 To the tree house y'all. I'm getting loaded ready to go on some trips right now. Happy new year to you by the way I'm I'm I'm excited. I can hardly contain my excitement. We're gonna be doing some flock talk today and Going through some gear. Hopefully getting in my hands the newest version of our bait casting reel from Guggen Squad working with Ketchco, but I think that I have a Very strange situation going on at the Rackley Roost and I might have a very rare chicken and Just the other day. I was surprised. I kind of knew it was coming But I was surprised to see that we have some new egg layers so usually chickens start laying their eggs after about 16 weeks From being born out of an egg themselves So 16 to 20 weeks somewhere around there and we're there right now. So we just started getting some eggs We've only had one chicken that has been mature laying eggs That's my my naked necker and she lays a little brown egg, but she's very consistent. She's a great chicken Here she is right here. Hey girl, you don't look like much But you're actually a pretty good egg layer and the other kinds of chickens that we have we have some ornamental chickens these frizzles right here the white ones Very fluffy cute, but you know, they're not they're not great egg layers. This one right here is like really docile I'll show that you just pick her up actually sort of mean though she'll square off with you at times and Sort of attack you but anyway, that's my little rooster version right there. He's starting to crow a little bit But he's he's tiny. He's a little micro cock pretty interesting and then I've got this Polish which bless her a little heart she doesn't even know when you're like walking behind her She's always scared because she's got a giant umbrella on top of her head She doesn't know what's going on at the time Colonel Sanders. He he got it a little rough and he's been ousted He's been ousted by mr. Penny. Mr. Penny has been beating him up kicking him while he's down and Mr. Penny has now Basically put himself into the number one rooster position Mr. Penny he's very mean so the other two kinds of chickens that are left here are our prey bluebell eggers Which I have one brown one. I have one blue one and They lay blue eggs. They are basically like Maricana chickens or They're popularly called Easter Eggers and I know those lay blue eggs Excited because we are getting some blue eggs Check that out y'all Look at that. How cool is that? But then I saw that we're actually getting two and this one on the left is a whopper We're getting some whopper blue eggs. I said, okay great the bluebellers are laying at the same time There she is. I know she is laying but the chicken that is behind her right now That black one. It's one of my favorite chickens She's an australorp and I suspect she is laying a blue egg Here's why you can tell when chickens are about to lay eggs or are laying eggs They're their mood kind of changes See this blue one this bluebeller that's in there right now. She hardly ever made a noise now She has got a turtle head poking out. She is Squawking all the time when she needs to lay an egg. Her sister in here, which is this dark one She never makes a noise She's still very flighty. I cannot get closer. She actually scratched my dad all up in the face one day She's just she won't she won't let you get closer at all and when they start laying eggs They almost will kind of like squat to you See she's mega flighty and she never goes in the nesting box Who's in there right now the australorp and the bluebell now yesterday? I watched three chickens fighting over one nesting box and it was our naked becker He lays a brown egg. I know her egg exactly it was the australorp That was in that nesting box for probably an hour and then there was the bluebell Which they both were sitting in there for a while But I never saw the other black bluebell go in there So we have three chickens that I saw we have two blue eggs one brown egg. You may say Why is that weird? All right chickens get out of the way get out of the way So you may be saying why is that weird? Why do you think that's rare? Because australorp chickens aren't supposed to lay blue eggs I was confused. I had to look this up and they lay medium-sized brown eggs They're awesome chickens by the way if you're looking to get into chickens. I wish I had more of them So it would be exceptionally rare if I had an australorp chicken that's supposed to lay brown eggs That's laying a blue egg Now either that bluebell chicken is laying two eggs That are blue and the australorp is just hanging out in there thinking about laying egg But it actually doesn't or we have a very rare chicken that's supposed to lay brown eggs That is laying blue eggs if this is true and word gets out Think about all the chicken breeders that will be coming to me Wanting my prize australorp chicken that's supposed to lay brown eggs that lays blue eggs I may start a whole another breeding revolution Of big blues call them big blues, baby. I'm sure it'll make me rich. So that's why I'm very excited I've actually got to do a little work on both rigs here today Getting ready for some trips with the camper with the silver bullet So we're going to be hanging out outside here and when we see That the australorp is going in there or The bluebell we're going to monitor. We're going to see what is what is coming out of the rears Okay girls Now i'm just going to be coming in here. I'm just going to leave the one brown egg and just take the blues Just kind of sneak those out of there What are you doing? You don't lay eggs. Get out of there All blue She's getting real defensive of her spot She's the only chicken in there right now If she comes out and there's two blue eggs Which would be rare But she just started laying me maybe she's got some extras in there. She's kind of backed up Got to do a little training so I'm checking to see propane system here Is working. I actually haven't broken this out in a while blows I like using the truck for camping when I've got the boat. Obviously I can't carry both but This truck bed having the cap on it. It's basically a mobile camper I've even slept inside of the the boat before you know with a boat cover on pretty much got a tent so Trying to go as minimalistic as as possible here and I usually carry I carry this box all hunting season And fishing season really in the truck Eight inch skillet. You never know when you're going to cook up some crispies But also just you know cooking up all the deer meat Stuff like that that carried with me and then carry the spices and just a couple of on the go freeze dried wheels And my stuff to make coffee and tea, of course She should have laid an egg by now. So let's go see I think she's out I think she's out. She's out We got one blue egg in there, honey So we do have a 100 confirmed Blue egg that just came out of our bluebell. That's a nice big one So as far as I know, we don't have a blue bell that is laying two blue eggs at once What's going on over here kids? What are you doing to the chickens? Don't throw don't throw their feed right there. Oh kids There's my little buddy running My little buddy running to me Hey partner got jacket on like you're ready to go on an adventure. Do you see yourself? Do you see it? Do you see it? Do you see yourself? You're vlogging you're vlogging right now. Yeah Doing a little vlog with pop He just saw me carrying out some some money bags. So he's he's very interested what's going on What is in those bags dad? We got a lot of new stuff launching this year guys. I'm pumped about it We've got a lot of new plastics that are coming about in february Probably the most crazy thing we're gonna have coming this year is our Our bait casting reel. So one of the biggest complaints that we've had collectively on these reels Is the dial placement Which creates a a little node that sticks out the side of the reel just a little too far Talking a couple millimeters, but when you're fishing with a reel all day and you've got just a little Bump on the side of that reel, you know, it creates you can create a hot spot So it's been kind of a challenge to get in there and rearrange how the the brake system's gonna gonna fit in and then be Very ergonomical, which is what you want So hopefully we're gonna see that version of that reel today other things that are really exciting We've got the happy trailer small swim baits. We've got lizard. We've got a love grub There's a lot of things happening and we have new boxes Redid the boxes with bass mafia where it's a one snapper Just totally clear lid on the top so you can see what's in there and then it opens completely all the way Some of the other ones they would only open about three quarters And that one big lid just the whole thing is redesigned and it's it's all stackable. It's really nice Kids are climbing up a joint rope right now, so Go assist here. You okay, immy? You need help getting down? Got it. Okay I mean, I need your help solving a mystery We need to find out what color eggs are coming out of our Austral art over there. She's clucking in there. She's got the other cluckers going It's happening. It's happening y'all got big blue got big blue all the way. I know what's happening She's excited. They only they only do this when there's like a big it's like ceremonial big egg pop, you know like You're getting them first eggs out hallelujah like that. That's what they're saying. They're they're They're going crazy. She's out She's out Let's see what we got in here That's a blue, baby. Look at that. Oh my gosh. Actually, it's greenishly blue Check that out A black offshore that blade that lays blueishly green eggs. I swear the one Yesterday was more blue than this. This is this could be a game changer here at the treehouse. All right. I want all the skeptics to look at this chicken Now I bought this as a A sex laying black australar It does have a blueish ear that I'm just now noticing so See if I can Kind of get closer a little bit If you see right behind her eyes is her ear And you can see on the on the blue beller. It's real obvious They've got like a blueishly green ear And they say whatever color lobe they've got Or whatever color that piece of skin is is what color eggs they typically will lay This is This is unique Okay, girl. I'm gonna be taking good care of you You might be my golden goose now The other thing that I really curious about Especially after digging through all my tackle all day and getting ready to go fishing is I want to I want to check out these new reels. I want to put them in my hand It's going to be a one of those things right away. I'm going to put it in my hand and no like All right, that feels much better. So far there has not been a durability issue It's just been uh, there's a throw issue which I'll get into later and then Just a feel so See yeah, my buddy said he meaning me in about an hour. So I'm going to head that way grab them and then we're going to take yander Hey, man, you got the goods Case here. I've got some a rakes for you to test. Oh, I like the way you've packaged that Very nice. Oh shoot. I didn't even get greens too. Oh, okay A new side plate on there for you plate on the side ladies and gentlemen And then uh, oh man, I know you're gonna go visit johns. He might throw some big things So I do have a muscle as well. Oh, no kidding. Yeah, so we got a green and gold muscle There they are Oh man, that is feeling good. Yeah, I got go-tos for both of you muscles. Um There's a one green and one gold so you don't touch that men are reaction green and gold It feels so much better way better. Yeah way better. These are actually production samples. So Okay, we're getting a real deal time. It's about to go live. All right. Well get them wet Thank you. Thank you We're getting into the roost going to bed And I am just tinkering just holding So this is a previous model And you can see that that little edge right there And I know it doesn't look like much. It's a few millimeter difference, but It's a big difference in the hand feels really good now And we changed up a couple of other things on here including the throw The throw is basically how far that thumb bar the release Travels And this one was just I thought a little long, you know, I really dipped down there just a little too far So this one shorter just Quicker, I guess you could say So it feels good now. I just need to get some line on it updated graphics as well Looking ready to go wind on them Of course, I'm gonna put some line on there and and throw those reels around And if I see the opportunity, I'm gonna definitely get after some bass But I'm mainly going after crappie. I need to get some crappie for the freezer Dear season hasn't been that great And then also I'm trying to go out for a trophy crappie three pounder. This is when you do it So I'm loaded For both chickens are going on to the roofs for the night and I'm going to sign it off guys I know there's some chicken freaks out there. Let me know in the comments what you think is going on with my My australorp. I really don't know if it's a true black australorp or if it's a A bluish mix. I'm not really sure One thing I have noticed is it doesn't have a full comb like the other chickens, which is Sort of a characteristics of Eggers, uh, Easter Eggers all hands are Eggers So there is something going on there, but I just don't know if you're if you're a chicken freak Let me know in the comments And thank you guys for hanging out with me here at the tree house today And I'll see you back in the great outdoors on the next one. God bless you. See you You