3rd Annual New Year's Day Hatch!!

[tazcat70]

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Where did you find this BF? Offering to build you coops?

 

[tazcat70]

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I hope that is pointed at "the neighbors" house.

 

[wolftracks]

Now stick some stakes in the ground and drape the lights. There should be a splash from that distance! LOL

 

[BHep]

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Where did you find this BF? Offering to build you coops?

I know right !!!! I have to PAY my BIL.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I'm sorry I didn't mean to inspire awe and discontent.

I'd say I built him in my lab out of spare parts ... but it was much less exciting than that. I just happened to find a guy that was programmed to "nice to women and animals, cleans up after himself, knows how to cook" right as my marriage was imploding. In fact, I'm glad he was persistent cause I kept telling him no.

And for those of you who asked about my four whole months without snow, it's not normal. The (horrible) saying around here is to expect snow on the ground from around Thanksgiving to about Easter. I've found that to be generally true for the 5 and a half years I've been up here. Except we got a late storm in May this year and a storm in October. So 4 months without snow (June, July, August, September).

But again, at least I wasn't mowing the lawn for those 8 months

27 days to ducks, hopefully. And 16 days til we set chicken eggs! Everyone have their eggs lined up?

 

[BHep]

Well, if anyone ever figures out how to build a man in a lab from spare parts....please pass on the info.

I have my eggs lined up. 2 mystery swaps & some white Ameracaunas.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Just make sure when you pick out the brain the jar doesn't say "A.B. Normal"

Going back out to resume the shoveling ... took a break from reality yesterday.

 

[dsqard]

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I believe that was Abbey Normal

Hump, what hump?
Oh nevermind.
Love that movie!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Oops... I was almost certain that was the name... Guess I'd better find my copy and watch it today.

Just got the coop roof shoveled and the rest of the yard/drive snow blown.


Now it's time for some ibuprofen.

 

[joneus]

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As luck would have it, my hatch was not just miserable, it was an abysmal failure. Out of 28 eggs, only 13 made it to lockdown. Of those 13, 10 chicks hatched... of those 10, 6 died and I have 4 left.

Of course, I'm visiting my in-laws for the holiday and have a neighbor taking care of my babies- paranoid out of my mind that something will happen to the others while we're gone.

I'm a little emotionally shaken over this (silly, I know, but it still hurt), but if I'm over it in time for the hatch, I'll jump in!