Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[Wishing4Wings]

(Does it ever get old, finding that little treasure in the nesting box?)

Nope!

(Except sometimes when they have poo smeared on them.

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[Whoops]

Thank you, mail carriers, everywhere. You put up with a lot of stuff, and still, the mail keeps appearing in our mailboxes.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: Ugh on the BCM...Mine are not laying yet either. They were hatched late july. I just keep hoping

Quote: Post a pic of gus, maybe we can help guess. (If you did already I can go find it

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[Chaneys Ranch]

Total egg number for January is 259 eggs out of 10-14 girls

OHMYGOSH! What breeds do you have? I may need to rethink this

Quote: I hope there is one W4W. My arms ache a lot, and I know I take way too much advil. The few bones I broke as a kid are really making me remember I was soo stupid on my dirtbike

ROFLMBO I betcha that would be a mountain wedding in a flash! I better not joke too much, my Mom is from MD. Have a whole lot a family on the east coast!

Wow lindz! that's a lotta eggs! congratulations! I could tally my counts, but I'd cry. I'm sure... too many birds and not enough eggs... but I love them so.

W4W, you're funny! there are so so many eligible nub tooth's... too many... the local judge and I ran into one another the other day at one of the vjillage's little cafe's, so I sat with him while he ate his lunch - he said he wanted to set up a sign saying [BEER ~~~>] at the front of a corner building, let them line up, and come around to the back... give them a few beers, get em buzzed, make them drop their pants, pick up 2 bricks...

and whackadoo! no more nub-springs!

he's got a point... these people are barely intelligible when they speak and then have children who grow up to speak like their parents... I should go back to school and become a Speech Therapist. I would have work forever.

I was dishing out treats and a couple of the girls sneaked out of the dome, so I let them all out for a little while, might as well, it's going to be a blizzard out there for the next several days. we have a few storms coming back to back - we dodged yesterdays that made a mess of downstate and further south, but we'll get a foot with tonight-tomorrows storm, and then we have another coming on Saturday-Sunday. I'm not happy one bit. but I'm ready. tractor is perfect and I have plenty of gas, big truck is ready to roll tomorrow for the route, no fighting with the car...not in this weather, even though it has studded tires, it's not 4 wheel drive... I'm stocked up with coffee, cocoa, milk, cereal, veggies and salad... all the pets have fresh stock of food - the Mother of the lady who I got Chester from had a 20lb bag of dog food in hand this morning - the Post Master was in the back seat... almost got the bag dropped in her lap...! it was pretty funny actually... but then I had to tell her the whole story of how Chester came to be mine and this lady is so grateful (or perhaps it's guilt) that she buys food sometimes, either way, she saves me a couple of bucks from time to time and it was perfect - I was going to buy a bag today anyway... the Route Inspection went well, I had lots of mail and quite a few big parcels, so she got to observe my routine, my customers are mostly very friendly and chatty with me... I've always got a minute to catch up with someone...just a part of good service as far as I'm concerned...

gotta get back outside, Coral was sitting when I finally rounded up the last free ranger... I have 7 Eggs already, 1 from the Fosters - and my Post Master bought a dozen eggs today, wants another next week... she was always a good egg customer, but they've sent her off to cover another office for several months, only coming to Gilboa for partial days to do specific paperwork, or like now, for my inspection. she'll be around for mail count which starts on my Dad's 82 birthday. 2/22 ~ so for the two weeks following, send out lots of mail! every single piece counts! business reply stuff, magazine blow in cards... just mail em!

I think its great she still offers food. Hope she isn't wanting him back.
I agree with you, part of customer relations is letting people know they count, and you respect them.
We are getting one of the storms now. DH worked on the plow and dually all day changing fluids and checking his yellow lights.
He has been asked to plow for Indy! Some one knew someone else and it filtered down to us.
The residential areas are still buried from the last time. our plow truck is old, a late 90s model but its a beast. I will not drive the thing.

Ha ha.... I got a whopping 34 eggs last month.

It is better than zero. Yes?? Actually, when I looked, I realized that I had 3 girls laying in the first week of January. I did get a nice warm egg this morning before I left for work, but nothing since then. It is freaking cold out there. About 10 degrees right now and tonight we will dip below 0. The girls are under the toy hauler enjoying themselves. I gave them some warm noodles this morning and they scarfed it up!!

My DH, who told me that chickens did not need heat, suggested that I up the wattage a wee bit in the coop to keep the girls warm tonight.

Men.... go figure. Fingers are crossed that the girls will be ok.

Stay warm y'all..... cluck cluck....

If they have no drafts, they should be fine. Some of my "wild bunch" roosted outside in the sub zero crap!
Those birds amaze me. They rarely even come in to eat now.

Quote: I think you meant poo's dear. Eggs are the roundish brown things that Dad gets from all the other girls....

Well the post office had an epic fail last time (had chicks delivered in dec and the box was eerily quiet... You figure out the outcome of that).

BUT they came thru for me today. After giving up on getting them today once 5:00 rolled around, I was pleasantly surprised by the phone call I got from the post office/sorting place at 7:00. So I jumped in the car and happily picked up a LOUD chirping box.

What an answer to prayer esp since we're getting an ice storm tonight!!!!

Pics to follow!!! But here is a teaser!!!

OOOOOOh BABIES!!!!!!!!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

so cute! looking forward to more pics! I've got to head to bed, with the storm, I need to get up really early and start plowing my way out!

ended the day with 8 Eggs

Ugh stay warm! we already have more to plow out here. DH said let him do it in the morning.

Well I think I split the order correctly with my friend. The only breeds in doubt were the White Maran and the BO because they were both yellow. But we should figure it out for sure pretty soon.
Olive egger?

White Maran and Golden Comet

Black Copper Maran or one of the olive eggers... They really look alike.

Chowing down already!!!

White maran should have feathered shanks? EE you never know

3rd looks like a bcm. they are too precious!

Happy nat'l thank a postal worker day cheeka! I'll say thank you for always caring about doing a fabulous job!!!!

X2!! I love our mail lady also, she cares very much about my eggs

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote:

no kidding! The pekin are awful about poopy eggs. I check them 2x a day, more if I can, rarely are they NOT pooped on.
I still have the one lil cockerel that sleeps in the boxes too, getting very impatient with him.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

MIL had PT today and did not go so well. She is still in a lot of pain.
Surgery was Thurs, the nurse was a little concerned. Mom is a real tough, strong person.
We are going over this weekend to make sure things are more "friendly" at the house.
I think she is over extending herself too soon. DH sister is exhausted. She lives a few minutes away.
The rest of the kids are like us, hours or more. SIL needs a break.
We laid 7 quail eggs today, and the geese are embarrassing me!
Had a customer here and most of them were dirty dancing

I got a presale for goslings muahahaha!
No eggs from them or anyone else but the quail

 

[lindz8504]

Jchny..... Oh no! My marans were hatched in Sept! If they wait like yours then I still have a couple of months! My laying crew right now are Golden comets and EE s. The comets are laying machines! Ok says that his are too! I think that 178 of the eggs last month were from them alone! I will recheck my numbers later to double check.

 

[cheeka]

loved that angry cat & mail man video! too funny...

those chicks are so cute

"I won't have chicks in the house" has become my mantra. although... I really am wanting some fluff.

we've got the 6" they promised so far, and I've been out to shovel and plow, 20 minutes later and all is coated with 3/4" of fresh. I hate this. Chester loves it... he's been bounding around the front yard like a pup... Ruby doesn't. she needed me to shovel her a place to walk, it's above her belly... she didn't leave her little circle and pooped faster than I have ever seen her get to it! as for Chester's former owner - no, the family doesn't want him back, they are happy that he's wanted here... the grandmother is the one who cared the most about his well being, but at maybe 95 lbs, with poor circulation and painful legs, she couldn't walk him... it may be that it's guilt causing her to buy food... but she really needn't feel guilty. he's my bud. he shows no more negative behavior stemming from the neglect. he's so happy... I should put together a video. he lolls about in bed mmmmphhhing and making comfy noises, stretches, curls his paws around his snout... way way too cute to not hop up and cuddle with him. so... even if they did want him back... he's mine. he's very loyal to me. when company comes and they want to play with him, he comes to me first, as if he's asking permission to play with someone else... I can even take him for short stints around the yard with no leash. yesterday he did grab a big buck poo... tried to eat it, but he dropped (most) of it on command.

 

[Scrambles55]

Well.... it is -1 with a wind-chill of -22 in North Idaho right now. My DH had an emergency in Montana last night and had to drive over there. I am going to make it a short work day, because I will not leave my poor 12 year old Lab out in the cold. He has arthritis. I hope that the girls do not lay today. The eggs will freeze for sure. I am going to leave the door from the run closed until I get home. At least there is a heat lamp out there. Warm noodles for the girls before I go to work and tons of worry.....

I hope the woodstove doesn't go out.... Stay warm all....