NY chicken lover!!!!

[pharmchickrnmom]

Rancher--I am hoping that the genesis is as good as what you said they are. After last years fantastic hatch failure, I hope to do better with my new incubators. I will do test hatching come february (if the hens are cooperating) and see what happens. My daughters room is perfect for it as it holds a constant temp and I keep it dark and draft free with the door closed. Shes is college in GA so she wont care.

Got home from a crazy day at work. Can you believe there were people shopping at 7 am? Crazy...and they were not nice either. Its just stuff people. Anyways, came home and filled all the feeders, broke all the ice out of the outside waterers and refilled them, refilled the inside waterers (silkie waterers were somewhat frozen) and gave everyone goodies and scratch. All bedding was turned over and everything seems pretty dry, which makes me and the cheeps happy. Like rancher said...low humidity makes for happy chickens.

I will be breeding for hardiness and utility as well. My rir terrorist groups appears to be from good stock as they are very close to the standard and have been excellent egg layers and table chicken. Nothing has fazed them so far (except the evil white stuff, which will be braved for good eats) so I am hoping to get some nice chicks in the spring. A couple of the girls are acting broody so I am hoping they will hatch some chicks for me.

Weird...no snow or anything yet and the radar shows we are getting stuff. Maybe later but I am hoping for nothing. Be safe everyone.

 

[ChickPrincess]

Just let me vent a minute...
Who was it who mentioned marriage and gifts after shacking up awhile? Rancher? You'll fully appreciate this.
I have a niece who I've never met (never met my half sister either, but that's another story. This is her daughter.). I'm friends with her on FB and that's the only minimal contact we've ever had. I know she's lived with this guy, she has a child, he has a child, and now they have a baby together.
So I get an invitation to their wedding in March in the mail. Obviously I can't go, seeing as they live in California. Send a card, with a few bucks, ya da ya da ya da. I laughed out loud, however, when I found this little note inside the invitation... (and I quote)...

"We ask that gifts be limited to things that can be put into an envelope as we already have a house full. We will not be registering at any store."

OMG!!! Am I the only one who thinks that is the tackiest thing EVER???
May as well have said, "No applause, just money".

 

[Cass]

"We ask that gifts be limited to things that can be put into an envelope as we already have a house full. We will not be registering at any store."

OMG!!! Am I the only one who thinks that is the tackiest thing EVER???
May as well have said, "No applause, just money".

No, the taskiest thing ever was an invite a friend of mine reiceved that asked for "cash gifts only" to "save us time before our honeymoon with the banking hassel" OMG...what IS this generation coming too?

I once wrote a check for a gift that the only thank you note I got was "thank you" written in the memo section of the check. (Way back when we used to get our checks back in our statement. wait, way back when we used to WRITE checks. LOL)

When I get remarried my invite is going to say "No Presents, just your presence" (Talk about a house full, we had to buy a 3 bedroom for the 2 of us. LOL)

 

[SunnysideupstateNY]

"We ask that gifts be limited to things that can be put into an envelope as we already have a house full. We will not be registering at any store."

OMG!!! Am I the only one who thinks that is the tackiest thing EVER???
May as well have said, "No applause, just money".

Just send some monopoly money! Or send a bad check. That'll take care of them.

 

[vmdanielsen]

Just let me vent a minute...
Who was it who mentioned marriage and gifts after shacking up awhile? Rancher? You'll fully appreciate this.
I have a niece who I've never met (never met my half sister either, but that's another story. This is her daughter.). I'm friends with her on FB and that's the only minimal contact we've ever had. I know she's lived with this guy, she has a child, he has a child, and now they have a baby together.
So I get an invitation to their wedding in March in the mail. Obviously I can't go, seeing as they live in California. Send a card, with a few bucks, ya da ya da ya da. I laughed out loud, however, when I found this little note inside the invitation... (and I quote)...

"We ask that gifts be limited to things that can be put into an envelope as we already have a house full. We will not be registering at any store."

OMG!!! Am I the only one who thinks that is the tackiest thing EVER???
May as well have said, "No applause, just money".

HHMMmm, what fits into an envelope? After I have stepped on half frozen chicken poop, It would fit into an envelope!! Say it is for their yard as their house is full..............

 

[ChickPrincess]

No, the taskiest thing ever was an invite a friend of mine reiceved that asked for "cash gifts only" to "save us time before our honeymoon with the banking hassel" OMG...what IS this generation coming too?

I once wrote a check for a gift that the only thank you note I got was "thank you" written in the memo section of the check. (Way back when we used to get our checks back in our statement. wait, way back when we used to WRITE checks. LOL)

When I get remarried my invite is going to say "No Presents, just your presence" (Talk about a house full, we had to buy a 3 bedroom for the 2 of us. LOL)

Perfect! Or, "If you really feel the need... donations in our honor to _____________".

Just send some monopoly money! Or send a bad check. That'll take care of them.

LOL! I was thinking, "Well, since it sounds like your house is all set, I have kids that need things...".

HHMMmm, what fits into an envelope? After I have stepped on half frozen chicken poop, It would fit into an envelope!! Say it is for their yard as their house is full..............

Too funny! I love all your responses! I wonder if frozen and thawed chicken poop is just as stinky as fresh?

 

[ChickPrincess]

Hope everyone is prepared for the storm. I hit Wegmans today and stocked up, peeps are stocked up and happy and I'm working on my second glass of wine. Let it snow!

 

[marquisella]

Tab, I just read that your brother pased.

So sorry for your loss.

Sue

 

[marquisella]

Just let me vent a minute...
Who was it who mentioned marriage and gifts after shacking up awhile? Rancher? You'll fully appreciate this.
I have a niece who I've never met (never met my half sister either, but that's another story. This is her daughter.). I'm friends with her on FB and that's the only minimal contact we've ever had. I know she's lived with this guy, she has a child, he has a child, and now they have a baby together.
So I get an invitation to their wedding in March in the mail. Obviously I can't go, seeing as they live in California. Send a card, with a few bucks, ya da ya da ya da. I laughed out loud, however, when I found this little note inside the invitation... (and I quote)...

"We ask that gifts be limited to things that can be put into an envelope as we already have a house full. We will not be registering at any store."

OMG!!! Am I the only one who thinks that is the tackiest thing EVER???
May as well have said, "No applause, just money".

My son & DIL have a friend who asked everyone to bring money foer their daughters 1st birthday, to put towards her college fund. Now the kicker is, the husband is a Doctor!!!The wife is a fruitcake..I wouldn't have gone to it.

Rancher, I hatchout every week between fall & summer..I also sell a lot, so I don't end up with a lot of chicks to feed.


This is my Birchen Marans, the pullets don't have hardly any silver, but they are out of my hens from the spring, so I"m hoping they make pretty babies...no eggs yet. He lost his foot last summer.

 

[Lapeerian]

I just got back a few minutes ago, had to go pick little girl up as she stayed at my parent's today. Roads weren't great going over, worse coming back. Finally seen a plow truck when I was almost home, behind me, as the minivan in front was smoking tires until they just stopped on a hill. I had to back down the road into a driveway, turned around and went the other way. So glad we got new tires on the car. Stopped at the store, bread shelf was getting bare. Work has already planned for a 2 hour delay tomorrow morning, makes me happy.