rachels.haven's Journal

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

In Texas, it's purple paint. A purple band of paint on a fence post or tree is the same as a No Trespassing sign. A lot cheaper too!

The same is true in Arkansas as well.

 

[rachels.haven]

Those laws don't apply here, but I will probably do the purple or orange paint anyway at least for my own benefit before I put in the electric wires. I need a feel for the size of the place. So far I mainly only know the back half near the house.

 

[rachels.haven]

After a night spent awake with a vomiting child I got the phone call saying mu first order of chicks this year was in- soggy chicks! McMurry didn't send out a shipping notification for these guys, so it was a surprise. The dry chicks should be here in a day or two and should be brooded in the coop.

 

[thistlebloom]

Why were they soggy?

 

[rachels.haven]

Because they're definitely not ducks. They're soggy chickens.

They're not soggy yet, btw. I'm keeping them DRY for today. These chickens kind of have a drinking problem. They never seem to want to stop.

But in all serious-ness, they're just active, healthy soggy chickens.

 

[thistlebloom]

Because they're definitely not ducks. They're soggy chickens.

They're not soggy yet, btw. I'm keeping them DRY for today. These chickens kind of have a drinking problem. They never seem to want to stop.

But in all serious-ness, they're just active, healthy pekins.

Oh! duh, I didn't look at them closely, now I see their little bills, hahaha!

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

For coyote hunting at night or in areas where you worry about where their bullets might end up a 12 gauge with #4 buckshot is solid coyote medicine.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

After a night spent awake with a vomiting child I got the phone call saying mu first order of chicks this year was in- soggy chicks! McMurry didn't send out a shipping notification for these guys, so it was a surprise. The dry chicks should be here in a day or two and should be brooded in the coop.
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Because they're definitely not ducks. They're soggy chickens.

They're not soggy yet, btw. I'm keeping them DRY for today. These chickens kind of have a drinking problem. They never seem to want to stop.

But in all serious-ness, they're just active, healthy pekins.

i was starting to be conerned about you i was thinking surely she knows those are ducklings right lol

 

[Bruce]

Maybe night time house and livestock defending if the opportunity presents itself. I think that's legal. Definitely not hunting, right?

No, definitely not hunting. Protecting your animals and family from coyotes is reasonable.

 

[rachels.haven]

Um, so as of today I've received 13 soggy chicks and 53 dry chicks. I did not order 53 chickens. I ordered 35 pullets and 3 roosters so I could pick one or two males. Now I have 66 birds to de-tick and de-deerfly the yard not counting the 13 silkies I have to cull out the roosters from (not sure what I'm going to wind up with still, hopefully 5-6 pullets and Mr. Teddy)...That escalated quickly. Now I'm a crazy chicken lady? Maybe when I'm not sleep deprived this will be funnier. At the moment I'm more along the lines of and maybe because apparently I have no control over my life. But hey, everyone's bedded and has food and water and I went to the store and bought a bunch of consolation chocolate (to watch myself feed to the piranha kids apparently). Kids are enjoying the soggy chicks and the four year old hasn't vomited all day and is feeling better than I am.

DH says he feels sorry for me but he feels really sorry for the person who ordered 19 pullets and received 91. I think I'll survive. I might need a bigger waterer.