Now Bobwhites!?!

Oh good gosh! I advertised today online the trio of button quails I wanted to find a home for as well as mentioning that I also had a pair of coturnix quails I'd sell for $3 each. Well, a man contacted me and said he'd take the button quails, as well as buy the pair of coturnix. He then asked me if I'd be willing to sell him a trio of coturnixs instead of just two. I said I'd have to look at my birds but that I didn't see why not. He said that it was fine and no big deal if I couldn't. He then mentioned his pheasants, and bobwhites. He then said "would you like some of them?" I said 'what like as a trade?" he goes "sure!" SO! long story short. I'm getting a trio of JUMBO bobwhite quail, and finding good homes for my trio of buttons as well as 3 coturnixs. :)

He's driving the whole way from Bradford! *jaw drops*! He's supposed to come down this weekend, weather permitting. Either way our deal has been made I'm willing to hold them for him ofcourse. :) I wont get big on bobwhites at all, they'll just be here so I can enjoy hearing the male call. It is after all, my cell phones text ring-tone! :)

I just stopped typing for a bit to candle some eggs early....looks like a bunch aren't developing, but a few are! Hoping the golden comet egg that's a doubleyolker is fertile, it's 3 days incubated here in just a few hours....so it's almost impossible to tell. *keeping fingers crossed* I know they aren't developing because of their treatment, hatched in the dead of winter first off. LOL! However, what I mean by "a bunch aren't developing" is 3 didnt look fertile. Ha ha! I want them all to hatch so I'm allowed to exaggerate in my complaining....right!? Right!

I sent out a money order (well actually it's money wrapped in a peice of paper to hide it ha ha) to a breeder on the other side of PA for Bantam Black Ameraucana eggs! The TRUE blue/green egg layers! They are purebreds where as Easter Eggers (aka EEs) are "mongrels". I've had EEs and they're a joy as well but its' fun/exciting to have the true color-makers coming! I hope hope hope that the weather stays nice to them in transit!

I cannot wait, soon I'm going to send out mula for Black Jersey Giants from a fellow BYCer/Blog Spotter! EEk!!! Always wanted JGs! Then from my buddy in Ohio, I'm getting Buff Orphs THEN from another BYCer Buff/Splash orphs! Oh joy!!!

I shipped out two boxes of eggs today....1 going to Ny, the other going to Oh. First time I've ever shipped in the dead of winter so I hope that they get atleast some to develop! They are supposed to keep in contact with me on how the eggs come to them, as well as how they develop! :)

This isn't the end of my happiness...no. :) I wake up this morning to my bob-white call on my cell phone informing me I have a text message. I roll over and open up my cell phone to see a text from hubby. I click "view" and it says something along the lines of "as of today I am a relief driller, 16.75 an hour" GEEEE! He wasn't supposed to get that until next month! :) So you betcha I cannot wait to see that paycheck! Then we can start saving up for our first house! We've already been approved by our bank, and by ColdWell Banker. So now we just need to save up. I want to save up atleast $5,000 before we start the process of SERIOUSLY looking for a house..Iwant to do it right. Then we'll have to either save up more for furnature and applicances, OR open up a new credit card..blah. I want a place where I can have atleast one coop (perferably more) for my birds. If we get aplace with MORE land than I expect then ofcourse I'll get a horse too and a meat pig or something along those lines. I'd love to live "off the land" as much as I can. It would be possible here where we live/rent now but my mom has a problem with a ton of animals so!

I will be really sad to leave my mom alone though. So I hope to live as close to home as humanly possible. Which can be hard...can't force someone close ot sell their house ha ha! Theres a few for sale around here but will they still be when we have the $? Maybe. Maybe not. One day at a time... :)

My coturnix quails in the house are starting to mate....so I hope HOPE that means eggs very soon. They are 6 weeks old today. :D When I get eggies I'll post the lil pretties here. :D

Well, I will end this here...between typing about ramblings and watching "why I ran" I'm not paying too much attention he he!

Niki