We used to have a rooster that would spur me just about every time I'd go out in the yard... We raised turkeys also and I'd ride on the gobblers backs... rode the hog's backs too!! Didn't we have fun??? More than the kids nowadays! MaryClyde ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smoochie Newton" <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Chickens... > what i wouldn't give for a homegrown egg!! I never liked gathering eggs > at > gramma's.... she had a mean old rooster and some of those hens just didn't > want their eggs gathered! Good luck with the chicks, M.C..... > > paulette in sw fla usa > I can still feel the chikkie poo squishin' between my toes..... > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net> > wrote: > >> Hey y'all, >> Did I tell you that I got 3 little baby chickens last week? Well I did >> and >> I'm gonna start, when they get old enough, gathering my own eggs. They >> are >> the cutest little things! When I got them they were just a little ball >> of >> fuzz... and now, a week later, they have feathers that reach almost to >> their >> tails and they even have tail feathers now. They're Rhode Island Reds >> and >> I >> hope they're all females!!! I remember, when I was a child, pretty close >> to >> a hunnert years ago, we raised chickens and I would love to run out and >> get >> the egg before it even got cold... sometimes they would still be soft. I >> live out in the country and have only one close neighbor... and he's my >> brother, bless his heart... he's all stooped over with osteoperosis >> (sp?). >> He's getting ready to turn 77 and I'll soon be 75. Wow! I can't believe >> it... seems like only yesterday we were little tykes sneaking off with >> some >> potatoes that we dug and a bucket and going to the branch way back in the >> woods and building a fire and boiling those taters... and boy were they >> good, even if we did forget to bring any salt!!! We thought we were >> something... it's a wonder we didn't set the place on fire! Man, I'm >> wound >> up tonight... Take care all... >> MaryClyde >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 080531-1, 05/31/2008 > Tested on: 6/25/2008 11:19:46 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > >