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[Pozees]

I suspect she's in a lot of pain. Just give supportive care.

Sigh, dating... I suspect I'll have the same problem most of us on here would if they were to be dating again. We see value in things that so many just write off unless it has 4 legs. He was a nice professional man and I wore a nice black dress with heels and he just thought the whole chicken thing was a little 'quaint'. I mean, who uses that word, right? And then when I explained I am not a huge drinker nor do I drink soda... It just put me in the weird category. We are suppose to have dinner again next week but suspect there is no chance for anything more. It use to be love me love my dogs.... and now it's, 'love me, love my family, love my dogs, and love my chickens...' I think that classifies me as having way too much baggage. My son teases me and says I'm going to shoot right past the crazy cat lady to become the crazy chicken lady... I smile and say, 'at least chickens don't carry toxoplasmosis...'.

LOL

I told Bob long ago that if anything happened to him or to our relationship I would be perfectly content to stay single the rest of my life Easy to say when you have a companion, I know, but it's hard to find people who don't think you're nuts for having the life you have. I mean, we have 8 cats - 6 of them orphans from the landfill raised by hand, one is a cripple because he was in a rolloff box that was dumped and the operator spotted him just as he reached the load with the blade of the compactor - and how he spotted him, to this day I will never know, he was a two week old Siamese kitten. I took him to my vet, who tried to set his broken leg, lost him to anesthesia and revived him (I was standing right there watching), and wouldn't charge me for it. Leg didn't heal right, and he only has one toe with a nail on that foot and three on the other rear leg, but he races around here like Mario Andretti - smallest cat in the house, and thinks he is King. The last two were supposed to be fosters - except by the time I found them a home Bob had fallen in love with them and was so upset I cancelled the placement. No more fosters.

Anyway, who knows, maybe your date is spending today thinking how lucky he is to have found you, and if not, he should!

 

[Minchi]

LOL

I told Bob long ago that if anything happened to him or to our relationship I would be perfectly content to stay single the rest of my life Easy to say when you have a companion, I know, but it's hard to find people who don't think you're nuts for having the life you have. I mean, we have 8 cats - 6 of them orphans from the landfill raised by hand, one is a cripple because he was in a rolloff box that was dumped and the operator spotted him just as he reached the load with the blade of the compactor - and how he spotted him, to this day I will never know, he was a two week old Siamese kitten. I took him to my vet, who tried to set his broken leg, lost him to anesthesia and revived him (I was standing right there watching), and wouldn't charge me for it. Leg didn't heal right, and he only has one toe with a nail on that foot and three on the other rear leg, but he races around here like Mario Andretti - smallest cat in the house, and thinks he is King. The last two were supposed to be fosters - except by the time I found them a home Bob had fallen in love with them and was so upset I cancelled the placement. No more fosters.

Anyway, who knows, maybe your date is spending today thinking how lucky he is to have found you, and if not, he should!

I often get the odd ball card, I just got lucky and found a guy who understood. When we meet DH had two runts from a kitty mill that was going to be culled by the police when he intervened (he called them on the place). And a white retarded crossed eyed kitty who chased phantom dots from a crack house (sister was a cop). I had the minx that was the neighborhood slut and the manufactured minx, someone dislocated her tail and we had to have it removed (she was mine before that). All cats minus my manufactured minx, had long happy lives. My kitty was killed by a rattlesnake when she was five.

I know people think I am strange for having chickens but at least I don't have to feel bad about one source of food I eat. My girls are spoiled, they have an insulated coop with a heat lamp and two cameras, the old timers would laugh but I get three eggs a day with the added light and the coop only gets to the teens on bad nights a few hours a night. (They also just got steak.) Also I was strange to start with and chickens don't really make that worse.

I have not been on, got to spend some quality time with DH for the holidays and also spent a lot of time sewing gifts for my nieces and nephews. So welcome everyone new. Pozees I am sorry about your girl I hope she gets better. Wendel how is your wife doing? I hope everyone had a good holiday. Did anyone give Christmas gifts to there chickens this year? I gave mine half a pomegranate.

 

[coloradogal]

LOL

I told Bob long ago that if anything happened to him or to our relationship I would be perfectly content to stay single the rest of my life Easy to say when you have a companion, I know, but it's hard to find people who don't think you're nuts for having the life you have. I mean, we have 8 cats - 6 of them orphans from the landfill raised by hand, one is a cripple because he was in a rolloff box that was dumped and the operator spotted him just as he reached the load with the blade of the compactor - and how he spotted him, to this day I will never know, he was a two week old Siamese kitten. I took him to my vet, who tried to set his broken leg, lost him to anesthesia and revived him (I was standing right there watching), and wouldn't charge me for it. Leg didn't heal right, and he only has one toe with a nail on that foot and three on the other rear leg, but he races around here like Mario Andretti - smallest cat in the house, and thinks he is King.

I'd love to see a picture of the siamese cat. I have this image in age in my head now that just won't go away.

Minchi: I know I should feel weird about doing this but I give my birds that leftover turkey bones to pick through. I would never feed them chicken but they do get turkey bones. They pick through the bones until there is nothing left. Pomegranate would be a better gift I suspect.

 

[Minchi]

I'd love to see a picture of the siamese cat. I have this image in age in my head now that just won't go away.

Minchi: I know I should feel weird about doing this but I give my birds that leftover turkey bones to pick through. I would never feed them chicken but they do get turkey bones. They pick through the bones until there is nothing left. Pomegranate would be a better gift I suspect.

The way mine eat steak and bacon, no I am sure they loved the turkey. I am sure they will enjoy some Pomegranate as well, it is the only thing I have seen my girls eat as quickly as they eat meal worms and meat. If you give them an actual Pomegranate half it takes them some time to get to all the seeds. That is why I chose it.

 

[kmatt87]

I think i've narrowed my breeds down to dominique, favaucana, wyndotte, blue splash or copper marans, welsummer and swedish flower....now i need to figure out if i can find them and which ones i really want. I'm only planning on getting 3 - 5 more chicks

 

[Minchi]

I think i've narrowed my breeds down to dominique, favaucana, wyndotte, blue splash or copper marans, welsummer and swedish flower....now i need to figure out if i can find them and which ones i really want. I'm only planning on getting 3 - 5 more chicks

No EE's?

 

[Mtn Margie]

Mayah, I have a box of pot hydro. I would have to mail it out to you. PM me with an address if you want. How about a dating page on the old coloradochickens site? Surely there are some worthy homesteader types out there.

 

[Minchi]

Mayah, I have a box of pot hydro. I would have to mail it out to you. PM me with an address if you want. How about a dating page on the old coloradochickens site? Surely there are some worthy homesteader types out there.

That really is a great idea.

 

[kmatt87]

I have 1 ee and it took her almost 6 months to lay for me. I might sneak one in there if i think i have room in my coop though...lol

 

[kmatt87]

No EE's? 

i have 1 ee and she took almost 6 months to lay for me