BIG DAY... MEGAN AND MAY WILL ARRIVE TO BE SET UP WITH THE CAMERA...
TWO CHOICES... THE CONDO OR THE KITCHEN?
COMPLICATIONS?? 2 PREGNANT FE,MALES MIGHT NOT LIKE COMPANY .
. THO USUALLY GET ALONG AFTER DELIVERY... SO THEY MUST BE BARRICADED FOR THE MOMENT...
THEN THE CAMERA... I THINK THE NURSERY HAS PLENTY OF WIRE TO TAKE IT OFF THE WALL TO GET IT TO
WHERE THE ACTION IS.. I DON'T THINK TEH OFFICE CAMERA IS AS PORTABLE. NURSERY CAM HAS PORTABLE MIKE
OFFICE CAM HAS MY DESK MIKE... NOT WUITE AS PORTABLE.,
I THINK MEG WANTS TO BE HERE FOR THE DELIVERY.....
WE HAVE A WASHTUB OF ESSENTIALS... NOTEBOOK.... WASHCLOTHS, AND DENTAL FLOSS... READY TO GO IN EITHER PLACE
YOU WOULD THINK THAT HAVING 8 MONTHS SINCE THE LAST DELIVERY THAT WE WOULD HAVE THESE THINGS ALL ORGANIZED,
BUT THE DETAILS KEEP CHANGING.. LIKE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE..
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WE DO HAVE 2 "TAKE OUT" WINDOWS// LINDA'S NEXT TO HER CHAIR AND DONNA'S WINDOW FROM KITCHEN SINK TO DECK.. COMPLETE WITH CHEF FOR SENIORS PREPARED FOOD-- WE ARE READY WITH ALL THAT.
MEGAN THINKS MAY IS "LOADED" WITH PUPS....
SO SOMETIME INTHE NEXT FEW DAYS....
REMEMBER WE WILL TRY AND TAKE HER TEMP.. BECAUSE THE TEMP IS SUPPLOSED TO BRIEFLY DROP FROM 101 TO 98 AND RETURN 24 HOURS AHEAD OF CONTRACTIONS.. AND DO REMEMBER MOMMY NATURE IS TH ONE IN CHARGE... WE HOPE FOR QA BUNCH OF HAPPY NURSING PUPS, BUT SOMETIMES NOT ALL MAKE IT.. ESPECIALLY IN A LARGE LITTER.
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OTHER THAN THAT...
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ALASKA.... THERE WAS A SHOW FOR THE INSOMNIACS -- POINTING OUT HOW DEPENDENT I AM ON BASICS... THE IDEA OF GETTING INTO A CANOE WITH A BASKET TO GATHER WILD EGGS AND A RIFLE TO SHOOT DOWN MY BREAKFAST MEAL . HAS ZERO APPEAL. FURTHERMORE THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ERROR.. DROP THAT PADDLE AND THERE IS NO 911 -- SO YOU'D JUST FLOAT AWAY.
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FYI FOR YOU CITY FOLK.... NOW ABOUT CHICKENS AND EGGS... PRETTY SOON THOSE BABY CHICKS WE GOT LAST SPRING ARE GOING TO START LAYING AND THEY WILL NEED "NESTING BOXES" OF WHICH THERE A RE TWO TYPES..... TO ROLL OR NOT TO ROLL THAT IS THE QUESTION. I NEVER SAW THIS NEW BIT ABOUT THE EGGS ROLLING AWAY FROIM UNDER THE HEN, BUT APPARENTLY IT IS DONE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE HENS WOULD FEEL ABOUT IT. MOST OF THE TIME THEY LAY AN EGG -- EVERY 36 HOURS AND ARE LONG GONE... ( ROOSTERS ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR EGG PRODUCTION... ONLY IF YOU WANT EGGS THAT WILL HATCH..) HATCHING IS SOMETHING THAT IS SIMPLE FOR A HEN.. BUT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR HUMANS.. SOUNDS SIMPLE... UNTIL YOUGET INTO DETAILS LIKE MOISTURE TEMP, AND TEH WORST ... ROLLING THEM 1/4 TURN EVERY FEW HOURS. HOW HENS KEEP TRACKWHILE SITTING ON 20 EGGS .I DO NOT KNOW BUT THERE IS ONE MORE HITCH... NOT ALL HENS WILL SIT ON EGGS AND HATCH THEM... ONE THAT WILL SIT ON EVERYONE ELSE'S EGGS IS CALLED A BROODY HEN.. AND THAT IS TEH EXTENT OF MY CHICKEN KNOWLEDGE.
WELL..... IN NEW ENGLAND " FRESH EGGS ARE BROWN" AND IN NEW YORK " FRESH EGGS ARE WHITE" AT CRAZY ACRES SOMETIMES EGGS ARE BLUE AND TEHY DON'T COME ANY FRESHER THAN TO GRAB FROM UNDER TEH HEN. TEH INSIDE EGG IS THE SAME-- IT IS TEH BREEDOF CHICKEN THAT DETERMINES THE COLOR OF EGG .... SO ALL THE ADS YOU HEAR ABOUT "BETTER FOIR YOU , HIGHER IN XXXX" IS ALL ADVERTISING... AN EGG IS AN EGG.. IMO....
WELLLLLLL MAYE 2 MORE INCIUDENTALS... IF TEH HENS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH " CALCIUM?" IN THEIR DIET THE SHELLS CAN BE WEAK.
AND.... I AM TOLD A REALLY FRESH EGG DOES NOT PEEL WELL... I AM TOLD... THEY MUST BE 2 WEEKS OLD TO PEEL.-- THE ONES YOU GET IN THE SUPERMARKET ARE USUALLY CONSIDERQBLY OLDER THAN THAT.
THERE WAS A BOOK... "THE EGG AND I" I NEVER READ IT BUT AM TOLD IT WAS VERY FUNNY....“A work of real comic genius. . . . A wonderful, funny, warm, honest book,ABOUT A CHICKEN FARM.
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ON TO WELCOME MAY.AND HOPEFULLY , PUPPIES... .... AND GET THE CAMERA DETAILS STRIAGHT..???? BUD??????
HOW DOES THIS WORK? WELL WE GAVE BETSY SCARLOTT-- IMPORTED FROM DENMARK-- SHE HAD A NICE SIZE LITTER AND BETSY WANTED TO KEEP ONE... MISCHIEF.. WHO WE THEN BRED AND BETSY'S HUSBAND WANTED A DOG OF HIS OWN SO THEY KEPT SKYE. WHICH JUST MIGHT BE THE NEXT FEMALE WE BREED...
I DUNNO.
ON WE GO.
