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Barnyard Buddies:  When you don't actually own chickens!  |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6628 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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 Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 11:16:06 AM
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Today, we were talking over on the thread about being addicted to baby chicks. I mentioned that I am a chicken wanna be but since we do a lot of traveling for weeks at a time, we think maybe now is not the time to have chickens. Soooooooo........ two weeks ago, I went with my daughter to pick up a goat and the lady had lots of beautiful hens about her farm. When I asked her what type they were, she said they were often called Easter Egg hens because their eggs were pretty colors and they tended to lay them everywhere so you had to hunt them down each day. One hen was sitting in a hay keeper for the goats, and the owner told me to see if she had any eggs. When I approached the hen, she got up and low and behold there were two pretty pale blue green eggs!! The owner told me to pick them up and keep them. They were still warm too!! My first time ever picking up fresh laid eggs!! The hen left in huff complaining all the way, which I felt terrible about! LOL.
So, I came home, blew out the eggs for a homemade bread recipe and crocheted myself a little hen. Then I placed them all in this little basket I made a few years ago. Voila! My own hen with real eggs! And when I leave in a week for France for three weeks, all will be well when I return.
A Farmgirl has to do what a Farmgirl's gotta do!!
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Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 7:00:29 PM
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I love it! What a great story, Winnie. Have a fantastic trip to France. When you get back, I might want to pay you for a homemade crocheted hen of my own.
Catherine
Sister #76 (2005)
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt.
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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Carole
New York
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2015 : 7:46:00 PM
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Winnie, it's lovely! I like what you did with the colored eggs! One day I will have some Easter Eggers!
Enjoy your trip! Maybe when you come back we'll have a French conversation! lol Bonne Vacance! 
Carole
Farmgirl Sister 3610 - Nov 7/2011
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7016 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 05:20:16 AM
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Dear Winnie, just a little note to tell you how much I love your FarmGirl attitude. You inspire me to be the best FarmGirl I can be.
Your basket, chicken, and eggs are adorable. So glad you experienced gathering the eggs yourself. It'll be awhile before my little ones are ready to lay and I have that joy.
Sara
FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 25, 2014
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
3162 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 07:21:56 AM
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I LOVE your intuition!!!! I wish I could crochet like that! I am desperately trying to teach myself, but am definitely struggling! And I had no idea that they would lay in various places! We have five of those chickens and love them dearly!
~ Shannon
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
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Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 08:35:48 AM
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Winnie I love your basket!! and eggs and Little Crocheted hen! I just displayed my beautiful Egg I received from you, last year in a swap! We Hen and Rooster sat for our neighbors a few years ago when they went home to New York for 2 weeks!It was so fun!
Farmgirl hugs! Connie
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chickenmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Toni
Tucumcari
NM
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2015 : 8:47:15 PM
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How adorable! We had backyard chickens for several years until a neighbors neglected dogs decided to kill them all for us. Haven't had the heart to replace the girls till now so Thursday we go and pick up our new babies! Very excited - will mostly be pets so only 4-6 of them but all will be loved!
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Goat Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Katherine
Lunenburg
Vermont
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2015 : 06:36:01 AM
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That is very cool. I am happy that you now have your chicken and eggs to make you smile. I have let my hens have the run of the barn for the winter and every day is an Easter egg hunt for me. They lay them beneath the hay rack and cover them up. Have a great trip.
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3108 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2015 : 12:59:15 PM
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LOVE IT!!! Your crochet chicken is adorable. Did you use a pattern? The eggs are beautiful too. What a wonderful experience for you :)
~Heather
Farmgirl Sister #4701
September 2014 Farmgirl of the Month
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"The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment" - Yogi teabag
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
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CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2015 : 2:34:18 PM
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Cute chicken! That's my kind of chicken too! As a teenager, growing up the farm my parents raised about 150 laying hens and my younger sister and I had to gather eggs twice daily . . A LOT OF EGGS! My mom had two egg routes in town where she delivered eggs to folks. I was not fond of any of it! I'm not a wanna-be right now. I'm glad I have three neighbors who do have free range chickens and are our source for eggs!
CJ
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