Oh my goodness, this thread has been busy while I’ve been away! I took my daughter on a road trip to visit her friend that moved away to Oregon last year. For some reason our school district has a week long “winter” break this coming week so no school. Her friends mom has become one of my closest friends since I left college and I was very sad when they moved. It was an 8.5 hour drive, so we left Friday morning. It’s been a nice vacation but a lot for Aria and every night has ended in tears for one reason or another. Poor kid! I decided to thin my number of quail down and offered to sell a few to someone on a local quail group page. First time selling my birds to someone and I cried as I drove away without them

The kid seemed really nice and interested in them and is probably only 16 or so, so I feel good about that. Worked out that I was driving right thru his town on my way to Oregon, so I have a bird crate with me. Well a while back I put my name on a waitlist for some Olandsk Dwarf chickens from a breeder north of Sacramento and she just messaged me tonight that she has some hens and roos to sell and I’m next on her list. Since I have the vaccine now, I decided to get some! I’m really excited because they’re a landrace that almost went extinct and is slowly building up their populations again. They’re a bit smaller than a d’Uccle and so pretty! So I feel it was meant to be, because she happens to live on the route home from Oregon and I have a crate to put them in!


My husband did not see the magic of this like me. Such a fuddy duddy! I’m getting three young hens and a roo! My husband is even less excited about another boy, but like
@TropicalBabies i am choosing to do it anyway

I told him we can sell their fertile eggs for quite a good price and that seemed to make him less grumpy about it haha.
@GoatsandGuineas I’m so sorry your favorite girl got hurt! Some chickens are just so curious and have no idea what trouble they can get into!

I really hope she recovers, poor girl!
@TropicalBabies i love the chicken bell! How fun! I did notice you were without DH on your venture to obtain your incubator! Is it all set up and ready for babies now? Has he relented and accepted the incubator and it’s future workload?
@FrankieDoodle I love your nest you built! I wish I was as handy and artsy as you are! TB is right, you are so talented! How are the new babies? Besides afraid of things?

How are the pigeons?? I think we need more pics of them.
@BelovedPoultry your ducks sound just adorable!

The longer I’m on here the more I think ducks sound fun! Good thing I don’t have the set up for them haha!
Missing my chickens but enjoying some time away too!