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[chickadoodles]

Did Chinese food last night and left overs of same for lunch today. My big meal will be Sunday when son & fam and Fave oldest daughter is here. Will have almost a week w/my grandkids

That's wonderful! Enjoy!

Merry Christmas to me! Another present for me! My RSL gave me her first egg today. Small for now, will get larger. Saw Bubba breeding her yesterday, thought she should be laying soon since she did squat for him. Yeppers!

Congrats!

Merry Christmas to one and all. I pray that everyone is having a blessed holiday season.......I am . It's the first entire holiday season I've spent with my family in three years.

Congrats and hopefully many more to come!

I have experienced too many miracles to not believe in a higher power.
I am blessed and highly favored.

Me too!

 

[chickadoodles]

I should have you come to my house... You could do laundry here....

Oh, wait, no power.

Glory to God I have wood heat!

And it isn't too cold, so all of the houses that I have to take care of should be OK, and free of busted pipes until morning.

I hope you get heat back soon!

We had a very nice Christmas day. We did wind up staying inside all day because the weather turned out to be nasty in the morning but by the afternoon the wind had died down and the snow had stopped. We had a wonderful feast of turkey and all the fixings. I will miss DD, SIL and granddaughter terribly when they leave but we have a couple more days before that happens. We are going to try the museum again today. Hopefully Miss Liv will cooperate and not scream in the car seat.

She is precious!

 

[chickadoodles]

I stayed home and cooked a small dinner. DD#3 came with her other half for dinner.
Dh went to visit his DS#1 and family and found that we will be having a new addition to the family come June! YEAH!!!!
This will be grand#14 for me and #2 for DH. We are very excited!

 

[drumstick diva]

dsgard she is a DOLL!!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, deedee - you are up early today. Your son must be a good influence on you.

 

[ronott1]

And he probably knows more about religions than people who follow a particular faith. A few years back there was an online poll from a reputable polling company. The people who answered the most questions correctly were Atheists, followed by Mormons. People of a particular faith generally did well with the questions related to that faith (but more atheists knew that Mother Teresa was Catholic than Catholics did!

) and poorly on the ones for all other faiths.


Same here with my second Black Jersey Giant. Got a very dark one 2 days ago, at first I thought it was from the White Rock that lays darker than the other but it was darker still so it couldn't be given she has been pretty consistent and later in the day I got one from each of the WRs. So it HAD to be a JG. When I opened the barn yesterday only 15 girls came out and one of the JGs was missing. Yep, in the nest laying her second egg (I thought).

When I got them all back to the barn about 10 so we could head to my in-laws, Eos was just finishing up her aqua egg. The BJG egg was quite a bit lighter than the one from the day before and I decided maybe she just went overboard tinting her first egg. Wife said maybe it was the other BJG but I wasn't sure.

We got back from the in-laws about 8 PM and I went out to collect whatever else had been laid. FOUR more eggs and one was the same very dark brown as the prior day! Unless Athena is laying the same green color as Penelope, she is the only one of the June pullets not yet laying.

This was easier with the older hens when they first started laying, they ALL squatted from me starting about a week before. NONE of these broody raised birds squat except when one of the older lazy butt girls jumps them so the "early notice" system doesn't work. They have all had red faces for a fairly long time and only Athena's comb is still noticeably smaller than the 2 EEs that are laying. But I think she is close.

On the new egg layer!

 

[Wisher1000]

Just bid another brain cell adieu, I ruined two checks trying to spell out 50.

I do this type of thing all the time. I hope it doesn't mean I am losing brain cells!!

there is proof of a second Chick! this one has some white on it.

I didnt see the one on her wing until I put the picture up on my computer.

Congrats!

Merry Christmas to me! Another present for me! My RSL gave me her first egg today. Small for now, will get larger. Saw Bubba breeding her yesterday, thought she should be laying soon since she did squat for him. Yeppers!

Congrats, to you, too!

Merry Christmas to one and all. I pray that everyone is having a blessed holiday season.......I am . It's the first entire holiday season I've spent with my family in three years.

Merry Christmas, JD, I am glad that you are able to be with family this Christmas. I know you are excited to have that blessing on your first Christmas as a married man! Relax and enjoy, this is not the time for work and worry.

We had a very nice Christmas day. We did wind up staying inside all day because the weather turned out to be nasty in the morning but by the afternoon the wind had died down and the snow had stopped. We had a wonderful feast of turkey and all the fixings. I will miss DD, SIL and granddaughter terribly when they leave but we have a couple more days before that happens. We are going to try the museum again today. Hopefully Miss Liv will cooperate and not scream in the car seat.

Beautiful pictures (as usual) of a beautiful baby! I'm so happy that you are able to spend some time reconnecting and bonding with your loved ones. Don't start missing them before they leave, it will steal some of your joy. Merry Christmas, DiDi!

I like midgits too

Why doesn't this surprise me?

V I love your chicken wreath! It is so cute!

I meant to comment on that evergreen chicken, too! I want one!!! I may have to try my hand at it. Vehve, did you make it? Tell us how, please!

I hope everyone had a joyous and blessed Christmas! I did, but must admit, I'm glad it is almost over (except for taking down the decorations.)

Here's wishing (there I go again!)
all my peeps from The Home
a prosperous, happy, and healthy New Year!!!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I finally found a purpose for all my unused leg bands.



I tried to make a squirrel proof suet feeder. We'll see how well it works.

 

[ronott1]

I finally found a purpose for all my unused leg bands.



I tried to make a squirrel proof suet feeder. We'll see how well it works.

I like it!

 

[Peep_Show]

Ingenious even!