tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post2483630919360051791..comments2023-06-28T21:53:24.312-07:00Comments on On the way to Critter Farm...: What's wrong with this picture?Dannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12623233206043947281noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-53810469926978735142008-03-19T19:33:00.000-07:002008-03-19T19:33:00.000-07:00How exciting! I've heard that breed is very friend...How exciting! I've heard that breed is very friendly.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920326845870515381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-91933262533261822552008-03-19T17:13:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:13:00.000-07:00Hi marigold - WOW - thanks for the compliment. I ...Hi marigold - WOW - thanks for the compliment. I am honored...especially coming from you! Bag of peanuts is IN THE MAIL! :-)<BR/><BR/>Hi gudl - the mess...yes...I'm beginning to really notice it. When they flap around all the dust and these little itty bitty feathers go flying everywhere...it's only going to get worse, I know!<BR/><BR/>Hi cathy (maternal gardens) - Robin sent me an email yesterday disclosing the full truth about her racoon face...I thought I would die laughing - you are exactly right! I'm insisting that she post pictures. You should, too! :-)<BR/><BR/>Hi Joanna - I *love* your profile pic - hilarious! Yes, I'm just loving these chicks...it's going to be so cool when they start laying...<BR/><BR/>Hi Mindi (in-between) - aww, I'm so glad you're enjoying my blog! :-) The coop? Well....maybe I could post some pictures...it's not really moving as fast as I had hoped..<BR/><BR/>Hi ranch-mommy - yes, I'm obsessed, aren't I? ;-)<BR/><BR/>Hi frugalmom - so glad to hear that you think you're on the mend. Egad, how in the world are you managing with your husband being gone?? You poor thing. I just posted a new video - maybe that'll keep Grayson entertained for, like, 3 minutes? :-)<BR/><BR/>Hi emma's mom...And I am happy to be able to read your posts again! It's really good to have you back.Dannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623233206043947281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-89702695086681498152008-03-19T17:05:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:05:00.000-07:00Hi michele: I need to go back and read your earli...Hi michele: I need to go back and read your earliest blog entries - I would love to read about you raising those mallards. What did you ever do with them?<BR/>The coop? Well....it's ok. :-)<BR/><BR/>Hi farmer jen: yes, I have a screen set off to the side ready to use and, whenever I'm not in the room, I lift up the side and end pieces of the box that are folded down when I'm sitting there. Utmost on my mind is keeping my girls safe!! <BR/>The coop? Um...it's coming along... :-) :-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks Eve - and Roxy thanks you, too. Her nose is a bit bent out of shape these days with all the attention I'm paying to the chicks. Not nearly as much ball-throwing time as there used to be...<BR/><BR/>Hi Ali - I love that one of your hens is named Pippi...my friend's little girl came over on the weekend and named one of my chicks "Pip-squeak", saying that she'll be "Pippi" for short!<BR/><BR/>Hi Mim - that's pretty much what I did. I went out and brought my chicks home. Then my husband was like, uh oh, we need to get going on that coop. :-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Gus and Louie - I'm nervous about him going by himself, though!<BR/><BR/>Goatgirl - this is ONLY because I don't have 50 animals pulling me in different directions like you do (yet anyway!) :-)<BR/><BR/>Hi Mellimaus/Abby: I had hoped to get an Americauna because I really wanted those greenish eggs, but they only had the Aracauna, who will lay brown like all the others. It's funny the different personalities they have, isn't it?Dannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623233206043947281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-10686965447373135712008-03-19T15:23:00.000-07:002008-03-19T15:23:00.000-07:00and her Mom said,Every day I can't wait to mozy ov...and her Mom said,<BR/>Every day I can't wait to mozy over here and read about the babies. It's so exciting to watch them grow and develop and have personalities all their own.Emma the Golden Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10713449942447725153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-9299572055172785622008-03-19T12:23:00.000-07:002008-03-19T12:23:00.000-07:00Thank you so much for the well wishes, Danni. Thi...Thank you so much for the well wishes, Danni. This past week has really been quite crappy. Husband out of town and me down with some kinda super human flu virus.....trying to manage the kids....not fun at all. All the while feeling like I am repeatedly being run over by a Mack truck. Awoke for the first time today out of the last week with no fever...so keep your fingers crossed for me. I am so hopeful that I am on my way to being better.frugalmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03013856124264535872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-16673746399286768252008-03-19T10:46:00.000-07:002008-03-19T10:46:00.000-07:00Ahhhhhhhhhh ~ Young chicky love : )Ahhhhhhhhhh ~ Young chicky love : )Ranch Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690111341028060677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-62946896366979009922008-03-19T10:01:00.000-07:002008-03-19T10:01:00.000-07:00Oh I love your chicks! I love that I can come here...Oh I love your chicks! I love that I can come here to get my chick fix for the day. And I agree with all of the above - I want to see some pics of the new coop building!in-betweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936245352780189635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-84238228311766553572008-03-19T09:03:00.000-07:002008-03-19T09:03:00.000-07:00They are so darn cute! When I lived outside of NY...They are so darn cute! When I lived outside of NYC we had chickens and I loved them so much, and their eggs! ;)Joanna Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815987559964160910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-16716084814344153322008-03-19T05:14:00.000-07:002008-03-19T05:14:00.000-07:00They're getting so big so fast! I agree, spend all...They're getting so big so fast! I agree, spend all kinds of time with them. Our were all grown up when we got them. I spent a lot of time getting to know them and hoping they'd trust me. I feel like the "food court" when they see me. They all come running and look up at me waiting for a treat, which I always have. They're a lot of fun to have around. I left a comment for you over at Robin's. I think I figured out what's going on with her Racoon Face.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-36557428600906253972008-03-19T04:58:00.000-07:002008-03-19T04:58:00.000-07:00We also had to put a net over the cage so that the...We also had to put a net over the cage so that they would not fly out. <BR/>We had them 4 weeks or so in the basement, I tell you, they made a lot of mess, especially dust!! <BR/>yes, they are cute. <BR/>We really enjoy our eggs now.Gudlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303135063780904921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-34101532504064896942008-03-18T20:11:00.000-07:002008-03-18T20:11:00.000-07:00You are the supreme ChickenMother.You are the supreme ChickenMother.Marigoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109785080000770963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-10789251720156793732008-03-18T17:41:00.000-07:002008-03-18T17:41:00.000-07:00We had an Americana chicken who acted a lot like t...We had an Americana chicken who acted a lot like that. My dad read that if you have only hens, one chicken will 'appoint' themselves to be the 'rooster'...leader. She used to come running right up to us and all the other chickens would hide. We called her Tessa...she was also the first to perch. Sadly, we only knew her by the way she acted, and as she got older she 'quieted down', and now we don't even know if we have her because we gave some of the Americanas away, and we don't know if we gave her away...she was a fun bird, though! :-)<BR/><BR/>~MellimausAbbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00647064235371952509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-61276976899336385322008-03-18T16:40:00.000-07:002008-03-18T16:40:00.000-07:00OK now I'm jealous chicksister. Mine just run from...OK now I'm jealous chicksister. Mine just run from me and if I sit quietly enough they might come out and honor me with their presence.goatgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753367360714853700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-87074296743812045822008-03-18T14:45:00.000-07:002008-03-18T14:45:00.000-07:00That is really nice of your son to put in time for...That is really nice of your son to put in time for others. You must be a great mother to instill those kind of morals.. <BR/><BR/>Big Sloppy Kisses<BR/>Gus and LouieGus, Louie and Calliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402650169299573994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-74741781364080960932008-03-18T13:57:00.000-07:002008-03-18T13:57:00.000-07:00You're killin' me! Oh how I want to start my chic...You're killin' me! Oh how I want to start my chick raising. No coop yet, maybe if I get the chicks it will help inspire my husband to build?Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164566973850574737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-78479305196081550992008-03-18T13:42:00.000-07:002008-03-18T13:42:00.000-07:00How cute! Love the fly-over video.I'm with Farmer...How cute! Love the fly-over video.<BR/><BR/>I'm with Farmer Jen, handle them a lot and it will be much easier when they are older -- like yesterday, for example when one of my girls, Pippi, managed to escape the pen. She saw me coming and came right up to me and let me pick her up.<BR/><BR/>I'm also with Jen on the brooder cover. A weighted down window screen worked great for us. I love listening to the videos, the peeping kills me. Chick fever....<BR/><BR/>AliAlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462041577129730944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-59172168108449549192008-03-18T11:54:00.000-07:002008-03-18T11:54:00.000-07:00OH MY! HOW SWEET!!! You must be so proud farmgirl!...OH MY! HOW SWEET!!! You must be so proud farmgirl! Keep up the good work! I can't wait to see these girls outside doing their thing!! They are going to grow so fast! <BR/><BR/>Hi Roxy!! I'm thinking of you too!!Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554593974838511759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-33613819323553328022008-03-18T11:41:00.000-07:002008-03-18T11:41:00.000-07:00I agree with NW Nature Nut that handling the chick...I agree with NW Nature Nut that handling the chicks will help them to trust you and stay friendly even when they are older. It makes it a lot easier to care for them when they trust you. I did that with mine on the advice of my local feed store owner/friend. They are incredibly cute and have such individual personalities. Yours are coming along fine, but you might need to put some kind of lid on that box to keep them corralled and safe! Yes, how <I>is</I> your coop building coming along? More photos please!Farmer Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333209660043535465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-78326705001672764062008-03-18T11:07:00.000-07:002008-03-18T11:07:00.000-07:00PS You need to change your blog name...you ARE the...PS You need to change your blog name...you ARE the critter farm now! Yah!NW Nature Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274110274292106230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845299642721912499.post-35479168692856874242008-03-18T11:06:00.000-07:002008-03-18T11:06:00.000-07:00It's great when they get to know you and come runn...It's great when they get to know you and come running. I bet if you keep handling them a lot they will stay friendly. I love to see the photos and hear about them. They are so cute. I originally started my blog last year when I raised two mallard ducks that a customer dropped off. She had found them wandering along the freeway without parents. I kept them in the garage and documented them on the blog. It was fun to watch them grow and let them play in the bathtub. But, boy did they get messy once they got bigger! How is the coop coming?NW Nature Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274110274292106230noreply@blogger.com