Ah. They never tried to get him on hospice either. I mentioned it, but it never got past that. I am glad you have some help coming in so that you can care for you as well. After watching my mom, I know how important that is.
At this age, you will soon see your cockerels endlessly harassing and trying to mate with the pullets who are not at sexual maturity yet. The pullets will not be able to eat, drink, dust bathe or anything else without cockerels going after them. It will get ugly. This is the voice of experience...
In my (40-something years) of raising chickens, I have had some aggressive roosters and some not aggressive roosters. While I don’t believe any method of raising them will 100% guarantee a rooster that won’t go after you, I have had the best luck when I have not tried to make pets of them. I let...
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Happy 4th of July!!!
It’s hot here. We were in a heat advisory yesterday. Of course that’s the day that my mom’s AC went out. I did not know this until she came over at 7:30 in the evening. (I had the two local grandkids all day, so didn’t have a chance to call her.) She told me...
NOPE!!! Nope, nope, nope! Those boys would have been on their own! “Sorry, boys. You can’t come in until those things dry up and fall off your feet!” Leeches are one of the two creepy crawlies I can’t handle. Spiders are the other ones.
Hello Cafe’! It’s been a while. I’ve just started week 3 of cooking at the little Bible camp I’m a part of. This is our youngest week. We have 43 littles going into grades 2-5 and 26 staff members. Our season ends after this week.
I read the news about aart this evening. How sad! It hits hard...
Good evening! I spent much of my day getting ready for the chicks that the grandkids and their parents hatched. They’ve got 7/18 so far, with no more pips. The due date was yesterday.
Funny (to me) story - I was talking with a family friend about the eggs. She is a biologist/college professor...