Hello All! I've been reading this thread to keep up, but posting has been restricted by my "vertebral deficiencies."
Pinched a nerve or something in my neck (before the Hawaii trip) and have been having sciatica type pains down my arm and hand. Riding in the car is rough and the planes seats were downright torturous. Starting to get better, I can raise my elbow above my chin without ibuprofen on board, but sitting (and typing) aggravates it, so I'm on computer restriction.
On the few other threads I follow, there are over 3000 posts I haven't read. Shows me I had been spending waaaaay too much time at the computer.
The chickens made it through the little heat wave we had and we're getting about 6-8 eggs a day. One of the hens is laying shell-less eggs off the roost every couple of days and one is laying very thin shells that usually break in the nest. Trying ACV in the water to see if it helps them absorb the calcium better. My super broody is back at it and had to go into a cage today to try and break her again. I was thinking about getting her some chicks, but am not set up for broody accommodations and one-armed construction is beyond me.
Cheeka, that little beagle is so cute. Always have loved the way they look (and their long silky ears
) but that singleminded running off they do would make me nutso. You should definitely rename him. When Scooter showed up, we tried all sorts of names out. I wanted to call him Harry, because he is, but he came to Scooter right away, so we stuck with that.
The Seramas are still small, but the female's breast has broadened, so she is looking good. Her wattles, face and comb are quite red now and she squatted when I reached in the cage for her this morning. Still refuses the attentions of her very amorous rooster, but maybe she'll lay us an egg soon.
I have to take some new pictures to post. The rooster is quite a flashy fellow.
We went to a family reunion on Sat just south of San Francisco, and got stuck in the traffic near the airport due to the plane crash. We didn't even know it had happened until we listened to the radio to see why the traffic was backing up. Sounded horrendous from the early reports, but so glad there were mostly survivors. Luckily, we had flown in the Wed before, or my phobic teenager would have been sweating it all the way home,
if we could even have gotten him on the plane!
Just wanted to say hi. OK the new Broody section looks great. I love the eggs SB and MC nice to see you back...I drove through your way when I went to the wedding this weekend. I plan on candling tonight.
