Yesterday I had to go get Cow food. I knew it might be trouble, because this is the time of year that they are invaded by armies of small feathered beings, which are truly impressive in their ability to find and hide in empty boxes that may sit in the back of a truck or car. In the past, they have successfully infiltrated my car or truck on several occasions, but this time, I was ready. I locked th doors. I'm sure I did.
Well, it was worse than I thought. I will now warn everyone that the chicks are particularly aggressive this year. SIX jumped into the box sitting in the truck, and 8 more into another held by a friend who just came along to LOOK at chicks. His wife told me so. He told HER so. They were quite vicious, and peeped horribly at us. There was nothing we could do but run, before the rest of the pack arrived....
So beware of any neccesary trips to the feed store, or, I understand, Tractor Supply.....
My bathroom is now being held hostage by three Golden Laced Wyandottes, and three Dark Brahmas. They are truly a force to be reckoned with.
Attack at the Feed Store
Catmad you crack me up! Thanks for the warning as I have to go to TSC today. I'll be armed and ready, I think that means don't bring any boxes along?
I find there are always boxes in my vehicles, because sometimes you NEED them, ya know. And I like to be prepared.
It might help deter them if you had no boxes in your car. However, one time I found them hiding in a box that had their pictures on it (kinda like a Most Wanted poster, maybe??) which they must have supplied themselves.
Still, at least you are prepared...
Fight the Good Fight!!
LOL- cute! We used to expose our innocent children to them before we knew of the real danger. Only being too suburban has kept them from invading here.
Ooooh I know what you mean, Cat! No boxes or cages or even over sized purses EVER go into a Feed store this time of Year.........but ..those little rascals have it all planned out!! You see , they KNOW that if they dont find a way to get into your homeward bound vehicle one way .... Undercover agents disguised as harmless eggs infiltrate the mailbox or worse yet under a hard working non-broody hen....which means.....(OH-NO)... once again in your favorite TRactor Supply... the open check Book is attacked with the purchase of ( HORRORs) an incubator, egg turner, thermometer, hygrometer, warming lights,and much much more.....the war is never over ..they're everywhere!
Too funny!
uh hum, I mean wow.. Look out!
I'm sure they won't bother me today.. I just have to get some flea medicine for TuTu dog.. A few empty Avon boxes with perfectly fitting lids are just in the pickup for moving stuff.. No worries here..
LOL hilarious. Thanks for the laugh. My husband was in for lunch and he got a good laugh too. He said it is true though.
If they were just ugly we could resist more, but those little buggers are just too cute.
Lord help us all. Wished I'd read this before I went to the feed store...LOL I came back with five blue silkies...This is all your fault Catmad...Hay
I have to go to TSC tonight to get wormer. I will NOT NOT NOT come home with chicks, ya hear me?
Sure: Wished I could be there to see whats in the bag when you drive up...Hay
ROFL you all. I am totally burned out on chicks after a winter of it raising 53 of them. I have no fear of the peeping little monsters. My list of my wants for this spring hit the trash a few weeks ago
OH Donna your my hero...I love your toughness...Hay
Oh Hay I want some blue silkies.They are so cute.Someone is comming tomorrow to get a couple silkie girls and hopefully a rooster or two,and Monday night I have to take two roosters to someone.
Made it in and out of TSC and not a sinlge chick went home with me. I almost broke under the pressure though.
I even have a ghost chicken. I got a pic of it today
Here's a boy I named Patches I am keeping
Oh my Lord Donna you just have to change Patches name. Honestly when I first say him all I could think of was the creepy (Fabio) they could be twins...Honestly.
Hi Green: I must tell you I have never purchased chicks from a feed store ever before. I didn't know what to expect and I had never been to this feed store before. When I arrived they were busy so I just wandered around and finally this guy comes out and say's hi, I said hello and asked if he knew Laura, he said I do and it's a pleasure to meet you and your Howie. I was stunned and said yes I am and he told me Laura had told him to expect me. So we talked about chickens and told him I wanted two silkie hens. When he showed them to me I was so impressed I told him I would take five. They are gorgeous and have three shades of blue. I'm so happy to have them, yes your whites are gorgeous so I'm thinking if mine are half as pretty as your's I will be tickled pink...I just love this blue color...
You got blue chicks. I am so jealous. TSC must think hillbillies only like regular colors. We don't get blue ones. I was not overtaken by the feathered monsters!! But DH was. :( He was held hostage and escorted home by 6 golden comet pullets. But we have a plan. Little do they know that we will humor them for 4 to 5 months and then we will require them to pay rent in eggs. I love it when a plan comes together. :)
Ahaaa So Dh proved to be weak. Well at least he has a wife with a plan. I'm sure he is very glad for a good woman with a plan...I think I read about you in the Proverbs...No Really!!!Hay
More likely in Genesis. I was just a baby then. LOL
Donna, I love the ghost chicken photo!
ROFL Hay
Was weird how the pic came out PP. It flew down just as I was taking a pic of the little girl in the back lol
This is why I have never been to Tractor Supply....
I made the mistake of going to TSP for cat vax. I was stalked all the way to the cash register by some UBC's (Unidentifiable Bantam Chicks). They almost got me, but my husband noticed and intervened. I'll have to go back while he's working.
No silkies here though. I'd have happily given in to them.
Some years ago I was driving and I passed a feed store. They had a sign that said: "Now is the time to order your chicks" so I did just that. I had no place to keep them, but my parents did. I ordered 22 of them...the only breed I remember was one they called Transylvania Red Necks....think they are called Turkens now? Most of them turned out to be roosters being straight run chicks.
My parents are not around anymore so I don't go near feed stores...they might have ducklings or goslings and that would be bad!
Our tractor supply has none yet,they don`t now whats going on unless it the cold
Haystack needs a few white ones.. when your reds hatch, your patriotic flock will be complete! :)
Some people are more suggestible than others - retailers rely upon it! I like the old "redneck" name better.
Retailers love me...I am very suggestible.
Turkens are my favorite:). I _love_ Transylvania Red Neck, much better than Transylvania Naked Neck (the way I first met them), and shall refer to them that way in the future. Thanks, Melva! They seem to be a love/hate breed. I find them very personable, and they lay wonderful big, brown eggs.
Melva, I have my suggestible moments, but I'm most susceptible to "if YOU don't take it, it will die". Or be killed. This is all the littles with crooked feet, bad pasting, one eye, etc. Works with other critters, too, which explains 30+ years of cat rescue, and the three "pet" steers....
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We have a mob of "Texas Ditch Dogs" for the same reason. Oh yes, and a pet Javelina.
Perhaps I did embellish the name..I do that often without being aware of it.
I think you much improved the name, and will promote The Redneck Chicken locally. Might get me some buyers!
Looking at the Terrorists in my bathroom, I found that one thing holds true, I've got a "rescue". One of the bandits has her two outer toes fused together. She has a slight hitch in her git-a-long (which is why I noticed), but is doing fine. I don't forsee long term issues.
She did try to camouflage the defect by covering the foot with feathers, and persuading her compadres to do likewise, at least the ones know as The Brahmas.
Well.... I havent made a trip to TSC yet. Im thinking about scouting one out this afternoon. I have two in my area, so its my American duty , since we have an orange national security alert, to don my best espionage cloak and secretly check out both headquarters for Blue silkies, or RIR's , or worst yet... any kind of Bantie infiltrators.
Seriously though, I tried out my incubator for the first time this year, been having electrical problems and figured Id try to see if I could work out the "bugs"! 3 weeks ago I sacrificed a dozen assorted eggs and candled each one every 5 days to see what adjustments needed to be done. After the alloted 21 days I still had 6 ( I thought) viable eggs. Yesterday only one pipped. The shell was so dry and hard that I helped the little fella out by peeling back the shell. It lost very little blood from the membrane , so I just left it in the incu turned brooder. After 24 hours of checking on the little critter I saw that it was a tough little guy and was still breathing and struggling. This morning it had kicked its way out of the remaining shell and was upright still attached to its dried out belly cord and Half of its shell. I cut the membrane away and tucked it back into the brooder.
NOW the rest of the story......... This little critter Happens to be Black. The only black Chickens I have are Marans.......It didnt come from a Maran Egg! Which proves one thing.... Its father is the DEMON Roo........NOW hows that for infiltration?
Oh well this little fella has been named, " Tough Ole Bird".
Demon Roo to funny Eufaula