Okay, I understand what is happening now. I wasn't criticizing, just couldn't figure a reason not to let the hen do her job. Keep any hatched chicks in the brooder for the moment. Divide the brooder with a piece of chicken wire to protect the youngest one, but so that they can still see each other. A single chick is a lonely chick... not good. I wouldn't want to disturb the mama hen right now, but as soon as the hatch is complete or you decide that is enough, put her and the last chicks she hatched into a safe area where she can raise them free from interference. This can simply be a corner of the chicken house that you fence off or a little pen in the yard with a small "house" attached. Make it predator proof! There is an advantage to having Mama Hen and babies in sight of the others... it minimizes problems when you eventually integrate them. Now, back to the chicks in the brooder. It is fairly easy to add chicks to others that are under a broody. Most people sneak them under at night. Hens can't count and this usually works. There is another way too, but I don't have time at the moment to explain it. If you have not already visited Velvet Sparrow's website, I highly recommend it. Don't forget to bookmark it for future reference. Here is a link that might be useful: Velvet's Website

I just don't know either Rebecca. Strange things happen in nature. It's terrific though that you have 2 survivors and they are healthy and growing!

Thanks everyone!! This whole move has been one giant drama but I see the finish line in sight...not gonna dwell on everything that did or could go wrong-it would be a waste of energy. Today my focus is on making the calls to the utilities to set up shut off times, then I need to call Drews old school to have them get his transcripts in order. They would not get the paperwork together till he was finished with summer classes. Scott, Yes the pics I posted in the gallery are of the home we purchased. They are still there is anyone cares to take a look. We have a lot of project to do once we get the keys but the first thing will be to tackle that yard!! I am still kicking around kitchen color ideas. I would like to use the trivet AnnT sent me many years ago in a swap as an inspiration. It is a rich colbalt blue. So as I go about my days I have been collecting ideas to base on that color. Helene, Thanks for the suggestions. The whole mess has become a sort of "pi$$ing contest" with the sellers agent. We learned over the weekend that our mortgage company will not accept the termite cert that she weaseled out of them. So now she is claiming that she knows someone who will do the treatment for $200 and that she and my agent should split the cost. Why on earth shuld my agent have to dole out cash due to the sellers agent's antics?? In the meantime I have also learned that there are things on the market that I can use once a year around the perimeter of the home to prevent termites and that they are safe to use around humans and pets (just what I have heard-I have not looked into it yet). The mouse really doesn't bother me...just makes me miss Baby Blu. Pam, The guy on the radio ads is my shop steward Larry. We have a meeting tomorrow at the spectum. I was at the last one but I am working for this one. I do not know if they are going to call for a strike or not...I do know that both side continue to talk so that is a good sign!! Yes it was Roosevelt Blvd at Faunce street. The car is fixable but it would cost way more that its value so it has been totalled. Poor kids is still hurting in her chest-prob bruised very deep due to the airbag but I feel like the car did what its supposed to do and keep the driver safe which it did. Now we are out searching for a new car for her. LPink, Yes I will keep the basement dry....I have been there several times during and after storms and its dry. I will however take the sellers agents $100 contribution and use it to change out the mulch around the foundation planters to a pea gravel the home inspector suggested and get rid of the wood mulch they threw down last fall!!LOL!! I am really looking forward to hosting a CF get together once we get ourselves settled in. Keep in mind I am only 10 minutes over the Walt Whitman bridge so I am easy to reach via I76, I95 in Pa and rt130 or 295 in NJ!! Cheers! Susie

Stacie, I know that everyone here will be thinking of you tomorrow. I hope your surgery goes easy and that you are able to be with Peyton when she has her surgery later this week. Ann