Its Me, Its Me, Its Ernest T!

To continue the saga of Thelma Lou we need to go back and revisit just why she decided to leave the peaceful confines of Mayberry and seek greener pastures. Now those that know Chickens told me that Thel had gone "broody" This means she wants to sit on her nest and hatch some little Thelma Lou's. Problem is there was no Barney or Andy or even a lowly Ernest T to facilitate the process. She would sit and sit and sit much like Horton sitting on Mazies egg in the Dr Seuss classic to no avail!

We would remove the eggs each day to discourage her but she still just loves to sit in her private nest and wait.

My chicken mentor Marvin keeps telling me over and over that I need a Rooster. He says a Rooster will take charge and keep things in order.I think he just wants to get rid of one of his problem boys. He even said he would bring one "Ernest T. Bass right to us.
I am not ready for any rooster much less one named after one of the most cantankerous characters in all of Mayberrydom!

Roosters would challenge ME, produce chicks that I have no place to hatch yet and the girls and I have done pretty good on our own.

So..Ernest T you will have to wait till next spring...maybe.

If I get an Ernest T will I have to have a Mrs. Wiley?

Up next! The GREAT Thanksgiving Easter Egg Hunt with Fang the Chicken Whisperer!