Toddlers are Quackers

[BullChick]

3 AM on Good Friday, my Easter Egger is snatched by I presume dogs (it was 3 AM, I heard them, and THOUGHT I saw them, but it was too dark to be 100% certain. Looked like 2 dogs that've shown up in the yard before.) Half the flock sustained minor injuries (lot of bloody combs this morning), but all are fine. Shaken but fine.

I don't anticipate the Easter Egger who was killed on Good Friday will make a reappearance on Sunday.

I’m sorry about the attack.
You are very funny!

 

[BullChick]

This is our Easter morning. Duckling woke too early. I sent her back to bed, but she didn’t try to go back to sleep (I’m still surprised she kept herself awake so long). So I have three minutes until her clock tells her she’s allowed up. The eggs are hidden now. I’ve had coffee. I’m ready!
The eggs were still wet. I hope I got the dye dried well enough!

 

[Cyneswith]

How I spend my free time. The lady at the bottom is herding cats.

 

[BullChick]

 

[BullChick]

Duckling has the dog on his third egg hunt of the day.

 

[BullChick]

One Reese’s bunny, an egg filled with about eight pb minis, a tube of eleven minis, and three pb eggs.
...
She wants to make pb cups.

 

[BullChick]

She ate the ears first

 

[Cyneswith]

Can anyone suggest an egg-timer type thing that has a less jarring sound (not on the phone or computer, as those tend to distract me)? My son panics like crazy every time I set it, hyperventilating, running in circles, flapping his hands. "I'm cleaning for 15 minutes. It will ring when the time is up. It's just a sound, telling me I can stop." "BUT IT WILL RING!" Then he panics more AFTER it rings, jumping, flailing, crying. It doesn't hurt his ears. He just loses it every single time I try to use it.

Also, my rooster died chasing off a fox (one of the girls just about got her comb ripped off - it's hanging on by 1/4 inch). I was sad, but he's not terrorizing the girls (especially now that the one is injured), not waking me up at 4:30 any more, and I'm not as concerned about my 2 year old playing outside. I'm... marginally grateful to that blasted fox.

 

[BullChick]

My Fitbit vibrates for alarms. No one hears it.
Does the microwave bother him too? It and the stove have timers. Though I don’t like the stove. Too loud!
I’m glad to hear that your rooster did its job. I’m sorry that it was a dangerous rooster to begin with. I hope that you find a rooster that is as good of a protector but not aggressive. Your hen should make it. People in the Educational Incubating thread have dealt with it. If you need help, post there.

 

[BullChick]

Can I seriously tell you? I love my Fitbit for its silent alarm. Even when I set my phone to play a song that I like, it would always stress me out in the morning. I’ve never panicked when my wrist vibrated.
Also, I do not check the time when I wake in the middle of the night anymore. My Fitbit alarm just solved so many sleeping problems for me.