Broken Hearted Pragmatism

[highcountrychickens]

See? I knew you all would understand. Thank you for big hearts and kind words.

 

[65browneyes]

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Yep.........'nough said...........where'd I leave the tissues?

 

[RabbitRabbit]

Beautiful essay. I'll be wrestling with those same issues some day.

Stephanie

 

[CityChook]

lovely. hugs to you.

 

[hrmalexandra]

I'm feeling a bit like you are right now - I am new at this and have lost one chick to poor constitution and last night another to a predator. I feel so guilty about both losses - perhaps more research? More supervision? I'm trying to tell myself that they had it pretty good while they were here but it is still a horrible loss. Thanks for writing, it lets me know I'm not the only softie out here.

 

[WildBurroShirts.com]

Beautifully put.

I love your area...worked a bit at Pahaska Teepee near the park one summer. Then worked for Bob Loren at the Silver Star ranch outside of Cody, Wy.

Magnificent area.

 

[highcountrychickens]

WildBurroShirts.com :

Beautifully put.

I love your area...worked a bit at Pahaska Teepee near the park one summer. Then worked for Bob Loren at the Silver Star ranch outside of Cody, Wy.

Magnificent area.

Come Back soon! It's just getting beautiful again for the summer - still a lot of snow in Yellowstone though -​

 

[astylishgirl]

Thank you for that. So heartfelt... and all of us can empathize with you. Thank you for writing what we all feel. Isn't that what writers are for? you write what is in all of our souls?

 

[cherig22]

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Yep.........'nough said...........where'd I leave the tissues?

Ditto. That was very moving.

Cheri

 

[hearthnsoul]

You plucked the words from my heart and mouth. I have actually been grappling with that very issue. The more I read, the more I come to understand the beauty and necessity of raising your own chicks not just for eggs but, as well, for their place in the natural cycle of eating well. I understand how good it would be for my family to nourish themselves with meat that they have cultivated themselves. My husband grew up on a farm and he of course has no issue with the concept of the deed that must be done, for myself I can not get past the idea of friend to lunch. There is one chick in my bunch that I know is trouble to come, and I have thought to myself, could you possibly when the time comes do such a thing,..my heart and head are still pulling at one another.