Because my girls are currently complaining about being locked in the run due to HPAI in the area, I took it upon myself to rewrite Pooh Bear's complaining song.
"Then she paced a little faster . . . and a little faster . . . and then just a little faster.
By that time she had thought of...
@Sally PB @SimpleJenn
Since I'm not active here yet I'm not sure if anyone has already brought it up, but HPAI was detected in Kent county
https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/about/media/pressreleases/2026/03/16/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-detected-in-a-kent-county-commercial-flock
I think...
The biggest lesson I've learned having chickens: "want more chicks" doesnt mean "can accomodate more chicks".
"Really really want more chicks" still doesnt mean "can accomodate more chicks"
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Not bad Kelly, correct Kelly 😂
I should find all of my pics/vids of the hens trying to get under each other in the nest box. It's one of my favorite silly chicken behaviors
Hey everyone. Sorry for disappearing. Seasonal depression kicked my butt this winter, and on top of that, two friends of mine died within a couple weeks of each other in December/January. So I had a lot of grieving and processing to do.
I'm doing alright though, and I'm sorry if I've worried...
And it's ALWAYS complaining, they never have any encouragement to offer. No "that's it, you got it! You can do it, don't give up!", only "I'm never shopping here again and I'm telling my friends" 🙄😂
I've heard RIRs can be difficult :( Good luck, maybe she just needs more time. Or maybe your other girls need to buck up and whoop some manners into her 🤣
Phew... Been having a rough go of it. Within 4 days I've found out about the deaths of two dear friends. I've never had friends die before, I have gone through family dying a few times but this is very different. I keep bouncing between feeling things sharply and not feeling anything. Bleeehhhh...
I had a dream I found a lost pullet in my yard... And then another, and another, and another, and a rooster, and a turkey poult, and another chicken, and another... Before I knew it, I had about 20 chickens. I woke up sweating and stressed because I didn't know what to do with them all :gig