Danz, I really appreciate everything you did to try to find those cars for me. I still can't wait to see how he reacts to the color changers, he was dipping the cars again just yesterday as though they're going to do something different. You're right about the girls that age, that's a good way to think about it. My dd LOVES animals, so I will look that direction when we get out tomorrow. I didn't even think to check
Walmart for a coat. They have the Dickies brand at Orscheln's too and they felt just as nice. We will find him one tomorrow for sure. He needs to be warm. Sorry about your car insurance, it's a bummer. How much snow did you get last night? We barely got any but some slush icy stuff underneath and some broken branches during the winds last night. Everyone is well though.
Maidenwolf, thank you for everything. I appreciate all of your help gathering things for my kiddos. It means so much.
Michelle, I think he's asking you for a date.
That's so cute. I love it when they do their dance. At least he's trying to impress you and not being a meanie roo. I don't know if it's normal or not.
Hawkeye, sorry you had to deal with sick kids. That's so tiring. I had one throwing up all morning yesterday but somehow in the afternoon she just got up and announced she was better and she was. I'm so thankful that no one else got it. There have been times that it's taken a whole month for bugs to get through everyone. Sorry to hear about your roos fighting, that is a pain in the patootie. If it were me I would just give him some time in a small pen/cage and give him time to rest and see if he gets better. My EE miraculously started walking on her hurt leg, visible swelling and all and today she's back in with the others and you can't even pick her out of the group. I don't get it, sometimes they just get better so I'm going to suggest give him some time to see what happens.
Josie, all I can say is GRRRRRRRRR!!!! I'm sorry you are having to deal with this. Your house, your way, end of story.
Yup Maidenwolf, I think your roo is sweet on you.
He's so pretty.
Danz, that's terrible about someone saying they didn't get their item. At this point, it's the responibility of the post office. UGH, I never even considered power failures. That's terrible! I still have extra brooder space, I wish it were easy to just pick them up and move them. I'm so sorry Danz. I think about that too with the germs. I don't like to touch hand rails, sometimes I use my elbow to balance. I think about it when we go to a restaurant and they handle money and then give you your cups. YUCK! I really don't like it when they stick they hands inside of the rim of the cup when they get them out. I used to ask for them to give me a different cup but it embarasses the kids. Now we throw away that one, it's usually just one and some of us will share if needed to avoid saying anything.
HEChicken, it seems there are some pretty ugly people on
eBay nowadays but they're not all that way. You have to be careful and cover the bases. Definitely do what you need to in order to protect yourself. We listed a motor for a dishwasher and I marked it so someone couldn't say that it didn't work and return a non-working one to me. One time I bought a dress and it came frayed at the seam and I returned it for a refund. Before I sent it back, I took close up pics of the damage to the dress. She accused me of letting my dd wear it for Easter and then returning it which was completely untrue and she said it wasn't damaged. I sent her the Easter pic of my kids along with the pics of the damage of the dress and she went ahead and refunded me at that point. Always describe or over describe your items, always keep your pics until you know they won't be coming back to complain. I've never had a dispute against me but one time a lady tried to file against me 3 mos after a sale. I consulted
eBay about it and they told me I was in the right anyway but they couldn't do anything because it had been too long.
I was expecting chicks to hatch today, but they came yesterday. I had a few pips the day before yesterday. When the pips obviously didn't progress overnight I inspected and they were all shrink wrapped. I have to put an end to this shrink wrap problem, it's my biggest issue. After realizing they were shrink wrapped, and knowing that my chicks always hatch early it put some pressure on me to help or not to. Of course I helped the 8-10 that were already hatching first, slowly with lots of breaks. I got those stable and started working on the others one at a time. ALL were shrink wrapped. All but 2 had broken the membrane inside of the shell and had their beaks out at least but not through the shell at all. They couldn't move. I found 1 that quit developing a few days before hatch, 2 died during hatch, the ones that didn't have their beaks through. I helped the rest of the chicks, so this hatch, every single chick I helped. I have 23 chicks, it was a long day. 3 chicks had significant yolk sac issues, a few had minor yolk sacs. The 3 that had big ones I really didn't think would make it. I put them back in the incubator, not the hatcher/incubator we just made. They would be disturbed less there. I just left them there to rest. One got loose from his shell and his yolk sac didn't absorb but dried. The other 2 were very stuck to their shell with lots of stuff in different directions, I've never seen that before. They remained lying on their side all night stuck to the shell. This morning I thought one was dead, but both of those the yolk absorbed but I had to cut a cord with scissors to get them loose. Now both of those chicks are learning to walk and I'm just totally amazed. They seriously couldn't get off of that one side. We propped them up at first and it didn't take long for them to adjust. Now they're eating and drinking, walking although wobbly. We will keep them separate until tomorrow morning to give them time to get more steady. There are another 2 chicks in the lively group, their legs look like they're doing the the splits. I told my dd that they reminded me of her. She was a breech baby and her feet were stuck by her ears for the longest time. We are doing exercises with them to help them walk with their legs together. We will see how it goes.
Considering the talk about power failures, I think I'll stop hatching until February. I mean a month old chick will better be able to handle mishaps like that than brand new ones. I'm hoping maybe I won't have to run a heater too. It's still nice to work in the brooder room even with the few heat lamps. My baby chick brooder has 2 lights, it's been nice when they go out they still have another spot to go to get warm. I still have places in the brooder room but not enough spots to continue to rotate them outside as they get bigger so if I wait until warmer weather comes and we can get more pens built I think it would be the more responsible thing to do.
Danz, I hope you get to feeling better soon.
