HAVING THIS MUCH FUN SHOULD BE ILLEGAL - THE GREAT EGG HUNT
Except that fun should never be illegal.
Yeah, so we really don't celebrate "Easter" or believe in any egg-laying rabbits, whether seasonal or not. Therefore, if we want to have an egg hunt, we just turn a chicken loose for a while and then track down where it went off to. Today was the day, and the @little-peppers won the game!
THE HUNT IS ON... AND COMPLETELY LEGAL
This is the chicken that the @little-peppers played against. She's a beautiful Barred Rock hen that has been on the loose for about three weeks. Pinkie-Pepper got this hen for her birthday, and we thought that she'd make a good opponent.
After a while of searching, the @little-peppers caught a glimpse of something under our neighbors porch. Sure enough, they had located the nest full of eggs, but they still had to figure out how to get them.
Interestingly enough, a hole in the lattice was located, and soon the @little-peppers were developing a plan. This hole was obviously big enough for a chicken to fit through, but could the @little-peppers?
Not wanting to lose the egg hunt game on a technicality, Monster Truck tried the hole on for size. Sure enough, it worked. Either he is the size of a chicken, or the hole is even bigger than a chicken.
Pinkie-Pepper went next. She wasn't going to miss out on the glory. She was in it for the win. No egg hiding chicken was going to get the best of her!
After some crawling and squirming, the @little-peppers were in position. They had not only located the nest, but now they also had eggs in hand. Unlike the pretend eggs that other children search for in the spring, these are full of yolks and whites, and not candy, so the @little-peppers had to be careful.
Soon they were passing the eggs out of their "under-porch cage" and out into the open. Who would be able to assist them in their efforts?
Yeah, @papa-pepper tried to be a good and helpful papa, so he was ready with the assist. We raided that nest like crazy and returned the loose hen back to the general population. Now she can marry a nice rooster and lay some real eggs to sit on.
In the end, we got a good pile of eggs and the @little-peppers won the great egg hunt game, with the help of @papa-pepper of course. The Barred Rock was returned to her flock, and soon perhaps she will hatch out some little chicks for us. It was a lot of work just to get some eggs for breakfast, but it was also a lot of fun. Hope that you enjoyed the story!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-getting-eggs-from-non-cage-free-children
Until next time…
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Lol, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that goes through this w/my birds!! Good luck w/the rest of your egg hunt! ;)
It happens to the best of us... and the rest of us...
I think you're doing it right tho. I need some little people to fetch my eggs where I can't reach em! Me and the lady are gonna get to work on that pronto! ;)
@papa-pepper In my home, we too growing nearly more than 50 chicken and hen. It was a hard thing to take out an egg while the chicken is sitting in the same place while another egg laying process, becoz it, start to bite me at the time but your daughter is very brave 😁
I'm sorry to laugh, haha .. it's funny
good dad!
Hahahah @papa-pepper you know are great dad. You Always want your children the @little-peppers to participate in life adventures, this exposes them to a lot of learning, knowledge and experience, this is the best education one can give to their children, not also forgetting the love you put in their, your children will live to love you the more, you have taught them alot, from Agriculture to other important things in life.
May God bless you and your children continously amen.
But someone was missing out here, where is @grandpa-peppers?....i have missed him.
@Grandpa-pepper returned to Wisconsin, 750 miles away....
Good job.
this includes adventure, only a boy can take his egg haha
lots of eggs.
is that the stuff?
Wow.... its amazing season happened by @Pinkie-Pepper. Good job .... big boss ready to take the lots eggs..... hahaha... very interesting
Thanks for the sharing
The operative word is "fun". One person's or kid's fun rarely seems to be that of another unless it is on a farm. Farm fun seems to universally be accepted as fun by almost everyone. I find the chicken tracking skills I gained as a kid have come in SUPREMELY handy later in life now that I raise them and they like to occasionally escape.
Also there is little as sneaky and driven as a hen who is looking for a spot to lay an egg. Although if I had that hard lump screaming to get out of me I would be pretty driven too!
LOL - Good point!
Haha. Cute @little-peppers! That space they crawled into looks really small. I assume they had to come out the same way? 😅
Egg-stra special, no yoke!
LOL!
How cute can you all possibly get! LOL...the great egg hunt Arkansas style!
Kids sure look like they enjoy a challenge.
Thanks for enjoying it man!