The Old Folks Home

[chickadoodles]

Sorry it's so cold! You could always fly south for the rest of the winter

 

[chickisoup]

Now THAT was a walk down memory lane.  I remember all of them except Howdy Doody.  On another note, my 2 year old grandson loves scrambled eggs for breakfast.  My daughter got this bug that's going around, and was too sick to come over, so she ran out of my fresh eggs.  Her husband bought eggs at the grocery store.  She scrambled him some eggs and served them.  He took a bite, scrunched up his face, and said "yuck, that's not grandma eggs."  "I want grandma eggs."  His Aunt came over, and got some eggs for him.  He knows the difference, and you can't pass off those nasty imposter eggs to him.  LOL!

GOOD BOY!!!

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Awww...too cute. Grandbaby knows what good is

 

[drumstick diva]

Chickadoodles, sorry, I didn't realize you were "Newlyweds," that changes everything.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

I must tell a chicken story.
Yesterday evening.....I went to put up the 2 free ranging birds. A game hen and her EE mate rooster. Now, they have had cabin fever badly...what with all of the snow and ice and rain....just yuk. And they want me to sit out with them, or not free ranging. Due to hawk attacking them both on Thanksgiving Day.

Anyhoo....I went out to see if I could convince her to go to her chicken tractor. Roo tried to, 3x.....she wouldn't budge. Nope.

I get out there.....and see rooster talking and pacing in the tin shed people door. It is where we have our big coop for the main flock. I thought he was pacing because he had lost her, or a dog had gotten her. I could see her no where............

I went to get him, and search for the lil' game hen. Just on a hunch, I thought she might have gone into the tin shed. She just had never went in there before...willingly. On her own.

I found her.....perched on the back of the Kubota. Turns out, the head rooster of the main flock was putting all of his girls to bed for the night. She must have missed her flock mates. She wanted to roost with them...awwwww. She was sitting there all quiet, facing them. '
She let me pick her up, and I walked her back to her chicken tractor.


Now, I had to remove her back in Sept, because she had been the outcast of the flock. She still is in a way. But I guess even with her having her own roo, she misses the rest of them.

I picked her up...carrying her back across the yard. Her roo followed me all the way over .....it was so sweet.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Thank you-- will send a pm.

Okay, it may seem like I only come to complain about the weather, but

GADS, IT'S COLD OUT THERE!!!!!
We got 14.1" of snow out of this lovely little thing and it's currently -10 with a -22 wind chill. I'm DONE. (grabs snow shovel in a huff and stomps off)

HAaahaaa-- Everything passable here but needs a final clean up , and prep for next storm in a couple days.

I am getting more excited! I put 7 eggs in two bators and 2 were not fertile they were still clear after two weeks in the bator so I threw them out. And two of the three in one bator hatched and lived one did not hatch and did not make it. Not sure why. My other two were suppose to hatch today and last night one hatched and the other one just hatched! My hatching is getting better!
100* dry for 18 days then 99* and 70% humidity.

YEah!!!!! IT's working!!!!!!! You got it!!

 

[drumstick diva]

I scored a perfect 15 on the test and I'm proud of it. Those were magical times for someone from that era. We enjoyed simple pleasures and fortunately, things that didn't bankrupt us to have. I don't envy today's kids for all the "excesses" they have, I feel sorry for them.

I'm old and I know it but, I don't care. I cut(clipper) my own hair, never dyed over the white/gray, have so many laugh/frown lines my face looks like a roadmap (to me). I consider every scar, every imperfection as a badge that "I have earned." When I was younger - I thought the world would end with- first gray hairs in high school, suddenly allergic to my required Maybelline eye liner/mascara, noticed tiny crows feet, etc etc. somehow I plodded through- can't believe how shallow I was. But, hey, I am still here and so are many of us (baby boomers) that we love to reminisce and bond by it.

PS Howdy Doody was my favorite, at the time. I remember "Princess summer, winter, fall & spring," Clara Belle," Beulah the witch,"
and others that will 'come to me', as soon as I end this. I remember - just don't recall where I put those memories for safe keeping.

Hey, guys I love ya

old or young, we have memories to cherish.

 

[ronott1]

Now THAT was a walk down memory lane. I remember all of them except Howdy Doody. On another note, my 2 year old grandson loves scrambled eggs for breakfast. My daughter got this bug that's going around, and was too sick to come over, so she ran out of my fresh eggs. Her husband bought eggs at the grocery store. She scrambled him some eggs and served them. He took a bite, scrunched up his face, and said "yuck, that's not grandma eggs." "I want grandma eggs." His Aunt came over, and got some eggs for him. He knows the difference, and you can't pass off those nasty imposter eggs to him. LOL!

I read an article yesterday about pullet eggs being sold in New York. They are from local Organic Farmers. They have convinced people that the pullet eggs taste better because they are from young chickens.

It was so funny! The eggs from my Three year old hens do not taste different from the 8 month old hens. It is how they are raised and fed!

It was so silly to read that article.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: People are so removed from their food source that they don't know this is untrue. . . . it is like the PUrdue chicken ads.

 

[ronott1]

Okay, it may seem like I only come to complain about the weather, but

GADS, IT'S COLD OUT THERE!!!!!
We got 14.1" of snow out of this lovely little thing and it's currently -10 with a -22 wind chill. I'm DONE. (grabs snow shovel in a huff and stomps off)

It is raining in California! There is snow on the Sierras!

Livestock Owners will get some grass for their Animals finally. It will not change the water allocations for crop watering but it is nice to see some rain finally.