In 2007 I started raising chickens when my mother's cousin retired from the farm. 25 homeless chickens needed a place to nest...so to my ranch they came. The experience has been a life changer! Who could have known that these feathered friends could be the stress reliever that they are! I am embarrassed to say how much of my free time is spent on my "chicken chair" as my husband calls it, sitting at the coop being entertained by my chickens! I do love them! A word to the wise though...for those of you who are at that "not so gymnastically inclined age" that I am at....Don't do your chicken chores in the dark, when you live on a hill, during a rainstorm. The story never ends well! After a long and muddy crawl back to the house and over to a phone to have my dad bring me crutches from his farm...I "nest"led in for the night. Next morning a trip to the hospital bought me 8 weeks in a cast for my broken leg. The worst part was not being quite so able to toodle out there to spend time with my cluckers. A have a great son who took care of them until I could limp out there again! That being said, I never held it against my fluffy friends, and I now enjoy them anytime I want....albeit with a slight limp still! I hope that you all find the joy in your chickens that I do.
Sorry about the broken leg but at least you have a unique story to tell about it. My family jokes that if we were all on a sinking ship, they would have to wave goodbye to my chickens and me as we sail off into the sunset in the only lifeboat. They truly are a stress reliever!
I took a little ribbing about the whole thing...but there aren't many people who have a broken leg story like mine I guess. I didn't do it while doing something exciting like skiing, or something like that! But life is just as fast as I want it to be!
Wow - you have a ton of animals! I have a collection too. We have 9 horses, none of which get enough riding. 3 dogs - 2 cattle dogs, and a Jack Russel weiner dog cross, who thinks she's one of the kids, many, many barn cats, 2 house cats, and about 40 chickens of all sizes, colors, and breeds. We also raise black angus cattle. I sometimes feel like I live in the middle of a zoo! Hope you enjoy your animals too!
& from Alabama. Glad you joined us. Glad to hear your leg is better. But I know what you're talking about, I, too, live on top of a hill where grass almost completely refuses to grow. Needless to say, it's super slippery when it rains. Just glad I haven't had to crawl back to the house
