South Carolina

[dixiebeast]

I ment to ask...what is a good start price for a 6+ eggs auction on these?

I have the self blue OEGB...small,my hens are super sweet,my roo isnt but he is 8 inches tall so he doesnt accomplish much.I had Dixie take me some pics today because I am ready to list my first auction eggs! The pics are good! And you have to know...that is a black wire dog kennel they were in while we mover thier tractor today!Each one of those sections is 3" tall!!They are smaller than most seramas and I am soo happy to finally be getting eggs..all I have set are developing nicely!!

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

I am sorry for laughing but

I even had to read it to my DH.

 

[Joycats]

Okay, I want to say first off that I do love my hubby. However, there are times......

So he goes out a while ago to the store and went to pick up a pizza because, you know, we need all that fat in our diet. My 4 candy bars last night while I watched "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was not enough (no, don't bother watching it.

).
A while later he comes in huffing and puffing (see kids, this is what smoking will do for you, too!) and asks if I have an extra set of keys for my Olds. You remember the car he let get stolen last year and got the front smashed? Yeah, that's the one.
Well, I ask why and he says he locked the keys in it.
Now I have to add that he has been driving this car of mine since his Honda has been perpetually in the shop with goodness only knows what is wrong with it. So I ask how he got home from the store and he says to me that he drove it home. It is sitting at the end of the driveway, still running because when he got out to close the gates after coming home he somehow locked the doors (power locks) and then had to hoof it up the driveway. Poor baby........

So off I go with my flash light to see what I can find. At one time I had an extra set of keys stuck to the underside of the car but that has been 7 years ago and I never needed to use them. I can't find them anywhere under that car as I crawl around on the gravel shining my light. (I could just hear the neighbors saying "Now what are those crazy Phillips doing?" We have a streetlight right there at the gates so the whole world can see.)
No keys. Hmmmmm.
Okay, well he didn't close the door well on the drivers side so it has only caught a bit but I can't get it open so I climb back in the truck, where fat boy has been sitting watching me the whole time and I back the truck all the way back up the drive, past the house, and through the barn yard and up to the Guinea tractor where the crowbar hangs. (Yes, when I get mad at the loud suckers .....kidding!) Back to the house where I find a few long pieces of slender junk (I think it was off the frame of a screen window. I have a LOT of junk!) and off to the car, still running in the driveway with headlights on and heater blasting inside.
At this point DH is getting a bit nauseous from all my wild driving. Do you think I felt bad for him?

I made him get out and I grabbed the crow bar and wedged the door frame open a bit. At this point he hollers, "Don't break it!" (Seriously....

) and I stuck the aluminum stick down inside the car. Drats! About an inch too short. Thankfully I brought an extra piece and grabbed the tape out of my truck, taped them together and told DH to hold the blasted crowbar. I wedged it open just enough and slipped the piece of junk down and hit the power auto window. Pulled the piece of junk back out and walked off to my truck. DH stood there for a minute, took the crowbar off the door and said "Well, yeah....if you cheat, I guess you can get it open that way!"

And that, folks, is how wild my Saturday night has been.

Amy - you KNOW that I sympathize with you. But thanks so much for the laugh! What would these men do without us? I might have had to use that crowbar on his head when I was finished getting the car door open.

 

[Joycats]

I'm not sure he cares about the size. He wants to sell them (eggs and chicks). Maybe show. We're hopefully going to Newnan so we'll see after that!

The old english game bantams are really super friendly and fun. Don't take up much space either, easy for kids, lots of colors to choose from and very popular at shows. Just an idea.

 

[Patsy29332]

Okay, I want to say first off that I do love my hubby. However, there are times......

So he goes out a while ago to the store and went to pick up a pizza because, you know, we need all that fat in our diet. My 4 candy bars last night while I watched "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was not enough (no, don't bother watching it.

).
A while later he comes in huffing and puffing (see kids, this is what smoking will do for you, too!) and asks if I have an extra set of keys for my Olds. You remember the car he let get stolen last year and got the front smashed? Yeah, that's the one.
Well, I ask why and he says he locked the keys in it.
Now I have to add that he has been driving this car of mine since his Honda has been perpetually in the shop with goodness only knows what is wrong with it. So I ask how he got home from the store and he says to me that he drove it home. It is sitting at the end of the driveway, still running because when he got out to close the gates after coming home he somehow locked the doors (power locks) and then had to hoof it up the driveway. Poor baby........

So off I go with my flash light to see what I can find. At one time I had an extra set of keys stuck to the underside of the car but that has been 7 years ago and I never needed to use them. I can't find them anywhere under that car as I crawl around on the gravel shining my light. (I could just hear the neighbors saying "Now what are those crazy Phillips doing?" We have a streetlight right there at the gates so the whole world can see.)
No keys. Hmmmmm.
Okay, well he didn't close the door well on the drivers side so it has only caught a bit but I can't get it open so I climb back in the truck, where fat boy has been sitting watching me the whole time and I back the truck all the way back up the drive, past the house, and through the barn yard and up to the Guinea tractor where the crowbar hangs. (Yes, when I get mad at the loud suckers .....kidding!) Back to the house where I find a few long pieces of slender junk (I think it was off the frame of a screen window. I have a LOT of junk!) and off to the car, still running in the driveway with headlights on and heater blasting inside.
At this point DH is getting a bit nauseous from all my wild driving. Do you think I felt bad for him?

I made him get out and I grabbed the crow bar and wedged the door frame open a bit. At this point he hollers, "Don't break it!" (Seriously....

) and I stuck the aluminum stick down inside the car. Drats! About an inch too short. Thankfully I brought an extra piece and grabbed the tape out of my truck, taped them together and told DH to hold the blasted crowbar. I wedged it open just enough and slipped the piece of junk down and hit the power auto window. Pulled the piece of junk back out and walked off to my truck. DH stood there for a minute, took the crowbar off the door and said "Well, yeah....if you cheat, I guess you can get it open that way!"

And that, folks, is how wild my Saturday night has been.

Too funny! Been there..done similar! Do not know why us girls have crowbars sooo handy! ROFL!

Glad you got him in the car...and left him at the bottom of the drive to try to find his way home...

What can we do but love and protect them???

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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Not sure how easy/hard some of these would be to get....but some of my faves (all bantams cause I like tiny birds, but I think they all have LF versions also)

IDK much about these other than I have cochins & one sebright. I lost my original roo & two hens I hatched (to owl) so I have my one original hen.

We have a book that gives a little info about each breed somewhere and some pictures. I have a pocket sized one here but I think DH has the full sized one in the truck cause he took it to work for his buddy to look up something.


Bantams:

Spitzhauben Appenzeller
Brahma (Dark or Light)
Faverolle
Cochin
Orpington
Polish
Sebright

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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IMO Cochins, Faverolles & Sebrights are easy to handle. My Sebrights were anyway.

 

[gvilledh]

I had to laugh, too. At least he keeps your life from being boring, which probably keeps you young (if not, it sounds good. anyway).I can just imagine him outside the car and realizing what he had just done!

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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DH says he wants to buy some meal worms!

IDK what he is going to do with them. Probably leave them for me & Nicole to take care of!

 

[Joycats]

IMO Cochins, Faverolles & Sebrights are easy to handle. My Sebrights were anyway.

I have to share my experience with the sebrights, the older the roosters get the more aggressive they are. I was told this before buying them but I didn't believe it. It is true, my rooster is now 3 years old and I have to feed him after dark or he will jump at me and try his best to spur me. He has even been mean to the hens. They are possibly the most beautiful birds ever, they really are, but I'm not sure they'd be good for children. I'm considering selling my rooster and not raising them anymore because I don't care the for disposition of the roosters. I've also seen the hens fight each other. Just my personal experience. I don't like mean chickens.