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I've not run into any unfavorable comments about my chickens or gardening as of yet.  I think it was a pretty rude comment that person made on your friend's photo, Missy.  pretty off-putting no matter whose chicken it was. 

I've shopped at thrift stores my whole life. I was embarrassed by it in junior high and high school but now I don't care. I have known people who are disgusted by thrift store shopping but oftentimes they have always had anything they want and haven't had to be resourceful and thrifty so they don't understand. 

Missed Sunny's post while I was typing... that was a very good lesson from that man. how nice that he was supportive and helped you change your own thinking. 

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Originally Posted by wolftracks 

The day before he died I told him he needed to say something and he didn't know how much I was hearing about the birds. He said he'd say something (never got the chance) but also said "If I had a problem with your chickens, Honey I wouldn't be buying them for you."

that's so sweet!    A nice memory for you to have about him and how much he really cared about you.

My husband complains about my cat but a few years ago when I was away on a work trip, the cat got out and was missing for over 24 hours and I could tell when he was talking to me on the phone that he was really worried about my cat.  So I know deep down he does care about the cat because I care about the cat.  

Oh, and my cat is at the vet again today for dental cleaning. At his recent vet visit, he had lost 2 pounds in the past year.  his blood work was normal but I've been noticing how little he has been eating and I got to thinking maybe his teeth/gums have been bothering him so he hasn't wanted to chew his food. so I tried canned food and he gobbled it down.  they had recommended a dental cleaning so I was able to get him in today on a cancellation.  hopefully this will help him out and he'll be feeling better in his mouth soon.  I'm waiting to hear back how things went and what time I can pick him up.  

Elizabeth, please let us know how your cat does.

Sunny, I'm so happy to read your story!  We're friends with an amazing couple that are trying their hardest.  The husband recently quit his job because the cost of daycare, medical bills from sick kids, and lost pay for sick kids, left hardly anything.  The wife made more money, so he became a SAHD.  We were able to give them some of our plants, and they're excited about learning to garden.  Anyway, when the wife was a single mom of her first kid, she worked as an exotic dancer.  Her husband would really like to go to church, but she's so anti-religion because she feels any religion would judge her for what she did to survive.  And I want to stand up and say, "No they won't, because that's what religions teach!"  But I'm afraid she's right.  People are so human and so fallible.  Even in a group of people that receive frequent instruction on loving others and treating them with kindness, there are so many who have not yet reached that point of love.  I really hope it can change.  She's not atheist, and she has beliefs... and she will fully stand up and defend herself because she feels that she did what she had to do to feed her son... but is afraid that if she goes somewhere to practice, that her family will be persecuted. 

When I was a single mom and worked as a nightclub bouncer, I got a lot of judgement.  I wasn't wearing skimpy outfits.  But my church doesn't believe in drinking or going out to bars, so working in one, whether or not I actually drank, was looked down upon by a lot of people.  And praised by a lot of others.  Plus I was doing "manly" work.  Most of the club patrons assumed I was lesbian.  I let them go ahead and think that... less hassle for me! 

Psst... those of you who have Aubrey as a Facebook friend... check out her profile. 

I actually get a thrill out of the Bobcat encounters   I love seeing them. We have not lost a chicken to one in over 3 years. I even know a couple by their looks. One is a smaller, young female that has nice spotting. This older guy I chased off last night has really long legs, 3/4s of a tail and has no spotting. They do get a little too bold at times though. One summer we were on our deck BBQing and I look down into the pasture and here comes this half grown Bobcat, nose in the air, heading right for the house! Now that is just too cozy! I wasn't about to share my dinner with her! We had to shoe that one off  

The egg that the broody abandoned, that went in the incubator, hatched this morning!   I am waiting for it to fluff up and get more stable on its feet before I give it to the broody. Its brothers and sisters have a head start and I want to be sure it is strong enough to keep up. A blue laced red to black laced red mating is supposed to produce 50% black laced red and 50% blue laced red, but all the chicks from my birds are blue! Which is great! Of the two I hatched from shipped eggs (the parent birds were all blue laced reds) I got one black laced red (sure that is a pullet) and a blue laced red (sure that is a rooster.) They look to be really nice quality chicks, especially the black laced red pullet who is my favorite of all the chicks