Comments on: A Weekend Full Of Spring

By: beingmaisie

beingmaisie — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:41:15 +0000

I love your chicks, i have had the best fun with mine in the last few days since they were born, they are really like babies arent they? eat, sleep and poop non stop

By: Arija

Arija — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:40:24 +0000

Your chicks are just soooo sweet with that central black stripe. Are they a particular breed?

By: ruthie

ruthie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:48:24 +0000

sounds like you had a wonderful weekend! good luck with the car hunting – my wee car gave up not so very long ago. Those chicks are sooo cute!!! am prodding daughter to finish building the hen house!!!

By: thegardensmallholder

thegardensmallholder — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:25:35 +0000

Such cute chicks, just adorable! Sounds like you had a great weekend and what a lovely pouch that Heather gave you!

By: dowhatyoulove

dowhatyoulove — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:39:09 +0000

Rowan: There are some preditors around here, but more so what happens is that our hens are free range, and after being on the nest for so long they get excited and run all over the place, they just flat wear their chicks out. For the first few days the chicks need frequent rest, and some hens just don’t seem to understand that….. funny girls. And then sometimes weather is a factor also, it can get a little cool this early on. But for preditors, we have had rats take the chicks in the past. Thankfully we got the rat problem taken care of, but that was a long process (especially when your neighbor doesnt do anything about their rat problem).

By: Rowan

Rowan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:44:05 +0000

Those chicks are so pretty, seems a touch careless of the hens to lose their chicks at such a rate but I suppose there are lots of dangers and even more predators where you are than here in UK. I’d love to visit your Farmers Market, I go to the one where my friends live in NH when I’m over there and they are so interesting – more so than the ones over here which generally seemto be just food. Or maybe I’ve just not been to the right ones:)

By: dowhatyoulove

dowhatyoulove — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:36:51 +0000

Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

Magic Cochin: They are most likely all mixed breeds. We have quite a few different breeds of chickens, and they all mix quite happily. One of them has a small chance of being a pure cornish, but I would not hold my breath on that one. They are all banty chicks.

Rebecca: I know what you mean. I love all the wonderful things that are there, its hard not to spend way too much.

Tammie: Thank you, I need luck finding the right car. I am a little worried about getting a lemon, or a car that needs as much work as my current one does. But the auctions are the best deals, and with that is the risk also….. I don’t know the best answer.

By: Tammie

Tammie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:36:56 +0000

Ahhhhh those little chicks are so cute. I love them all cuddled up in your hands.

Wishing you the best in finding the right car at the right price! I sure don’t enjoy buying cars. Always nice to have someone along that knows cars well and then of course to have a mechanic go over it and give the thumbs up. I once bought a lemon…..

By: Geogypsy

Geogypsy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:47:57 +0000

Stacey, so glad spring energy has come your way. Felt like summer here today.

Sorry no good car deal, seems wise to wait until your return.

Farmer’s Markets are great. The bird pouch is adorable and so are those little chicks. How could anyone resist?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:41:02 +0000

I don’t blame you for having a thing about chickens when you have chicks are cute as that! They are so adorable!

Glad you had a great weekend – I love Farmers Markets too – I always end up blowing my food budget though so have to limit my visits….

xxx