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I candled the eggs again last night when the whole family was here - the kids & hubby about flipped out when they saw the little chick moving inside! I think my hubby was the cutest though - we were all in the bathroom cause it's really dark in there and he couldn't see over my shoulder cause the kids were in the way so he climbed onto the toilet so he could see better. My 10yo DD is so excited - I'm saving some eggs for her class to hatch out and now she knows what to expect to see.

I have 4 Serama eggs, 1 white leghorn, 2 EE ("mint-blue" eggs), and 1 brown (Golden Comet I think). I can actually see in the brown one better than the "mint-blue" ones. I think the white one is getting thrown out; I just see a yolk shadow with no veins or anything, Brown one is developing, EE's - no idea, 2 Serama's are developing - I think.

I can't wait to see!!!
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Yeah, the garden...I was really excited to get my winter garden going because my summer garden flopped because I have horrible soil (all clay). Then these dang kids. These are the same kids that entered my Serama (4 little ones) coop while I was at work...either the dogs got them & ate them feathers and all or they flew away somewhere.
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AND the same kids that were poking sticks into my Jap coop. And the same kids that climbed my fence & smashed my duck eggs. So, I feel that my rage toward them is fully justified. It's all I can do to keep hubby from flying off his handle & starting a battle of the neighbors.

I am watering a bit every morning...hoping
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that there was enough root left to regrow at least the bell pepper plant & the peas. Lettuce I can do without. I'll replant the carrot & cuke seeds.

I can't believe those kids had the audacity to take your stuff while you were there. I really wonder about the parents of these kids...time for a soap party!!!

Thanks for the link
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I say turn hubby lose on them, there is no call for that behavior from someone's kids....

I'd say turn the dog loose on them but the consequences for the dog would be bad.
 
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You and I keep hoping Noel!
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I'm really, really hoping she is a giant Production Red Pullet!
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Here's my bigger PR next to my GSL. (both 6 weeks today)

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I'm pretty sure she's a she. Her comb is a little bigger than the other PR and she shows a little wattle but I found a picture of a 6 wk old PR pullet on BYC that had much more comb and wattle than this one does.

This lighter GSL is the one I'm worried about. "Her" comb is no bigger than the other GSL's, but "she" is mostly white and is VERY slow to feather.
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Have you told the parents about the trouble the kids are causing you? We had some kids making trouble in our neighborhood. We told their parents and it stopped.
Don't write off the parents until you give them a chance.

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The kids live with their grandparent's & their parents are there sometimes. We've talked to them til we're blue in the face...but they have no control over those kids. The girl that went in my Serama coop was 3 years old, maybe 4. Then there's the teenaged boys that're there...I think they are the one's that are getting into everything else. Oh & I forgot to mention they broke the door on my peafowl pen & let them out one day too. Everything now has super duty construction locks on them, but I still don't trust those kids. They do however stop messing with something once I put a lock it...they just move on to something else
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I can't let hubby loose on them because once he starts...there's no end in sight. As for me, I won't get into a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
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And fencing in my property (5+ acres) won't do any good either because they'll just jump it. I personally think they're just snooping around & being careless - not closing doors properly/fully, etc.

Thankfully, there is nothing that they haven't messed with now...so we should be in good shape.
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If a 3/4 year old is doing all that, she/he is WAY too unsupervised. Parents/Guargians are LEGALLY responsible for damages caused by their minor children. I would say a call to the police is in order. Let them figure out if neglect is involved and call CPS, that takes the onus off of you.
 
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Thanks for the link. I really liked that article. Chickens could eventually make all of us healthier!

I have a NH pullet, but she hasn't started to lay yet... I suppose I could hatch out some TJ eggs to get a roo and put him over her...

I'm just so scared about someone turning me in.

Today, I got two of the most GORGEOUS blue (unfertile) ameraucana eggs. I so wish I would have kept the younger splash roo that I gave to Boston. I do have a little blue wheaten roo but he is only pet quality and I'll have to take him for a drive once he starts to crow.

I'm getting the hatching bug again, but I just don't have room to hatch anymore, unless it's less than 6 (I could use my fancy Laree brooder for that). ... still going through withdrawal.

ca... once your fancy chickens start laying.. I'd love to hatch a few and see how long I could get by with a roo and say goodbye to most of the rest of my flock.
 
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wow- so, the hatchery miss sexed a Sex Linked Chick!! ??

Can you believe it? I'm still keeping my fingers crossed, but it doesn't look good at all.
What in the world am I going to do with him? It's hard enough to find a home for any particular breed of rooster but I can't imagine how I'm going to for a sex-link cross.
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