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Well, the first we've hatched here anyway! Here they are! What a wide range of colors we got. Can't wait to see how they all feather in!

For those of you that use, or would like to use water wigglers / water snakes in your incubators! I'm not sure if they will be at all local Dollar Trees, but ours (Alpine Ave in Grand Rapids) had a ton. Of course they were kid show themed... so we ended up with a few Finding Nemos and a few...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/05/28/wa.chicken.crosses.road.kxly.kxly A donut loving chicken... Yum yum! They keep calling it a boy... but by the looks of that tail, it's a girl. Production Leghorn?

My kids are always asking us to get a dog. I keep saying no. We have 4 cats and I don't want to deal with a big dog running around the house, let alone out in the yard near the chicken runs. Well today I was sifting through petfinder.org and I got sucker-punched by uber cuteness. If I could...

Since I had such rotten luck with hatching that big batch of quail eggs, I decided I needed to get actual birds instead of more eggs. With my luck I would have sunk more money into eggs than what I paid for my new birdies. monarc23 was great to work with! She was very helpful and was able to...

I was working on a building project last night when I happened to run my hand across my neck (which was sore) and found this huge lump sticking out of the side of it. What the heck?! I opted to leave the kids with DH and drive down to the urgent care center. I'd been fatigued pretty much all...

I really do love having such a variety in our basket! ^ The blue, greens and stone/antique gold colored eggs are all from various EEs. The orangey brown is from my Rhode Island White. Post your pics!

Our youngest turned 5-years-old today. Happy Birthday, Juliana! She got some dress-up clothes today, which she adores (if you couldn't tell from that second pic!).

Not sure how he managed to do it, but my little black Araucana cracked its beak today. I'm sure that's gotta be painful, but he's not that old. Just a little over 4-weeks. What, if anything, can I do for pain at that age?

This time with my own eggs. I don't have to worry about how the post office handled them, or how old they are before getting put in. I've added eggs of mine that are no older than 3 days since having been layed. The EE eggs are only pastel blues and pastel greens with no hint of brown. There is...

So while I was at the general store yesterday I picked up a few of these really big (and cheap -- $8.50 a piece) plastic flower pots. Today I was trying to figure out what I could use as a quick and easy nest box. Tada! The girls have been going in and out of it all afternoon. I've...

Just had to share this little story. I have a friend whom I met through the parent club at my DD's school. A few weeks ago she said she had a huge roll of new fencing that they wanted to get rid of and asked if I was interested. Of course I was. Even though she offered it for free, I've been...

What breed has caught your eye? I'll admit I'm gah-gah over the Gypsy Vanners . There's no way my husband would allow it, nor could we afford one. But my gosh, they are just gorgeous.

My eggs were due to hatch yesterday, and there is a nasty odor permeating from my incubator. I figured I'd go through and try and figure out which were the rotten ones. I sifted out several that were extra nasty, some that had never started and some that had quit early on with mere blood rings...

Just got back from the docs a little while ago. That's what we've got. Type A strep. We're choking down our antibiotics and crawling back into bed for a nap.

Watching that perked me and my kiddos up today. Too funny! That bird can carry a beat!

One of the other mom's whose daughter goes to class with one of my kiddos asked me if I was interested in buying a miniature horse. They have three they are looking for homes for. I had to politely refuse... I don't have any boarding facility set up for one. So if anyone in between Muskegon and...

We just found out tonight that our DD's are attending school in one of the new Promise Zones in West Michigan. Oh, My, God. Here's the story on the local news station. One will have attended since Kindergarten, and the other since Preschool. If it follows along the lines of the Kalamazoo...

Figured I'd just start a thread where I can update with new pictures of these guys. They moved out to the Savannah Playhouse coop today! And Jodi... I think she's got some good tufting going on. I don't think any of the others have tufts. There are these tiny tiny little quills coming out...

Of the 3 viable eggs that came off the turner on Day 18, 1 never hatched. 1 did and was perfect. And then 1 actually managed to hatch with a severely crooked neck. It's so crooked that he can't sit up or stand, or even rest on his belly. He always flips over to his back. I've started him/her...