I got hooked before I walked through the door. I was there for onion sets and parrot food, maybe some cold-weatehr seeds. It was DECEMBER, for crying out loud, and we had Christmasy stuff to buy/do/plan/prepare.
Not to mention we had just moved, and we had NOWHERE to put them. No barn, no shed, no spare bathtub indoors. Nada.
So in love, I was SOOO in love at those tiny little peeps!
So I bought 6 EE. Later that night, I bought 7 BR...after all, I had "forgotten something" and needed to go back out anyhow. Then, a month later, I saw day old feather footed bantams....like fluffy ping pong balls, only personable!
Well, the brooder is empty since the others outgrew it....
Then, my daughter saved her money and bought a duck...right after a 40 head order of chicks was put in at Ideal.
Then he looked lonely, the lonely duckling, and our neighbors (asian) started asking about when will we have duck eggs...and now we have 22 ducks, misc breeds. As part of our homeschooling work lol. A venture into buisness!
So, my obsession is nearly full circle, being that I have 6 bourbon red turkeys on an incubator, 60 some odd pulets in varying stages of chickhood, a few layers (my original purchase), and 2 dozen small balls of feathers, 22 ducks, and an order for goose eggs to come in late April (if all goes well!).
I am a sick woman.
But I don't EVER have to leave home for entertainment!
