Hi everybody, home again ~ feel like the only thing I did for the past 2 days is ride in a car.

Duh that's what I did. Did go see my aunt this morning even though I'm stuffy. I think it just my allergies going haywire. Bad sinus pressure & drainage. Eyes hurting & itching & constant sneezing. Feel pretty wiped out, haven't been sleeping well since the stupid time change. But enough complaining, do have some good news. Ended up with 10/15 chicks for my EHAL hatch. It was really hard being gone when they are hatching. Dd did great, but she said I can't ever go away again when I have a hatch going on, LOL. Couldn't help it, they were supposed to be hatched by the time I left, darn late hatch. Dd had to assist the last little girl hatching today. She was very sticky, she had been pipped over 24 hours, wasn't making any progress & she started going into distress. I washed her, dried her & put her back in the incubator for the night. She seems to be doing good. Got my Bielefelder eggs picked up while down state. The place we picked them up at had this most awesome pond on their property. I have always wanted to have a small farm, acreage & a pond. Not asking for much

Twist I think you need to look into the Bielefelder for your forever breed. Great disposition, dual purpose (this ladies roo was over 12 pounds) hens lay extra large brown eggs. I'll keep you post down the road on how they do on feed. Oops, forgot they are auto sexing as well ~ a huge plus!