Maine

[blueseal]

chicken swaps are a sure sign of spring!!! and the first one is at the end of this month!!

awesome cant wait. I am having a new poultry house built in the next week or 2. it will be 10x16 cant wait to fill it full of chickens.

 

[buckabucka]

It does feel like spring! Can't wait to see the sun this weekend.

Today (not really until 5:30 p.m.) is day 21 for my hatch. I thought I heard a chirp come from one of the eggs this morning, but my head may have been playing tricks. It was before coffee.

I'm looking forward to coming home from work and I haven't even left the house yet.

 

[jerseychix]

So one of our biggest issues is housing. While they are chicks and inside, we've got it covered. I've got a great place to put them outside, I am going to fence in a treefall. But, I have no house for them. And I know I need to build something. I just get overwhelmed thinking about it.

Woke up to an inch of very blow-y snow this morning. Where's the sun?!

 

[annabananaandfamily]

Just got word today that our first swap at tsc in windham will be april 20 from 9-1!

 

[kinsey228]

Supposed to be hatching day, but no pips yet. I hope everything is ok.

 

[ashandvine]

I have a story to share and I hope you are not drinking anything.

Last night I was very lazy. I made breakfast for dinner; scrambled eggs, sausages and oj. SO and I sit at the 'head and foot' of the table per custom. I looked down the table at one point and saw the strangest expression on SO's face. He was nearly wringing his hands over the table and he had this suppressed expression that looked a mix of horror and humor or discomfort. Well of course I asked if he was ill? He was not. He got up shortly afterwards and left the table with his meal unfinished and not another word said. That evening, as is our custom, he came in while I was putting our youngest to bed and he said, he is 'all done eating eggs for a while.' He then explained that whilst sitting over dinner, with fork in hand, he came to the realization that fertilized eggs contained sperm from the rooster, thus his struggle to finish the meal. I could not keep from bursting with laughter but the reality of the situation for him was one I had to try to mollify. So I explained that those particular eggs had not been fertile as there was no rooster in that pen. It made him feel a little better but he stated whole heartedly he was in support of a 'just eggs' house but he still would not be eating eggs for a while as he was still obsessing over how many sperms he might have eaten in his lifetime and claimed he may even resort to buying himself eggs from the store just to be sure they are not fertile.
OMG
You can imagine, I was dying of laughter and still enjoy this story in a very naughty and deeply enjoyful way.

And wanted to mention that our Am eggs are fertile and the duck is now setting a nest.

 

[echosrevenge]

Widget - now that we're settled in the new place, we've been wanting some Welsh Harlequins and Standard Silver Appleyards. I was planning on trying to hatch some, but there's only the one incubator....here in a couple weeks I'd definitely be interested in going in on an order from Holderreads with you.

 

[kinsey228]

Yay! I have eggs piping!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I have a story to share and I hope you are not drinking anything.

Last night I was very lazy. I made breakfast for dinner; scrambled eggs, sausages and oj. SO and I sit at the 'head and foot' of the table per custom. I looked down the table at one point and saw the strangest expression on SO's face. He was nearly wringing his hands over the table and he had this suppressed expression that looked a mix of horror and humor or discomfort. Well of course I asked if he was ill? He was not. He got up shortly afterwards and left the table with his meal unfinished and not another word said. That evening, as is our custom, he came in while I was putting our youngest to bed and he said, he is 'all done eating eggs for a while.' He then explained that whilst sitting over dinner, with fork in hand, he came to the realization that fertilized eggs contained sperm from the rooster, thus his struggle to finish the meal. I could not keep from bursting with laughter but the reality of the situation for him was one I had to try to mollify. So I explained that those particular eggs had not been fertile as there was no rooster in that pen. It made him feel a little better but he stated whole heartedly he was in support of a 'just eggs' house but he still would not be eating eggs for a while as he was still obsessing over how many sperms he might have eaten in his lifetime and claimed he may even resort to buying himself eggs from the store just to be sure they are not fertile.
OMG
You can imagine, I was dying of laughter and still enjoy this story in a very naughty and deeply enjoyful way.

And wanted to mention that our Am eggs are fertile and the duck is now setting a nest.

He's so silly. It's just an extra cell that happens to contain genetic material.

Freak him out - ask him if he wants to eat ovaries... and then serve squash, or an apple... and secretly giggle inside.

 

[kinsey228]

He's so silly. It's just an extra cell that happens to contain genetic material.

Freak him out - ask him if he wants to eat ovaries... and then serve squash, or an apple... and secretly giggle inside.