Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

SCG I didn't need an explaination for the joke but for a couple of seconds I needed to understand why you ate a mirror for breakfast.
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So my explanation needs an explanation?

Maybe I was feeling reflective (groan).
 
Here's my short story!!!

My husband and kids had been desperate to go camping, even though it was late March/early April. I'd put them off because I remembered our last spring camping trip as being really cold. But, with spring break that week, I let them talk me into it.

Two days before our departure day, it began to snow. Hard. It was one of the bigger snowstorms we had over the winter. I had my doubts about camping, but everyone still wanted to try, so the trip was on.

Then, we remembered the white leghorn chicks we adopted a few days earlier. Being a first time chicken mom, I was really worried about their well being. Since they were still little, they need a lot of food and water, and we weren't sure how they'd do at home for 24 hours. So, what the heck. Let's bring the chickens! We transported them in the truck in an Easter bucket.
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We get to the camping spot, and checked in with the camp host. She asked the usual questions, and it's business as usual. Then, she asked if we brought any pets.


Oh dear. Is there any way to answer this without looking like a total lunatic? Nope.

Me: "Um, we brought 4 chickens"

Her: "CHICKENS?"

Me: "Well, you see, they're only a couple weeks old, and need to be fed so frequently that we didn't think they could be left alone overnight"

Her: "..."

Really, what do you say?


That night, I discovered (yet another) reason that most people don't bring chicks camping. They would not shut up!!! peep peep peep peep peep peep peep all night long.

After a while, I realize that it IS awfully cold in the trailer. I look at the thermometer, and it's 44 degrees. Furnace isn't working. We realize it's a battery issue, so we change batteries. An hour later, their peeping wakes me up again. This time, we're out of gas. I tried to put a blanket over the brooder box (which is in the shower in our trailer) so that the light would be more effective at keeping them warm. The chickens were still noisy, but were quiet enough that I can sleep.

I will never take chickens camping again.
 
Here's my short story!!!

My husband and kids had been desperate to go camping, even though it was late March/early April. I'd put them off because I remembered our last spring camping trip as being really cold. But, with spring break that week, I let them talk me into it.

Two days before our departure day, it began to snow. Hard. It was one of the bigger snowstorms we had over the winter. I had my doubts about camping, but everyone still wanted to try, so the trip was on.

Then, we remembered the white leghorn chicks we adopted a few days earlier. Being a first time chicken mom, I was really worried about their well being. Since they were still little, they need a lot of food and water, and we weren't sure how they'd do at home for 24 hours. So, what the heck. Let's bring the chickens! We transported them in the truck in an Easter bucket.
igDc97123_N15mv8wgHfD4hRYl6vyNAbUHB7oYZ_4cA3fv1V3g9RrwBJowZ2nlCP1qf7tcWmOO6ifNA7D5Cb73qwDfReoXOUH7dnBS74WsYIbbV0Sfw


We get to the camping spot, and checked in with the camp host. She asked the usual questions, and it's business as usual. Then, she asked if we brought any pets.


Oh dear. Is there any way to answer this without looking like a total lunatic? Nope.

Me: "Um, we brought 4 chickens"

Her: "CHICKENS?"

Me: "Well, you see, they're only a couple weeks old, and need to be fed so frequently that we didn't think they could be left alone overnight"

Her: "..."

Really, what do you say?


That night, I discovered (yet another) reason that most people don't bring chicks camping. They would not shut up!!! peep peep peep peep peep peep peep all night long.

After a while, I realize that it IS awfully cold in the trailer. I look at the thermometer, and it's 44 degrees. Furnace isn't working. We realize it's a battery issue, so we change batteries. An hour later, their peeping wakes me up again. This time, we're out of gas. I tried to put a blanket over the brooder box (which is in the shower in our trailer) so that the light would be more effective at keeping them warm. The chickens were still noisy, but were quiet enough that I can sleep.

I will never take chickens camping again.
Good one Shinx!
 
SCG I didn't need an explaination for the joke but for a couple of seconds I needed to understand why you ate a mirror for breakfast.
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Wish we lived next door, our little chit chat over the fence with you in the mornings or evenings, would keep me smiling.
 
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Here's my short story!!!

My husband and kids had been desperate to go camping, even though it was late March/early April. I'd put them off because I remembered our last spring camping trip as being really cold. But, with spring break that week, I let them talk me into it.

Two days before our departure day, it began to snow. Hard. It was one of the bigger snowstorms we had over the winter. I had my doubts about camping, but everyone still wanted to try, so the trip was on.

Then, we remembered the white leghorn chicks we adopted a few days earlier. Being a first time chicken mom, I was really worried about their well being. Since they were still little, they need a lot of food and water, and we weren't sure how they'd do at home for 24 hours. So, what the heck. Let's bring the chickens! We transported them in the truck in an Easter bucket.
igDc97123_N15mv8wgHfD4hRYl6vyNAbUHB7oYZ_4cA3fv1V3g9RrwBJowZ2nlCP1qf7tcWmOO6ifNA7D5Cb73qwDfReoXOUH7dnBS74WsYIbbV0Sfw


We get to the camping spot, and checked in with the camp host. She asked the usual questions, and it's business as usual. Then, she asked if we brought any pets.


Oh dear. Is there any way to answer this without looking like a total lunatic? Nope.

Me: "Um, we brought 4 chickens"

Her: "CHICKENS?"

Me: "Well, you see, they're only a couple weeks old, and need to be fed so frequently that we didn't think they could be left alone overnight"

Her: "..."

Really, what do you say?


That night, I discovered (yet another) reason that most people don't bring chicks camping. They would not shut up!!! peep peep peep peep peep peep peep all night long.

After a while, I realize that it IS awfully cold in the trailer. I look at the thermometer, and it's 44 degrees. Furnace isn't working. We realize it's a battery issue, so we change batteries. An hour later, their peeping wakes me up again. This time, we're out of gas. I tried to put a blanket over the brooder box (which is in the shower in our trailer) so that the light would be more effective at keeping them warm. The chickens were still noisy, but were quiet enough that I can sleep.

I will never take chickens camping again.

What a long night! They are giving ME a headache-peep peep peep peep ! THey are very pretty though, especially with the white wing feathers starting.
 
What a long night! They are giving ME a headache-peep peep peep peep ! THey are very pretty though, especially with the white wing feathers starting.


They were really pretty, weren't they? I ended up rehoming the blue and orange ones- they were roosters. They're still doing great though- they went to a farm not far from my house, and the guy wanted to start selling fertile eggs- he had 25 pullets but no roosters. The pink one died not long after the camping trip- she always seemed kind of frail. The green one, Clover, was a great chicken, though not friendly. She laid a ton of eggs. Unfortunately, she died in November when a raccoon got into my chicken coop and killed all of my hens.
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