Blooie, have you and my husband been chatting??? you and he have about the same soap box. He smokes and it drives him crazy that he is taxed way more than most.
but hey, let's legalize pot!
I'm in the same boat. I so want to "retire" from my day job. And what makes it suck even more is that I work from home. It is pure torture to sit here all day when there are chickies to play with and a garden to plant.
I just want to stab myself in the eye with a spoon!!!
Hubby told me...
I would put the pullets in a pen where Clarabelle can see them but not get to them. After a week of that then let them be in coop together.
They will work out a pecking order and it'll take about a few days.
Clarabelle is cute!
In my experience the girls get rather cranky right before they lay. I have two Orps that get loud and cranky about an hour before they lay.
I think very soon you'll have eggs.
we are kindred spirits! I love to build and dig. My DH is good about indulging me and building stuff all the time. the hard part is that b/c he is a master woodworker (he builds stuff for a living, think Triton bass boats, Hatteras Yacts, and GE windmill blades) he wants stuff to be perfect...
if it were me I would seek new insurance. years ago I had two English Mastiffs, my current insurance company said they were dropping us b/c they were vicious dogs.
Never mind that they were therapy dogs that went into nursing homes on a regular basis. I had letters from our trainer, the...
When hubby and I first married 18 years ago I wanted to camp old style like you guys....I grew up camping like that and loved it.
He was still active duty Marines and he said he camped enough outside and he wanted a camper. We just bought our second one last year and we love it! Now that he...
I'm a spoiled brat when it comes to camping. We have a 35 foot travel trailer with a full size kitchen, a bathroom even with a tub. (I like to take baths at night) two slides, heat, ac, satellite tv,
Now THAT is my kind of camping!