Maybe a lock on that door would work better?? Or a game camera.Yesterday I posted this little sign on my coop. It so happens that when I am not home all day, my chickens lay only half of what they normally lay. Either they miss me or someone is taking my eggs. Let's see if my plan of attack works:
Well, actually, the law is very specific on signs that need to be in very plain view, stating where parking may and may not occur, THAT is our problem, and "Common Sense" has absolutely nothing to do with this entire proceeding. In fact, and we had to check this for authenticity, he made a statement that if he wanted to park IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, and you have no signs forbidding that action, he CAN in fact PARK IN YOUR DRIVE ... for as long as he wants. That is a law in the Arizona Revised Statutes. You can look this up if you want to spend a few moments of incredulity ... A.R.S.28-9133
I went to check for eggs under my broody (cuz the other hens lay in her nest) and she seemed very reluctant to let me lift her up. And when I did, there was a tiny wet chick! Yay! I don't see any pips in the other eggs, though. I took this pic a few hours later.
Nice hobby to have.. The reward of music is worth it..
Yeah, I like giving away stuff, and I don't mean junk, either. I gave one landscaping guy a practically new $600 huge portable dishwasher with a butcher block counter top. I gave another one of my landscaping guys a nice built-in GE Profile dishwasher and microwave because a swapped out for stainless steel, even given away power tools.
Top this.....I gave the neighbor a few doors down accross the street a brand new $800 sofa from Sam Levitz plus two wicker-inlaid, glass-top end tables, a practically new over-range GE profile microwave. Since that day he hasn't spoken to me or given me a thank you because he's in some kind of religious cult and think that the neighborhood is all heathens. He won't even associate with his sister that owns a house four doors down, directly accross from me, or waive when I give him a beep driving down the street while he's jogging...looks at me like I'm a piece of crap. I guess I'm not good enough to be in his company, but he gladly accepted everything I gave him, considering that his couch was chewed up by his two maingy dogs and his flat screen TV sits on a milk crate. Oh, I think I even gave him some gorgeous lamps to sit on those end tables, shades and all, completely furnishing his living room. He got the hookup. All that was needed were a few pictures to hang on the wall, and he would have been complete. What's up with that?
I don't expect him to come up and lick my boots every time I pull in the driveway and get outta my truck or build a shrine in my honor in his front yard. I try to treat folks the way I would want to be treated. The more ignorance, rudeness, inconsideration that I see, the more I withdraw from people. I've met some nice folks on the Internet, though. Some I have talked to for almost 10 years before meeting them in person, and they were really nice.
Oops, this wasn't chicken related, but this was in response about the JOY OF GIVING. I've been blessed with an abundance of things, some may consider trash while others may consider treasure.
On a chicken note, I am enjoying that long thread about the Delaware Chickens. The thread is about 1,265 pages and I'm up to about page 750. Many questions about their heritage, Standard of Perfection, the genetics aspect of the breed, the differences between hatchery stock and what current breeders are doing to restore/keep this breed going. They will definitely be number 1 on my list, next to the Black Austrolorps. I can't remember from posts past, but is it Desertmarcey (sp) a bit north of Tucson, who has those breeds? Sorry, so many folks, so little time.
Sorry for the rant above, but I hate giving away good stuff to unappreciative folks, just makes my blood boil. --BB
Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona
