I'm guilty of breaking the age-old adage not to count your chickens before they hatch. I wasn't really tallying numbers as such, but I was counting on having at least some chicks. Victoria, our formerly broody hen, has decided otherwise. After one week on the nest, she called it quits and rejoined the rest of the flock. I guess she's just not cut out for motherhood yet. She left me with the very disappointing task of burying 20 eggs (couldn't think of what else to do with them), but at least now we're getting eggs for eating again.

There's no such adage about counting your tadpoles before they hatch (or are even eggs) is there??