nest so I know she's got some nutrition.
So anyway I'll need some name suggestions again!!!
Think GIRLS only, if we have boys I have to give them away! 
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| Posted 6/8/09 9:22 PM |
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KGools
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
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| Posted 6/9/09 9:25 AM |
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DayDay
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
Go Sunny Go!!!!
I like the names Cherish, Hope, Destiny, Faith!!!
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| Posted 6/9/09 11:12 AM |
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
Wow, it's awesome that all 6 eggs are still good!! Go Sunny for getting through Week 1!! 
Love that her sisters are jumping into her nest.
As for names, I'm going to stick with my suggestion from last year. Since these are Sunny's something that has to do with the Sun like Soleil.
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| Posted 6/9/09 1:14 PM |
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HappyBlue922
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
I love this story. Makes me miss my girl Daphney...something got in her pen last week and all we found were feathers. Daph was the coolest chicken! She would come in my house, play with my kids, and even sit on our picnic blanket with us when we would go out during the day for lunch. I dont think ill ever get another chicken like her. And just to think...3 years ago i would have never even considered getting a chicken. Sunny is beautiful!!
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| Posted 6/9/09 4:29 PM |
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Myrockette
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
Go Sunny!! Thanks for the updates- love to read them
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| Posted 6/9/09 7:44 PM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
Posted by imthecindyofcindyandkevin
As for names, I'm going to stick with my suggestion from last year. Since these are Sunny's something that has to do with the Sun like Soleil.
Sunny's "real" name is Soleil-we call her Sunny for short
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| Posted 6/9/09 8:38 PM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
Posted by HappyBlue922
I love this story. Makes me miss my girl Daphney...something got in her pen last week and all we found were feathers. Daph was the coolest chicken! She would come in my house, play with my kids, and even sit on our picnic blanket with us when we would go out during the day for lunch. I dont think ill ever get another chicken like her. And just to think...3 years ago i would have never even considered getting a chicken. Sunny is beautiful!!
Awww, I have a Chicken named Daphne!!!! She's a Black Australorp & the leader of my flock! I'm so sorry about your girl 
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| Posted 6/9/09 8:39 PM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
Today there was another blue egg in Sunny's nest one of the other girls is messing with her now!
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| Posted 6/9/09 8:40 PM |
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JoesWife628
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
LOL i love these updates! The blue egg thing would make me  shows how much i know about chickens and their eggs. I'm happy to hear that all eggs are still in tact. My nephews first grade class just hatched chicks. He was sooooooooo excited so i showed him the pics you have posted of Sunny and your other ladies. He loved them! C'mon Sunny!!
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| Posted 6/9/09 10:10 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
Ok... names. So far you have:
Sunny
Margurite
Daphne
Penelope
Genevieve
Olivia
Amelia
My suggestions for girl's names are:
Emma
Eva
Erin
Abigail
Keilana (Hawaiian - gloriously calm)
Anabelle
Shelby
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| Posted 6/10/09 8:00 AM |
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lulugrrl
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
this is my new favorite thread..oh and i love the idea of going with hawaiin names...
list of hawaiin names
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| Posted 6/10/09 11:53 AM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 9
I'm loving all of the name suggestions! Keep them coming!
No major updates, Sunny decided to sit in the nest backwards the last couple of days, I'm not sure if it had something to do with Genevieve coming in Sunny's nest to lay her blue egg. That seems to have stopped now. All six eggs are in perfect condition, I still have not candled them or even handled them much. I'm really trying to let Sunny do it on her own.
Thanks for all of the support!
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| Posted 6/11/09 6:40 AM |
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BunnyWife
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 12
Glad to hear Sunny is still doing well!!
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| Posted 6/11/09 10:21 AM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 12
tomorrow will be two weeks 
The eggs are so warm and she is doing so well. She looks great & perfectly happy with her project.
Olivia has been hanging around with Daphne a bit & I havent seen Daphne do anything mean to her which is totally weird, usually Daphne is wicked to her when Sunny is around.
Genevieve had something stuck in her eye last week, it was swollen & looked terrible but we cleaned it up & it looks good now. I'm pretty sure she is the one that was going in Sunnys nest to lay her blue egg. She's crazy like that.
Now Mimi has something going on with her feet, I think she has something stuck in between her toes. She is the only one that HATES human attention, she rarely lets me touch her and she's really hard to catch so I've got to take her out of the coop at night when she's sleepy so I can check out her foot.
We are going on a short trip this weekend so I probably won't update again till Sunday night.
Keep the names coming!
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| Posted 6/12/09 7:07 AM |
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jerseypanda
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 12
This has become my new favorite post to follow! Go Sunny! This story is wonderful and I can't wait to see how it ends!!! 
Have a wonderful weekend!
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| Posted 6/12/09 9:29 AM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-mini update-day 12
the big two week update-14 days down, 7 to go
So we've had a few interesting things happen, first Daphne who is the leader of the flock & is very masculine-she basically takes on the roll of a rooster because we don't have one-decided that since Sunny is broody, she should be broody too. Sunny is normally the second from the top in the pecking order. Its so funny that Daphne would immitate Sunny & try to be a Mom, she barely even lays any eggs because she's so masculine. Daphne was in the nest right across from Sunny sitting on a few infertile eggs her sisters layed. She I took her off & although she went back in & took her off again and that made her give up.
Today I finally had a chance to candle Sunny's eggs. All of them but one look good. The bad one looks infertile but instead of throwing it out I marked it & gave it back to her. So the very most we will have is five chicks.
She is totally determined to make this happen, she never leaves the nest unless i take her out.
the nights and some days have been cold-I hope she can keep those eggs warm enough.
Crazy Genevieve laid her blue egg in Sunnys nest again yesterday-she's such a whacko. Genevieve's eye is totally better.
So that's whats happening with Sunny, I'll update again soon!
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| Posted 6/14/09 3:48 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-UPDATE-2 weeks!
If you have time, can I make a request? Can I see a blue egg? I think they're so pretty and different and I love hearing about all the girl's personalities.
The woman in my neighborhood who has chickens is selling them again. $3.00 a dozen, which is up a whole dollar from last year. Every time I see her handmade sign, I think of you.
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| Posted 6/14/09 6:36 PM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-UPDATE-2 weeks!
Posted by greenfreak
If you have time, can I make a request? Can I see a blue egg?
Sure! Penny & Genny lay blue/green eggs because they are mixed breeds that are part Auracauna which is a breed that originated in South America and they lay "tinted" or blue/green eggs. The color can vary from birs to bird, both of my girls lay eggs that are blue with a hint of green.
Here are some pictures from DSD's science fair two years ago. It demonstrates the connection between the color of a chickens earlobe & the color of the egg they lay. We used a store bought white egg, all of the other eggs actually came from our flock.
~~~these pics maybe graphic to some~~~
Here is a sequence of pics showing Penny actually laying her blue egg
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| Posted 6/14/09 10:35 PM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-UPDATE-2 weeks! 2009
bump because last years thread is making people think it didn't work out again, all is WELL today 6.15.09
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| Posted 6/15/09 6:35 AM |
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BunnyWife
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-UPDATE-2 weeks! 2009
Glad Sunny is doing well! Looking fwd to more updates!!
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| Posted 6/15/09 9:17 AM |
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greenfreak
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-UPDATE-2 weeks! 2009
What I learned today: Chickens have earlobes.
Thanks for the pictures Kelly! I'm glad she's still plugging along. Go Sunny go!
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| Posted 6/15/09 10:26 AM |
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DayDay
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-UPDATE-2 weeks! 2009
Go Sunny go!! I love hearing the updates.. and thanks for sharing some of your vast knowledge about chickens!!!
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| Posted 6/15/09 1:59 PM |
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PumpkinGirl
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Re: For those of you that love Sunny the chicken-UPDATE-2 weeks! 2009
Posted by greenfreak
What I learned today: Chickens have earlobes.
i was thinking the same thing.. chickens have earlobes? who knew..
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| Posted 6/15/09 11:20 PM |
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