Oh, my goodness! If you’ve ever had teens around you know how it goes . . you ask them to do something and they cheerfully do it but with an ulterior motive so that by the time they get done, they’ve managed to screw things up so badly that you NEVER ask them to do it again.
Yesterday evening my foot was killing me so I asked Vince . . would you please give the chickens fresh water? Notice . . I did NOT say . . check for eggs. Right now, checking for eggs, with all those crazy hens nest hopping . . not something I want him doing. It’s hard enough for me to do it and keep track of who was sitting on which nest and which nest should have fresh eggs. I would probably never crack another egg . . storebought or home grown . . if I opened one up to find a partially formed baby chick.
Sorry . . that’s gross . . and some of you now have to crack eggs for breakfast. Forget what you just read, ok?
Sitting Hen #2 has been sitting on nest #8. She has not once changed nests. She’s the one who got up the other day and another chicken stole her spot and I had to intervene.
Sitting Hen #2
I don’t even know when these eggs are supposed to hatch. I’ve totally lost control of everything around here.
Vince came in from giving them water . .
Vince: I took all the eggs out and put them in the windowsills.
Me: All the eggs out?
Vince: Yes, there were about 7 eggs in nest #8, a chicken sitting on nest #7 and the bantom on nest #6.
Me: Well, the bantom is supposed to be on nest #6 and the other chicken was on nest #8.
Vince: Well, no one was on nest #8 so I took the eggs out.
I went out there. Sure enough, h en #2 has moved from nest #8 to nest #7. I took all the eggs out of the windowsill . . the eggs Vince had taken out of nest #8, and put them under her in nest #7.
I’m thinking . . my grandma probably never had to put up with these shenanigans out of her hens! This generation . . no commitment! If those chickens knew how close they were to becoming a big pot of chicken and dumplings . . I think they might all do a little better and work towards creating less work for me.
Paula (Texas) says
Your chicken shenanigans make me laugh! Have a great day and I hope your foot gets better!
Vivian Oaks says
Love hearing about all the”fun” you have with your chickens!! I keep telling my hubby that I want some chickens, but he’s not so keen on the idea… good thing I never tell him about all your chicken stories!! I wouldn’t have a chance! 🙂
Diana G says
I keep telling everyone I have 3 kids even tho I only gave birth to 2 girls. We have conversations like that around here about the garden but no chickens. I can tell him something and he can swear I told him differently about it and here we go I end up tending to whatever it was that I asked him to do .. hahahaha ….
Jackie says
Do you think they do it on purpose or are testing us??? It’s nice to hear the problem is in other houses and not just mine. Lol