She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[Drewnkat]

My chickens were all named within 12 hours of being picked up from the post office. I have six kids, and baby chicks are cute.

Cookie
Cupcake
Hennah
Valery
Ginger
Hedwig
Chippy
Weewah (named by then-2yo boy, Weewah was his word for music at the time)

"Cupcake" turned out to be a Mister. We call him Mister Winner now. If he keeps "winning" he gets to stay, otherwise, as the saying goes: "winner winner chicken dinner."

Weewah ate one too many eggs, poor dear, and had to be sent to the roasting pan. Yes, we told the kid. No, he didn't really understand, but he hasn't had much of an active role in taking care of the chickens either.

I've only named one of the current chickie babies, her name is Blondie or Goldie and she's teensy! EE/RIR cross and friendly as anything. If my friend doesn't pick her as one of her two, she's DEFINITELY staying. I'm 99.9% sure she really is a she. She's itty bitty, has practically no comb at all (compared with some I'm fairly sure are roos, that already have some pretty obvious development going on) and she's never been observed starting a pecking contest.

I've resisted naming any of the rest, although there's one other I'm 99% sure is a girl, also fairly friendly and docile. I haven't decided which roo will get a free pass this time, but whichever one it is will probably get a name. Colonel Sanders, General Tso, something appropriate.

 

[WVduckchick]

Happy mothers day to all! My mother passed away February 2014. Last mothers day was bad, being so soon after she died, but I think this year was worse. I miss her so much.

My 10 new lav orps are being named by the color of zip-tie I put on their ankle, birthstone colors. The red one is Ruby, green Emerald, blue Sapphire etc. I only had 8 colors, but 2 chicks are easy without a color. The lone black chick is Ebony and then there is Psycho Chick lol

Oh and chicken math hit hard today. I bought 6 new golden comet girls to go with the 2 I already had, about the same age, 7 weeks. And bought 2 adorable white silkies. Had to come home and build a quick quarantine pen for them. Got done just as it got dark. I'm whipped!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Happy mothers day to all! My mother passed away February 2014. Last mothers day was bad, being so soon after she died, but I think this year was worse. I miss her so much.

My 10 new lav orps are being named by the color of zip-tie I put on their ankle, birthstone colors. The red one is Ruby, green Emerald, blue Sapphire etc. I only had 8 colors, but 2 chicks are easy without a color. The lone black chick is Ebony and then there is Psycho Chick lol

Oh and chicken math hit hard today. I bought 6 new golden comet girls to go with the 2 I already had, about the same age, 7 weeks. And bought 2 adorable white silkies. Had to come home and build a quick quarantine pen for them. Got done just as it got dark. I'm whipped!

My mom passed in 2006. The hardest thing for me was when my son was born in 2008 not having her here and then seeing him form a bond with his paternal grandma. She's great with him and I am sooo glad, but it hurts when I think of him not knowing my mom. All the firsts were hard. Big hugs!

I like the birthstone names.

 

[rossfam06]

  My mom passed in 2006. The hardest thing for me was when my son was born in 2008 not having her here and then seeing him form a bond with his paternal grandma. She's great with him and I am sooo glad, but it hurts when I think of him not knowing my mom. All the firsts were hard. Big hugs!

I like the birthstone names.

I can't imagine how hard that is to see. My mom is still with us but she's over 6000 miles away in a small town in Alaska. I have not seen her since Sept of 2009. But we do get to talk on the phone.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I can't imagine how hard that is to see. My mom is still with us but she's over 6000 miles away in a small town in Alaska. I have not seen her since Sept of 2009. But we do get to talk on the phone.

Alaska? Yuck! Beautiful place, but yuck...lol After college I moved two hours away from my mom and was home once a month or every other month. My mom never could have delt with me being any farther away...lol Then after she died, I decided I needed to move back home and take care of my dad. He'll be 84 this year! Always hated this town, but now I am stuck. Wouldn't have it any other way though. It gets hard at times. He has severe copd/emphysema and the spinal stenosis is getting worse, but I wouldn't want to be anywhere else than at his side.

 

[BYC910]

I should be on my way to work but I have say this .to Amy . I had read in a earlier post that you are taking care of your dad .I think that's awesome . my mother passed 8 years ago 2 days before mothers day. I always get sad a little bit on mothers day . I won't tell you how old I am I'll just say that I have grey hairs that have grey hairs that have children . I know you Mom is proud of you. With your son and your dad and your chickens how in the world do you find time for all the post you get out on the BYC . we're waiting for the games to began feed those more

 

[BYC910]

in to big of a hurry feed those chicken more feed and super feed at that

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I should be on my way to work but I have say this .to Amy . I had read in a earlier post that you are taking care of your dad .I think that's awesome . my mother passed 8 years ago 2 days before mothers day. I always get sad a little bit on mothers day . I won't tell you how old I am I'll just say that I have grey hairs that have grey hairs that have children . I know you Mom is proud of you. With your son and your dad and your chickens how in the world do you find time for all the post you get out on the BYC . we're waiting for the games to began feed those more

LOL, in between homeschool lessons...lol Actually we aren't early morning homeschoolers so we both take that time to relax on our computers and then I'll dissapear and pop in between subjects and lessons...lol Especially during worksheets because they take my unfocused son forever to do!

lol Thanks for the encouraging words. I plan to start collecting eggs tomorrow night if everything goes as planned so if SC is ready we can start the games next Thursday? Maybe?? I feel like I am setting myself up to fail with pullet eggs, but I guess we will find out. They are all fertile, so I'm not worried about that.

 

[WVduckchick]

I also commend you for taking care of your ailing father. Even though it can get difficult, you will cherish these years with him probably even more than your childhood years. And your son is getting time with his grandpa that he probably wouldn't have otherwise! My mother moved across the country a couple of years before she passed (in her 70's... and for a man!

) Shortly after she moved, they found the cancer. He passed away after she had been there for a year or so, then she dealt with her cancer pretty much alone. He had a daughter nearby who helped a ton, and me and my sisters took turns going to visit her. Once they had done all they could do, we finally talked her into coming back home. She was home for 2 weeks before needing to go into the hospital, and she never came back. I'm thankful for those weeks at the end especially. I'm also thankful that my son got to spend time with her over the years. He's almost 24 now! Just bought his first house, which I wish my mother could have seen. She was always so proud of him.

Anyhoo.... Mother's day is always special... happy and sad, but special. And I got to spend time with my son, so all in all, it was a good day. And I got more chickens!!

 

[lazy gardener]

I have to hand all of my bonus points to any mom who home schools her child(ren). From what I've seen, the home school advantage is incredible. The HS kids I know are so incredibly socially and academically advanced over what the public schools are typically churning out. You go AMY! You're choosing the high road. And to be taking care of an ailing dad as well. Crowns to you.