Ribh's D'Coopage

[LozzyR]

I agree but keep an eye on her especially for a while.

I will, thanks.

 

[LozzyR]

We celebrate Valentine's day 2/15. It's a made up holiday why not chose our own date? Everything is a lot cheaper.

That sounds very sensible!

 

[Ribh]

It doesn't pay to be a softie when you go to buy chickens. As we were driving in yesterday I kept thinking about that black Araucana who was going to be left all on her own if I took the 2 splash & I had a sinking feeling she'd be coming home with us too. Well, as it happened, there was no black, just an extra Campine all on her own. It really was a no brainer she'd be coming home with us. I don't even have Bob's excuse. No~one to blame but myself!

 

[pspatbyc]

Sometime during the night the rain stopped. When I went out to say good morning to the girls they surged towards the gate expectantly. I am in soooo much trouble. Not only haven't I let them out, I am bringing strangers & aliens into their territory. I may never be forgiven.

Meal worms buy lots of forgiveness

 

[Ribh]

I love the names! Personally I would avoid welsh though... it always sounds like a cat with a hair ball to me, at least the random YouTube gardening channel I watched in welsh a few years back did, and then more wash videos popped up and it was... different.

Welsh is odd. Like German. It can run on forever. Regional accents can make a big difference though. Same with Irish. YDs name can be said 2 different ways, depending where in Ireland you are & it is different again in Scotland. I can cope with spitty languages but the hissy sibilant ones give me the hee~bee~jee~bees.

 

[BY Bob]

It doesn't pay to be a softie when you go to buy chickens. As we were driving in yesterday I kept thinking about that black Araucana who was going to be left all on her own if I took the 2 splash & I had a sinking feeling she'd be coming home with us too. Well, as it happened, there was no black, just an extra Campine all on her own. It really was a no brainer she'd be coming home with us. I don't even have Bob's excuse. No~one to blame but myself!

Good for you. More campine love.

 

[Kris5902]

We celebrate Valentine's day 2/15. It's a made up holiday why not chose our own date? Everything is a lot cheaper.

Exactly!

It’s also a bit of a burn out thing for DH and I. Ten years for me and six or seven for him and any little excuse for “sales”. Every holiday was a huge event from valentines to Christmas, not forgetting other super important things like the Grammy’s, Oscar’s, Super Bowl, cinco de Mayo, the miss universe pageant (all super popular up here)... anything they could try to spin for sales. We were both left more than a little jaded by the whole affair. Like buying “Christmas gifts” at the local corner store and only liquor store open “11-11 all year” at almost 11pm Christmas Eve because that was literally the only chance we had for it in the month. Then there was the “Pizza Hut thanksgiving dinner” one year, because what else is there to be more thankful for at 10 pm on when you’re finally off work than a pizza? See, the retail PTSD is creeping out again.

 

[Ribh]

Ok, @BY Bob. Don't look

She completely emptied the nesting boxes.
Everything got tossed out.​

 

[MaryJanet]

How were the new and old chickens today? Did they chat?

 

[Ribh]

How were the new and old chickens today? Did they chat?

They did but it is super weird. No~one is stressed by the others. Everyone is so super calm I'm thinking I could have thrown them all together from the get go & there would have been no issues. All the newbies sunbathed @ some point. My biggest issue is the pecking order amongst the newbies.