Thank you everyone. We had our suspicions about him. He is a very handsome fellow and well loved. We will miss the possibility of blue eggs but maybe we will try our hand at hatching. (I must admit males are very outmatched in this household as well as coop so it is nice to welcome the young...
I stand corrected...if you knew my kids you would understand those words come out of my mouth often. We are working on filling in the details from where we were then to now, complete with pictures. And yes ...we do have our lovely girls now. They are family. Glad I took the time to listen to her.
As did I. I tried to teach the kids to have a voice. To research and ponder and pick the battle. I have no problem with a well educated, well thought out proposal. Besides if you dont ask then your chances of getting what you want is reduced to zero.
Thank you so much for this advice. I have concurred and followed every bit of it in this process. However, you never warned of chicken math. I and my three wee ones (including the said TEENAGER) drove three hours to pick up our six chicks we ordered from a hatchery. The next day we drove those...
WE have only plans. Coop plans, breed plans, food, plans, name plans, floor plans, neighbor issue plans, sound plans, back up plans, backups to the backup plan, But alas no chickens yet. This year we will. It gets fairly cold in winter here. So we will be building a coop and getting everything...
Dear Diary,
My intelligent, beautiful, and quirky 15 yo walked into my room and said," we need to talk ". Expecting the worst case scenario of this age group, I sat on the bed and gave her my full attention. "Shoot.." She look me in the eye and said ," I've got this problem and its been going on...