Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[orrpeople]

Did you by chance get some Ameraucanas too?

Haha - no. I have four EEs who only lay eggs on the third and seventh Tuesday of each month... oh, there are not seven Tuesdays in a month... well then...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Don't feel bad, I am lucky to get 2 eggs a day from my AC pen and my Silkie pen... NOBODY else is laying...

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Anyone get anything fun in the mail today?

 

[Ravynscroft]

Anyone get anything fun in the mail today?

That sounds like a loaded question, lol...

 

[Pyxis]

On a semi related topic, our prison system here in the US is in desperate need of reform. The trouble is, prisons are for profit operations, meaning people make money by having people in prison. So, prisons aren't set up to rehabilitate people - they are set up to create repeat offenders. Because once a person offends again and ends up back in prison, the people that own the prison are making money off them.



The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the entire world, and the recidivism rate is 43%.



On the egg front, I'm not getting any eggs either. The birds are finally on strike due to the lower daylight hours, and none of this year's new girls have started laying yet to make up for the older girls stopping. Ah well, I don't really eat eggs anyway. I do hope the new girls start soon though because I want eggs for my holiday baking.

Anyone get anything fun in the mail today?

Nope, but I should get peahens tomorrow

 

[kwhites634]

@WVduckchick
120 lb., near as we can figure

 

[orrpeople]

Yeah, for some reason, this has been a particularly dry patch for the eggsters. Let's see, yesterday I got 9 total - from hmm... 60 or so layers - and 4 of those eggs came from the 55 pen!
You know, I kind of "took stock" today (being Thanksgiving week and all), and as much as I might worry and complain, I still have a lot of very nice birds. They charm me with their antics and amaze me with their varietal beauty. They have been a gateway for acquiring multitudes of information (mostly useful), in addition to being small bundles of mystery that keep my curiosity piqued!
I'm thankful to have the little critters out back.
And, I'm thankful for you all too... each as unique, yet somehow, much smarter, than my chickens.

 

[orrpeople]

Yeah, for some reason, this has been a particularly dry patch for the eggsters. Let's see, yesterday I got 9 total - from hmm... 60 or so layers - and 4 of those eggs came from the 55 pen!
You know, I kind of "took stock" today (being Thanksgiving week and all), and as much as I might worry and complain, I still have a lot of very nice birds. They charm me with their antics and amaze me with their varietal beauty. They have been a gateway for acquiring multitudes of information (mostly useful), in addition to being small bundles of mystery that keep my curiosity piqued!
I'm thankful to have the little critters out back.
And, I'm thankful for you all too... each as unique, yet somehow, much smarter, than my chickens.

There should maybe be an emoji attached to that. Sometimes my dry sense of humor gets me into trouble.

 

[pertnear09]

I hear we also lost M M M Mel Tillis today. 85 years old

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I hear we also lost M M M Mel Tillis today. 85 years old

I heard that