YO GEORGIANS! :)

[Flowerbh]

Oh what I could do with a large-fowl silkie....

They have LF silkies overseas. They are not as cute. Google them.

 

[RoboDuck]

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I don't do hatching. I just do all the egg buying and then hand them over to GAM for to make them into babies. You'll have to ask her why she's not doing it. I think she's just antisocial and doesn't like any of you.

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

Yes, chicken math goes like this:


You go to the store to see about possibly getting some chicks. You're thinking maybe three or four. The store has a minimum purchase of 6 (which Tractor Supply usually does). So you need to get 6. But there's only 7 left in the bin, and you don't want to leave one lonely, so you buy him too. The next week you just go get feed, but they have new chicks. Oh, they're SO adorable! You come home with with the feed.... and another 6 chicks.


You swear that's it. No more chicks. But you need more feed about 6 weeks later. And when you get there, they have a NEW breed that you've never seen before. So there goes another six.



THEN.... you buy an incubator....


And from then on there is only multiplication and addition - NO SUBTRACTION!


You don't understand how it works. You just know that somehow you only wanted "maybe" three chicks for some fresh eggs now and then. That's all you really remember...

Yup, that's exactly what happened to me. Except I'm sti waiting on the incubator. That's next.

 

[abmaddox1981]

I don't do hatching.  I just do all the egg buying and then hand them over to GAM for to make them into babies.  You'll have to ask her why she's not doing it.  I think she's just antisocial and doesn't like any of you. 

Well ya know. She's the one at the farm every time I come by there. Starting to think you're the antisocial one.

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

Of course 15 of the above chicks were counted before they arrived.  I can't believe how long these poor little guys have been in transit.  This is ridiculous.

March 27, 2014	Depart USPS Sort Facility	KANSAS CITY, MO 64121
March 27, 2014 , 1:44 pm	Processed through USPS Sort Facility	KANSAS CITY, MO 64121
March 26, 2014	Depart USPS Sort Facility	SPRINGFIELD, MO 65801

This is the update on the tracking as of 15 minutes ago.

The poor babies! They better hurry up!!

 

[abmaddox1981]

My bad, I missed that one

Oh my! What a lot of eggs you have, my dear!

I know right. Some of these will go to new homes. Some will go to freezer camp and some will go into breeding projects.

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

I don't do hatching.  I just do all the egg buying and then hand them over to GAM for to make them into babies.  You'll have to ask her why she's not doing it.  I think she's just antisocial and doesn't like any of you. 

GAM antisocial???

 

[RoboDuck]

So I just had breakfast. 3 eggs fresh out of the chickens' butts. They taste SO much better than those silly washed eggs from the store. And of course the turkey bacon and wheat bread toast and OJ.

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

I know right. Some of these will go to new homes. Some will go to freezer camp and some will go into breeding projects.

Nice! That's why I bought straight run chicks, and had eggs hatch out. I'm raising all the boys, except 1, for freezer camp. The girl will replace the layers who will be culled.

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

So I just had breakfast. 3 eggs fresh out of the chickens' butts. They taste SO much better than those silly washed eggs from the store. And of course the turkey bacon and wheat bread toast and OJ.