I may not be as creative as some when it comes to quilting or knitting but I’m getting pretty dang good at creating stories to keep myself out of a jam with my husband.
This morning I had to get a hair cut. I have a plan or it to be a little longer but the back needed trimming so . . got that done. The hog that I picked up at the butcher’s yesterday came from the lady who cuts my hair so I needed to pay her for that so . . got that done! Don’t you love that I can go to the hair salon, get my hair cut and buy a pig . . all in one quick stop!
Hair Cut
Vince and I were going to meet for lunch but I had almost an hour before time to meet him so I thought . . I’ll just go to Tractor Supply. I should never go to Tractor Supply . . ever! I love that store! You will be happy to hear that they had just received new chickens and I didn’t get a one.
What I did get was this:
Incubator
Another incubator! Don’t go get the wrong idea! I’m not getting MORE eggs but this is kinda like a backup plan. What if . . on day 18 my incubator stopped working? All those almost ready to hatch babies wouldn’t make it. That’s my story and I may or may not stick with it.
I was standing there in Tractor Supply trying to figure out how I could convince that my plan was a good plan and this lady walked up to me and this conversation began:
Lady: What kind of eggs are you going to hatch?
Me: Australorp, Black Copper Marans, Lavender Marans, Bielefelders . . a bunch of chickens.
Lady: Well, I have some Rio Grande Turkeys that are laying a bunch of eggs and they’re not interested in sitting on them. Would you want to try to hatch any of them? If you would, and if they hatch, I’ll split the babies 50/50 with you!
Me: Let me talk to my husband and see what he says.
Then we went on to talk and she wants some Silkies! Oh yes . . I can fix you right up . . TODAY! And she wants some other chickens! I went to meet Vince for lunch . . formulating my plan for explaining to him how I ended up with a third incubator when I still haven’t told him that I bought a second incubator and further how I would convince him that we need Rio Grande turkeys.
When Vince got to the restaurant, he knew right off the bat that I had something up my sleeve.
Vince: Where have you been? I can tell you’re up to no good!
Me: I went to Tractor Supply.
Vince: Did you buy more chickens?
Me: NO! But they did have new ones in and I didn’t get a single one.
I told him about the cute chicks and he told me I should have bought the ones that were really cute! Really? He’s in worse shape than I am when it comes to buying chickens.
Then I told him about the lady with the turkeys and about the new incubator so after we ate, he went out to my car and looked at it. He noticed right off that it’s the still air model so we went to Ag-Mart (Don’t you just love the places we hang out?) and they had the same incubator and egg turner but each were $6 more than at Tractor Supply and they had the fan assembly so by the time I bought that, it was still a better deal than the exact same incubator, even though it’s a different brand, than what I bought at Amazon.
Then I talked to our wildlife biologist and he isn’t sure it’s legal to raise Rio Grande turkeys here so I have to call the game warden tomorrow and see what he says.
He wasn’t upset and he even bought the egg candler gizmo so I can check the eggs to see which ones are growing a baby chick.
Once he got home from work . . we may or may not have gone to Tractor Supply and bought 6 Iowa Blue chicks and there might have been one cute little bantam that jumped in the box. I’m just not saying anything about anything!
Carolyn says
Oh your life is so much more entertaining than mine!
Karin Vail says
hehehe 🙂 You guys have it BAD 🙂 Time for another coop it sounds like!
Judy H says
Do you have a place you can sell eggs when all these chickens start producing?
Dottie N. says
LOL, LOL – just love these chicken stories!
Denise ~ justquiltin says
Love he new DO!
Denise ~ justquiltin says
Love the new DO!
Sharon Eshlaman says
OMG! You “go” Girl!!
Adrienne says
What the heck… you are sure never bored. Your hair looks great too!
diane - FL says
Nice hair!
You too are on the same wave length. I wonder if he spends time trying to figure how he is going to tell you something. 🙂
shirley says
I Read this then all the comments and I’m still laughing.
Be warned turkeys are hard to raise but I did it and so can you. All the eggs your hatching (that makes you sound like a mama hen) will not be hens so some of them will be for the freezer.
Jackie says
I’m still laughing and I knew once Vince went back with you there was no leaving without new chicks. My husband used to raise turkeys and he found them entertaining, they used to go onto the deck and watch the tv when it was on inside the house. At first the neighbours thought they were stuffed but when they came up to the house to check and they moved lets just say there was much squealing from both groups. Can’t wait to see pics of the new ones.
AmyM says
I agree…. love reading about your days! ( and lovely haircut)
Marsha says
You may be hatching Thanksgiving dinner
Pat says
Love the haircut. The chicken stories and your shopping adventures are fun to read!
Susan says
Turkeys would make a nice addition to something or other, I’m sure. Noble looking birds with pretty tails. =) I hope they are legal, since, after all, you DO have that empty incubator. I’m glad you didn’t buy any blue chicks. 😉
Susan says
And the haircut looks great and I DO love that you can buy a pig while you are there! I loved telling people that my quilt shop owner was my doctor, when we lived in SD. I still miss her, she is the best doctor – and a great quilter!
Laura says
Laura at Dakota Cabin Quilts? I live in Calif. and have never met her, but we’ve exchanged email and she seems really nice.
Linda (Petey) says
really love the hairstyle AND your entertaining stories!
Angie says
Love the hair do! Looks so pretty!
Sherrill says
I think it’s pretty bad when the enabler enables the other enabler and you each scratch each other’s back and whatever else the heck you guys’re doing!!! LOL
Kim says
You should think about renaming your place to “The Texas Chicken Ranch”.
JudyL says
Don’t think so . . that name has already been used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Ranch_(Texas)
Terri says
I think it would be fun to have a little flock of turkeys. We have a couple of large flocks of wild turkeys here and we go on drives to see if we can see them. One time, there was a whole line of traffic backed up waiting for the turkeys to cross the road!! I’m afraid you’re soon going to be overrun with chickens though. It’s a good thing they’re entertaining!!
Terri says
Oh, and my husband loved the part about going to get your hair done and buying a pig!!
Carla says
I’m going to tractor supply tomorrow and check out the chicks. You make me want some… and I have no idea what I’m doing, but I can learn. lol
I cut hair, maybe I can sell chicken.
Dar in MO says
This was so funny. I can just see you two going back to the tractor store with a sheepish grin on your faces.! You have enough entertainment that Vince probably has forgotten all about watching TV. The chickens are much better entertainment for you two and all of us! Keep up the good work.
Carolyn S says
You’re hilarious! You keep me entertained and I so look forward to each post:)!
Helen Koenig1 says
Loved this story! I live between 2 (yup – that’s TWO) Tractor supply or feed and grain places. And yes, they have baby chicks. And no – as much as I want to, the stores are on my taboo list!
FWIW – Murray McMurry Hatcheries out of MO also carries turkey eggs – or they did – should the Rio Grande turkeys prove not legal to be hatched. Or you might find out if you can get a special license and hatch, raise and release the turkeys. I know in IL (different state, I know!) folks have done this with ring neck pheasants and other wild-life birds which struck me kind of as a way to hatch and raise and have the fun of doing it, without having to figure out WHAT to do with all those birds!
Of course, you COULD raise geese and ducklings too! (baby ducks – particularly the Rouen ducks remind me so much of Huey, Dewey, and Louey – Donald D’s nephews! ADORABLE!)
Judy D in WA says
I love how you spent your town day! Love the new do!!
I had so much fun with our turkeys. I hope you can raise some. I googled Iowa Blue Chicks and OMG, they are so pretty. You may or may not have some gorgeous new chickens. 😉
I have to get chicken feed today and I am kind of afraid to go……….. You know what I mean!
patty says
My girlfriend and her family raised turkeys. I just to love to make a gobble sound and then they would all gobble, gobble, gobble! Their turkeys got really big and they had them butchered for Thanksgiving, threw one in the freezer for Xmas and sold several to friends. She also had chickens that had to be protected from the raccoons.
Chris at the Resort says
Oh Judy! Thanks so much for contributing to my daily dose of laughter!!
Donna F says
Love the “do”! My mom & dad raised turkeys when I was growing up and the hens were so tame. They always wanted me to pet them and they followed me around when I went into their pen. We also hatched eggs in an incubator. We had all kinds of birds and we loved it.
Robin says
Love the hair but I think we are going to have to do an intervention for you guys!! LOL
Brandy M. says
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your chicken stories!!! (actually, “I may or may not love your chicken stories and I may or may not have a slight case of baby chick envy…” LOL)
Can’t wait to hear what the game warden says about the turkeys!!!
🙂
Mary Carroll says
I had totally forgotten about THE Chicken Ranch until you brought it up here. My favorite song from the movie about it was “OOOOOOOO I love to do a little sidestep”. It”s so typical of Texas politics.