Valentine's Day Hatch

[debs_flock]

I once quite carefully closed the bathroom door to keep the cats (Bill & Bubba) from getting to the box of thirty newly hatched quail I had brooding in a box in my bathroom. I was gone from early morning until late in the evening.

When I got home I discovered I had carefully closed the door with them hiding on the wrong side of the door.

That was twenty years ago and I still refer to baby quail as kitty treats. There obviously had been a HUGE battle in the bathroom and not a single quail left to attest to the bloodletting that had happened. I can also testify that "kitty treats" must be a very rich food and they cause immediate and copious amounts of intestinal distress.

Ick!

Deb

 

[debs_flock]

Well, "wrong side of the door" depends on if the perspective was the cats, the quail or mine!

Deb

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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There is nothing to say except this made me laugh until I had booming GI distress. Sorry for the kitty treats, but hilarious story.

 

[bikerchic]

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There is nothing to say except this made me laugh until I had booming GI distress. Sorry for the kitty treats, but hilarious story.

Sorry, but I am also laughing! Poor kitty treats!

 

[mrheinz77]

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There is nothing to say except this made me laugh until I had booming GI distress. Sorry for the kitty treats, but hilarious story.

Sorry, but I am also laughing! Poor kitty treats!

Even I chuckled which I rarely do. I have Narcolepsy with Cataplexy and my trigger is laughter and hard coughing. Through both training myself not to laugh and through medication I haven't had a Cataplexy episode in several years. My students always try to get me to laugh. When they laugh, I tell them it isn't polite to laugh in front of those who can't.

That gets them going even more.

What am I going to do tomorrow with no BYC?

 

[bikerchic]

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Sorry, but I am also laughing! Poor kitty treats!

Even I chuckled which I rarely do. I have Narcolepsy with Cataplexy and my trigger is laughter and hard coughing. Through both training myself not to laugh and through medication I haven't had a Cataplexy episode in several years. My students always try to get me to laugh. When they laugh, I tell them it isn't polite to laugh in front of those who can't.

That gets them going even more.

What am I going to do tomorrow with no BYC?

I am already worried about my withdrawls! It won't be pretty at work!!

 

[mrheinz77]

I might get something done tomorrow.

instead of

 

[TheRealTimShady]

i saw the post in the quail forum on the hatch we are setting up there, so i'll join in here as well. hoping to set 120 eggs

 

[RareBreedFancier]

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My mom does the same thing and I think she probably has close to 15 feral cats, too. She gets their shots and gets them fixed. She will feed anything that comes onto her property.

She sounds so much like me!

I joke with the vets I should be getting my FrequentFlyer card stamped there.

DH is not amused but I can't leave them unfed, un-vetted and entire. I keep telling him entire cats make more cats so he should be glad I get anything I can catch sterilized. Bonus is we haven't got a mouse problem here anymore!

 

[RareBreedFancier]

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Oh my!!!

I have a reoccurring nightmare that the kitties will manage to work the gate bolt and get in my spare room one day where the 'bators and brooders hide out. Thank you for proving it is possible!

Poor kitty treats. I call my chicks kitty snacks as I'm sure they would be if the kitties ever got to them. I did laugh though, even with the best planning and intentions those kitties can find a way to get up to no good!