Posts by speckledhen

Quote: Originally Posted by ChickenChatten  Please don't shoot a dog... Please please... I understand that this dog is killing YOUR chickens and on your property, but there are definitely alternatives. It's not the dogs...

My Delaware's fertility has been down so some eggs just were not viable, so leaving me with having to pick up the dreaded hatchery chicks. Poor, sweet little Mouse.

Hi, friends. Not much to tell. You may have seen the the thread about Mouse, who passed away yesterday, not unexpected. Aimee did her best to mother him, but she can't work miracles. She's a wonderful mama.

Yes, I guess I did, Amy. I always hope against hope that one will beat the odds, but I knew when he never grew at all, not even a feather, that he'd not make it. At least, in his short life, he had the experience of a wonderfully...

Mouse passed away this morning at over 3 weeks old, without having grown a feather other than the first flight feathers, and without gaining an ounce since hatch.

Quote: Originally Posted by mnferalkitty  After SEVERAL trial and errors of different washcloth patterns I have finally found the perfect stitch for mine, its just a DC and SC  and that is all I use for mine,...

Post a picture of yours, please. We'd like to see them.

Before this happened, I was working on replacing all of my terrycloth washrags with crocheted ones. We both love how they feel. Now, I actually have to replace them all. Oh, woe is me, I must crochet!   

They know I can't sit still, even when I'm resting, unless I'm actually unconscious, lol. It killed me to put 86 skeins of yarn, most of it newly purchased, into a box to throw out because it smelled like smoke. The good thing is that...

A friend sent me some cotton yarn and a book with 12 beautiful dishcloth patterns and I'm busily making dish/washcloths to save my sanity, living in this RV in limbo after the fire. Demolition was supposed to start this week, and I'm...