This was me, too, but with those summer reading challenges! I'd read the whole list; even books I didn't really love I *had* to finish! Then I'd check out personal interest books from the public library and come fall the teacher overseeing the challenge would call my mom thinking I'd exaggerated...
Oh jeez! A steep learning curve indeed! I don't think my hubby would have survived all that and allowed me to keep trying; he's so terrified for the four chicks we've had these past two months and its been relatively low key! You poor thing! I bet you're the best chicken mama in the world! :hugs
I really considered becoming an English teacher in my youth! I was that student that finished every assigned book in three days only to be chastised by the teacher for reading ahead :gig
I fell in love with reading during Island of the Blue Dolphins and had my heart broken for the first time...
Oh my goodness! :hugsto you both!!! @Aunt Angus , at this point do what makes you feel best before you have to go to work! I mean, don't go all Of Mice and Men on them and kill them with hugs but if a supplement meal would give you peace of mind, take it!
If it makes you feel better my first...
Yeah, I did some googling and learned its the blue of an Easter egger with the higher production of a legbar- kind of misleading title for the hybrid. I can't wait to see what color my Ameraucana and EE pullets produce!
No, no, NO! You're not to blame here! Some of these hatchery factories treat chicks like they're produce while others report wonderful experiences! You are not to blame for their negligence!!! The fact that you care so much about the one surviving is evidence of how much you invest into those...
I'm SO sorry! :hugs
Can you contact the hatchery and see if they'd be willing to make an exception with shipping given your poor experience (assuming you even want to use them again!)
What about looking for chicks on other hatchery sites with lower minimums or Craigslist?
If you can't find...