Rural Gardening: New Chicks on the Block, 0 by cbrandenburg

cbrandenburg wrote:
I went to another poultry auction last week, I had so much fun. There were 2 auctions going on at the same time and Dh wanted to go to the outside auction where the auction off pens, feeders, you name it, it's there. So I had to go to the poultry auction by myself. He told me that I could only bid on one type of chicken when we were looking at all the chicks that were going to be auctions off. I decided to bid on the the golden seabrights, they were so cute. So I marked down the number of the box so I could bid when they came. Sometimes I have a hard time understanding the auctioneer. So off to the auction I go. Up came 6 Araucanas that I didn't see when looking before the auction started so I thought maybe I would like them instead, so I bid and won the bid for $1.00 each, I was happy. Then came these 2 little Old English Self Blue Bantams, a mating pair, they were so cute, I thought 2 more won't hurt, so I bid again and won, $3.00 each, thats another $6.00, I was happy. Oh no, here comes the 5 little Goden Seabright Banties and I looked down on my card and saw that's what I really wanted so I bid again and won the bid $1.00 each, another $5.00, great prices. Then came some litte Red Golden Pheasants, I thought Dh didn't see them earlier so I would bid on them, ouch, I won the bid and paid $3.00 each for them. That was $36.00. Then I noticed out of the corner of my eye, my DH. He said what did you just buy, I said I bought you some pheasants to add to your collection. Well then he asked what elese did you buy, because he saw that I wrote everything down and gave me that look and said let's go. You are not allowed to buy another chicken this year, and no more auctions for you. I forgot to mention that the week before I won a bid on 6 black chicks, in the box I saw 3 black chicks with a yellow dot on there head and thought they must be barred rocks, and Thank God 3 of them are Barred Rock chicks, now I hoping the are hens instead of roo's. So what does he tell me this morning, he wants to go and see if we can find more waters and feeders for all the chick when they grow up. But I can't go if I can't control myself. It's a good thing he came into the auction before it ended because there were little Sumatra's, Polish and so on and so on. He said I'm not allowed to collect chickens like I collect plants, that's a no no. LOL. I had the best time at the auction, the people there were wonderful and I felt right at home. I don't know anyone with chickens locally, except for you guys online. If you ever get the chance to got to a poultry auction go, it's a lot of fun.

This picture is the 2 little Old English Self Blue Bantams, the lighter color is the Rooster