Scoop, hello there neighbor from Schuylkill County!
Aaah, a day off. After having to leave work early yesterday for some problems due to my 9 year old daughter, I have decided to have a great day today! She is now grounded at least until summer break from school, and she will be helping me with
everthing - and I mean everything for the next few months.
With that said, my helper and I are going to head out to breakfast, then up to
Tractor Supply. I need to get 3 bundles of wood chips to put my 4 week old chicks out in the "chick section" of my coop. The rubbermaid container brooder looks large for awhile, but then they reach the "dinosaur stage"... It's warm enough now, especially with the light on, they'll be fine. Besides, I need the brooder for my 3 new chicks that hatched from
my own chickens' eggs this week!
After a visit to
TSC, we're headed to the grocery store or
Walmart to stock up on Easter Basket items! I have 6 nieces and nephews ages 5 and under (from my 3 brothers), and holidays are just so stinking awesome with the little kids! We are spending Easter at our Mom's house, and with all the kids, we are re-visiting all of the old traditions from when we were kids. I just love it! This past Christmas was so cool, and I'm really looking forward to tomorrow! Of course, Aunt Laura is bringing all of the Easter Eggs for the egg hunt. We have all different sizes and colors (including a huge brown double-yolker), and we have decided to NOT dye our eggs. This'll be the first year for this new tradition, since this time last year all of my chickens were chicks! For next year, Aunt Laura will be bringing blue eggs from Aracaunas (ordered from hinkjc, and I'll be getting them at the Chickenstock on May 23)!!!!
At 5:00 tonight, we're headed down the street to the auction, and the small animal auction starts at 6:30. I love it! It's not a "bad" auction, it's actually pretty nice. I've been to an auction where the animals were "manhandled". This auction has a woman and 2 teenage boys that handle the animals, and they pet the animals and treat them with respect. I really do enjoy going also so I can talk with other "chicken" people. I have met some nice folks there. With all that being said, 3 weeks ago I bought 2 beautiful "show quality" RIR bantam hens. They appeared healthy the first 2 weeks, but then one started sneezing and a few days ago I noticed her right eye was slightly swollen. She's been on Duramycin for 2 days now, and I already notice that the swelling is completely gone... Very cool! But because of this, I am a huge supporter of quarantining. It would have been horrible if all my birds started sneezing.
Anyway, I'm done "talking". Ah, so much to look forward to. I need think about positive things, especially when the DD acts up and bring me down...
Have a great day everyone! Thanks for "listening"!!!
Edited to correct grammar...
