tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762161034582025921.post4522357197062609900..comments2023-06-28T03:41:01.923-05:00Comments on Hillbilly Mansion Four: Farmer H Kills AgainHillbilly Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762161034582025921.post-21417850856967160962009-06-29T21:16:03.610-05:002009-06-29T21:16:03.610-05:00Diva,
There, there... don't get your do-rag in...Diva,<br />There, there... don't get your do-rag in a wad. There are such things as soft chicken eggs, but the pictures I saw were of a more transparent, clear kind of shell, one that oozes out the snotty stuff, not the brown leathery one that looks like the snake eggs I googled. That's what I've been reduced to by Farmer H: a reptile-egg image googling fool.Hillbilly Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762161034582025921.post-54801578115801728832009-06-29T18:53:12.773-05:002009-06-29T18:53:12.773-05:00EWWWW! That's just for the softiness of the eg...EWWWW! That's just for the softiness of the egg in general. <br /><br />And now I will have to go back and rethink my entire childhood because all those years I thought they were soft chicken eggs because the chickens kept forgetting to take their Viactiv chews.Redneck Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506685036989431733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762161034582025921.post-83912314059753509272009-06-27T21:59:55.142-05:002009-06-27T21:59:55.142-05:00Diva,
No. Just no. In the picture, it looked all c...Diva,<br />No. Just no. In the picture, it looked all chickeneggy, but in real life, the ends were blunt, and it was squishy, and you could see that thing rolling around in it. Farmer H thought it was a chicken egg the first time he found a great big one, and tried to harden it up in cold water. Didn't work. Perhaps your papa was actually finding reptile eggs. <br /><br />Sorry the giant snake in your window didn't leave you any eggs. But I bet the yellow-jackets in your furnace room did.Hillbilly Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762161034582025921.post-7377986859603574932009-06-27T19:33:42.275-05:002009-06-27T19:33:42.275-05:00Are you sure that's not just a soft-shell chic...Are you sure that's not just a soft-shell chicken egg? My papa used to have chickens and every once in a blue moon we'd find a soft-shell egg. Kind of like how every once in a blue moon we'd find a cross-beak chicken (which was just sad really). Anyway, just pondering...Redneck Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506685036989431733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762161034582025921.post-36279630834569924572009-06-23T16:30:10.875-05:002009-06-23T16:30:10.875-05:00Miss Ann,
Farmer H has his chickens nesting in bre...Miss Ann,<br />Farmer H has his chickens nesting in bread boxes with hay. You know, the plastic thingies that the bread man delivers buns and bread in. They are like milk crates, but flatter. He has them sitting on 2x4s that jut out from the wall of his coop. Maybe he should just do away with the bottom row. He has three stories of crates.<br /><br />He also has two bars for them to roost on, as well as a couple of bars outside in the pen. Those two black pants roosters choose to roost in a cedar tree right over the coop, or on the top of the fence.<br /><br />I do not want The Pony to pick up a reptile egg. OR a reptile.Hillbilly Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762161034582025921.post-8545994962190228702009-06-23T14:12:35.885-05:002009-06-23T14:12:35.885-05:00http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibia...http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Facts/FactSheets/Blackratsnake.cfm<br /><br />The Black Rat Snake is a swimmer, so it probably hangs out in your creek. It probably came to the barn for dinner because it lives on rodents, but the constant supply of eggs it found when it got there made it the perfect place to raise a family. They're good to have around because they keep the rodent population under control. It won't hurt you unless you corner it, but it might keep offing your chickens. <br /><br />Do the chickens have an elevated place to nest/roost? My mom used to nail milk cartons to the walls of our barn..about 4 feet up.. and put hay in them. The chickens can jump up there, but there's nothing for a snake to climb up to get to them. They will also roost on any type of bar that goes across the barn. A 2x4 that's up off the ground, for example. THey need something up off the ground that the snake can't climb up to. Like a perch.Mommy Needs a Xanaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807707012305893563noreply@blogger.com