Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long! - Page 909

is it because you can hear them chirping?
 

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Originally Posted by SunnyDawn 

That is the reason I pushed DH into living in the country for all these years.  We finally moved to some acreage last August and he LOVES it!!!  We would both like to move back to Santa Clara County though.  It is beautiful and rugged here and there's lots of room to stretch out but we miss the kids and the grand kids and all our friends.  But I would want land and a "country" feel and that is harder to come by there these days.
 

I grew up in San Jose, in the Cambrian Park area.

Deb

Thanks!  That little swedish flower hen seems to be doing well. Now, i have another pip from another swedish, even lower.  Aaargh.  They are all pipping in the pointy end of the egg.  I cut my cartons pretty low so most will be fine but there are definitely a few that may pip below the carton if they continue on this path.  I guess I just watch and wait for now. Maybe one of these will hatch and knock the others out for me! :-)

I went into lockdown today. I tossed another BA last night so that puts me at 51. Now, back to getting attacked by bacon.

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Originally Posted by EnnisLakeFarm 

  My DH seems a bit miffed that I had to throw out 13 eggs (I think he was under the impression that 27 eggs means at least 27 chicks, I tried to tell him )

 

My DH struggles with this too.  But he gets sad, I keep trying to explain the shipped egg concept.  He keeps saying, NO MORE SHIPPED EGGS!  If I get a pair or better yet a 1.2 trio out of a breed, I'm happy!

Deb

Congratulations to those who have some early hatchers!  Now I'm looking at my eggs and thinking "you slackers".

In the amusing anecdote category:  I was sitting with the 6-week old chicks and as usual Tucker my young cattle dog was with me.  When I first got chickens a year ago, Tucker killed a few of them, but has learned that's a no-no and is now pretty trustworthy.  As he was laying there, the chicks got curious about that fur and several went up to him and started plucking out some fur. Well, Tucker was affronted and hopped up to go stand a few feet away, 1 little Wellie followed and soon I saw her craning her neck to look up at Tucker's back and within a second she had jumped up on his back. His head spun around and the look on his face was priceless, but bless him, he didn't make a move to hurt her and she jumped off and Tucker decided to go nap in a chicken free zone.

Here are my entries for the Flapper Contest.

Ah!  I should've known!!!  I knew there was something about you I liked right away! 

I am rooting for you! Bacon can be viscious!