Comments on: With a Chick Chick Here and http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/ Family, Photography, and Finds from a Professional Texas Mom Blogger Tue, 22 May 2012 10:51:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Elizabeth http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8235 Elizabeth Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:50:45 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8235 aww, cute baby chicks! I had to do some Googling to learn that "chivo" is goat and "caballo" is horse :) aww, cute baby chicks! I had to do some Googling to learn that “chivo” is goat and “caballo” is horse :)

]]> By: sweetpea48 http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8220 sweetpea48 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:46:22 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8220 I love the chick pictures. We have 2 donkeys, a dog and a cat. Unfortunately no birds but we have a lot of red tail hawks that like to sit in our tree. sweetpea48s last blog post..<a href="http://www.sweethappening.com/2008/08/vote.html">Vote</a> I love the chick pictures. We have 2 donkeys, a dog and a cat. Unfortunately no birds but we have a lot of red tail hawks that like to sit in our tree.

sweetpea48s last blog post..Vote

]]> By: Kathleen http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8181 Kathleen Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:20:12 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8181 How cool! We "raised" chicks when I was in elementary school and it's something I'll never forget, especially when I see them at the PA Farm Show every year. At least yours grow up cute, unlike the ones we had in class. Right now we just have a cat and many neighborhood squirrels who love messin' up my garden. How cool! We “raised” chicks when I was in elementary school and it’s something I’ll never forget, especially when I see them at the PA Farm Show every year. At least yours grow up cute, unlike the ones we had in class.

Right now we just have a cat and many neighborhood squirrels who love messin’ up my garden.

]]> By: Andy http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8171 Andy Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:25:12 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8171 I dont own any animals but I really love them. It really must be fun doing what you do. I dont own any animals but I really love them. It really must be fun doing what you do.

]]> By: shonda little http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8159 shonda little Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:10:47 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8159 I meant to ask, do you sell your eggs or just keep them for family? shonda littles last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mommalittle/~3/360064892/water-is-nice-come-on-in.html'>The Water is Nice, Come on In!</a> I meant to ask, do you sell your eggs or just keep them for family?

shonda littles last blog post..The Water is Nice, Come on In!

]]> By: shonda little http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8158 shonda little Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:09:53 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8158 You are a better ranch wife than I. When I first met my cattlemen, I told him from the start I would do anything he wanted. I'd built fence, I'd work cattle, I'd clean out graineries, which is the nastiest job on the farm as I'm sure you know. But, with total conviction, I told him I wasn't going to milk cows and I wasn't going to raise chickens. We run about 7,000 head of stockers each year and we live in a region of the country with a low population and a big oil reserve, so most everyone works in oil and gas, so high school drop-outs can start out working 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off for $65,000 a year. Needless to say, we can't compete with that pay. So, the work falls on us. But, for some damn reason, my man has really been stuck on the chickens. A retired friend of ours raises them and sell a dozen eggs at the bar (yes, I buy our eggs from the local bar.) for .75. Each time my husband brings this chicken raising bullshit up, I ask him just how much money he thinks we'll save. I don't eat eggs, so I don't know the difference. But, according to my food critic husband, farm raised eggs reign superior. Oh you know he's been trying to buy a milk cow, too, with milk prices skyrocketing as they have. You are a better ranch wife than I. When I first met my cattlemen, I told him from the start I would do anything he wanted. I’d built fence, I’d work cattle, I’d clean out graineries, which is the nastiest job on the farm as I’m sure you know. But, with total conviction, I told him I wasn’t going to milk cows and I wasn’t going to raise chickens.
We run about 7,000 head of stockers each year and we live in a region of the country with a low population and a big oil reserve, so most everyone works in oil and gas, so high school drop-outs can start out working 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off for $65,000 a year. Needless to say, we can’t compete with that pay. So, the work falls on us.
But, for some damn reason, my man has really been stuck on the chickens. A retired friend of ours raises them and sell a dozen eggs at the bar (yes, I buy our eggs from the local bar.) for .75. Each time my husband brings this chicken raising bullshit up, I ask him just how much money he thinks we’ll save. I don’t eat eggs, so I don’t know the difference. But, according to my food critic husband, farm raised eggs reign superior.
Oh you know he’s been trying to buy a milk cow, too, with milk prices skyrocketing as they have.

]]> By: Laura http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8132 Laura Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:37:47 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8132 I can't compete with you, I only have two turtles. But if it counts, my mother has two dogs, a lot of pigeons and chickens. :) Lauras last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaurasDailyLifeParentingAndReviewing/~3/358873775/">My daughter’s talent</a> I can’t compete with you, I only have two turtles. But if it counts, my mother has two dogs, a lot of pigeons and chickens. :)

Lauras last blog post..My daughter’s talent

]]> By: Jamie http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8128 Jamie Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:18:17 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8128 We have two dogs (a 19 year old lab/cocker mix and a 5 year old Cocker) and 4 fish. Great pictures! Have a great weekend! We have two dogs (a 19 year old lab/cocker mix and a 5 year old Cocker) and 4 fish. Great pictures! Have a great weekend!

]]> By: happyathome http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8127 happyathome Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:54:54 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8127 Nothing here hatching.....but we do have brussel sproats coming! They look egg like! Not my favorite thing to eat, grew them for my father, while my father-in-law gets okra. How wide of a range is that! Nothing here hatching…..but we do have brussel sproats coming! They look egg like! Not my favorite thing to eat, grew them for my father, while my father-in-law gets okra. How wide of a range is that!

]]> By: tanyetta http://acowboyswife.com/with-a-chick-chick-here-and/comment-page-1/#comment-8121 tanyetta Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:39:09 +0000 http://acowboyswife.com/?p=1235#comment-8121 awwwwwww! :) awwwwwww! :)

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