Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[lindz8504]

Look whose finally getting his beard!!!!

 

[subhanalah]

Well, we had an amazing thing happen this morning.  It rained!  In mid-July.  Real actual rain, with lots of big drops and everything.  It really was pouring.  For all of 3 minutes. 

hahaha 3 minutes. What a Glorious 3 minutes that was!

 

[cheeka]

Quote: yes, Marans hens. they don't lay as dark a brown as some I've seen, but I love the color and one tends to lay a very very speckled egg - I also have a bantam Marans pullet that doesn't lay a dark egg, but her cream colored egg has lots of very dark speckles.

Well, we had an amazing thing happen this morning. It rained! In mid-July. Real actual rain, with lots of big drops and everything. It really was pouring. For all of 3 minutes.

LOL, well that's something! even if it didn't last very long - it's gonna rain here tomorrow and for the next 3 days or so. I welcome it, the heat and humidity are back with a vengeance!

Janet - I'm so sorry to hear about Ribeye and the buckling, poor babies. something I will remember for the future for sure!

 

[mortie]

Penny, pretending to check out the nest box. She is really only there because I was looking inside. When I look in they flock into the coop to stare at me. It is 90*+ so there will be no eggs today I am afraid. Probably not tomorrow either. Stupid heat.

 

[lindz8504]

I am in awe of the colors I got today. I have never gotten such a bright blue before and Onyx's green is pretty bright today too! I have no idea who laid that blue!

 

[cheeka]

wow those are beautiful! and I see that putting them in the shaded natural light made all the difference for your photo! not washed out at all!!!

 

[mortie]

Yeah. Pretty eggs.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Yeah. Pretty eggs.

Oh, poor Mortie!

Hey, you've got fish. What about fish eggs?!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Ribeye... I had a very hard learning experience with cows. Don't get any from anyone on craigslist. The scours were hard enough. If you clear bush, dont park the tractor near any animals pens. There is a lot of overgrown brush here, I work on it every day. Someone planted a bush called Japanese yew here. I cut the ugly thing down. Had A load of it in the wagon and parked it in the drive to the burn pile, next to the pasture. My goats and Baby Moo (ribeye) ate it while I ate lunch.The next morning Baby moo was dead. I killed him by my ignorance

. I post this so anyone that raises cows knows to be very cautious.. painful, senseless loss of life. Upset me very much. I also lost a lil pigmy buck, my other goats were ok thankfully. I have since also removed any burning bush, also poison, from this property.

Sorry about your little ones.

We had a similar problem with fiddleneck weed (Amsinckia) that is toxic. I remember my dad was furious one time after taking delivery of a truckload of hay, and many of the bales were loaded with fiddleneck. I got really good at identifying it and pulling it out. We were feeding foals and they would have been much more susceptible. Kind of a shame, because the flowers are pretty, but we were under strict orders to pull and destroy any plants found growing on the property.

 

[lindz8504]

Yeah. Pretty eggs.

Aww... mortie I'm sorry! You'll be getting some soon!