we have 82 buff orpington chicks that are 4 weeks old. I have some that i definately think are roos which is fine i ordered them just for that purpose they would be meat. since i ordered 100 surplus chicks cause the cost of them worked out slightly cheaper and not knowing what breed was coming...
no splitting tips, clear defined work responsibilities. I love it to be working where its organized and not chaotic and having a boss who is really terrific at her job. Took me a while to find this one its a little farther to travel. The one thing i find thats odd is mopping the floor with...
I bought myself a treadmill deciding i was going to start exercising regularly. being told music is a great motivator and distracts you from the tedious tasking of walking/running like a hamster in a wheel. I learned yes it does but on the other hand make sure you are walking/running fast...
things have been hectic. lots of changes but what i am so excited about yes i have done it i have left my job with the boss from the land of the worst bosses ever . the final blow came when i worked 60+ hours in one week when one girl was out with her back i covered her shifts, another girl...
starts with hubs brother totals out his trailblazer. thanking my guardian angel that night. They offered me a ride home that night after work since they would be in town when i got out of work. Hub got home early so i drove myself. Hubs brother and his wife were both drinking and i left work...
I love my job and co workers and even my boss is fantastic and pitches in to help out her employees. I worked 2 shifts on saturday and both didnt go well and i was in tears but sucked it up put on a smile and trudged along. My boss did help me so i still wasnt there at 3 am and was able to...
man its tiring. Opened a new restaurant which is a new novelty in our area. I have a great boss and co workers and we have a great crew but we are getting our butts kicked and handed to us nearly every day Boss said shes going to hire more people soon. We lost some people already that...
was traveling on a busy road on saturday night with my 16 year old daughter. In the road just laying there was a small black and white dog that i mistook for a skunk do to her size and tail poof. Swerved to avoid her and then decided to go back and make sure she was not injured. She ran to...
Think it went fairly well she interviewed me on the spot. Asked if i would work full time and evenings which i was estastically saying of course i would. Its a tavern and grill thats opening so she asked if i would be flexible and cover many different positions where needed. I came home super...
Let them stay with us they treat our house like their own dumpster diving way of life. I said i wasnt going to have my house looking like a pig sty. His sister tell their family I called them pigs. I told my husband they need to find another place to live I have always kept the house clean...
I let the chickens out today and left the door open while i was bringing out laundry to hang on the line and she snuck in and made herself all cozy while hub was napping on the couch and no one even noticed her. I came in went to shut off the tv and I was like please i hope you did not poop in...
yesterday turned into a true nightmare my sons bus was unable to get him home the roads were unpassable due to flooding. When his bus was over 20 minutes late i called to ask where he was and he was at school waiting for someone to get him. There was no phone call from them and this is an...
there have been calls out for volunteers and donations in schoharie county. They are really truly needed. Been very extremely busy sorting through my own home and washing bed linens and blankets and getting ready to take down more needed items for the folks in evacuation shelters, in addition...
we were relatively unscathed. minor property flooding the chickens coop took on some water but weathered the storm better than I had expected. I bought 15 unhappy chickens in and placed them in a closet at the peak of irenes impact between 10am and 3 pm. We moved them back out this morning...
my husbands sister is moving in with us for 2 months at least i hope its just 2 months its going to be cramped quarters for a bit but i think we will manage. Her hub is less than thrilled to be here but the alternative would be a homeless shelter. They are being evicted and the trailer they...
i thought she was until i went to collect eggs and she was in one of the boxes i reached into the one next to her and she pecked me there was an egg laid by one of my girls in the box with her and she tucked it under her. would be normally be if she was going broody for the first time but...
our old electric dryer stopped working and we took it apart and found the problem an over heated wire and decided to pull her plug. The dryer i bought from my sister is gas and we dont have propane hooked up yet. Thinking hey the weather is nice theres a 30 percent chance of rain today oh yeah...
we found 2 identical soft eggs sorta mushy could they both be from the same hen? Have no idea who layed i think it could be the rhode island red i have been getting 3 eggs a day and we have gotten 3 decent eggs today so i dont think its any of my 3 i have been getting eggs from usually. I dont...
our teenage daughter was invited by a friend to go to another state for the weekend. The trip was planned by the friends father last minute so my daughter was invited last minute as well although i was nervous about letting her go she checked in and was responsible and the friends dad told me...