Colorado

[Rock Home Isle]

My research time at CSU is drawing to a close...August 5th is my last day as a visiting faculty. I made some new and exciting discoveries with the experiments that I conducted, those will result in a few publications.

Wednesday, Thursday are the big talk and show days. I give my presentation on Thursday afternoon at the banquet.

Gosh it was a great summer, but time to get ready for heading back into the classroom.

Bitter Sweet

 

[21hens-incharge]

Bitty with her adopted babies!!!





She had enough of that camera business and called them back under her. She is doing well at being a mama so far.

 

[Latestarter]

Well, no goin' back now, the house is listed for sale. Marked as "coming soon" for the moment while I do a little more cosmetics. Should be live and available for showing come Wednesday.

 

[maarijke]

Update - I delivered my petition with over 50+ Signatures to the hoa board on Thursday night. I hot screamed at by the President of the hoa board. Im still not sure why. He said he was a volunteer, menioned having to do a lot of stuff, and it takes time. I said that I had printed out the amendment the town already uses- pointed to a homeowner reading it and still he yelled so much another hoa member (man) came and stood between the standing yelling President and my sitting skirt wearing clipboard holding self. My husband and three children were there but stepped outside to look at the landing helicopter. Im not sure a volunteer position requires yelling at a mother of three in front of about a dozen homeowners and other hoa members. Poor man. I feel sorry for him.

Now it is a waiting game. I wait for the hoa lawyers to draw up a legal sentence about chickens to add to the covenants - because that is what they told me made this difficult. If it were simply a guideline they could vite without any homeowners even there!!!

Prayers and good thoughts for the lawyers devising a chicken approving sentence and the annual vote in November.

Huge thanks to Red Hen Farms Logan and Ailsa who came to speak as experts on my behalf.

(typos sorry. Nursing and typing one thumbed)

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Fingers Crossed...you go girl...

 

[Mtn Margie]

Way to hold your ground!

 

[uzisuzuki]

(3 generations of ornery feathered poops)

So, the 25th was the 2nd anniversary of my car accident. In a couple months, it'll be my 2nd anniversary with Odysseus, the tiny turd who started me down this crazy real world version of Pokemon Go (seriously, all I catch in Pokemon Go are tiny birds & it's way to close to real life in that way). It's been a rollercoaster 2 years and I've been considering more & more about giving away my flock as not only my TBI symptoms have regressed but as for the fact that I've been in 24/7 unbearable pain since the accident from my hips down to my feet. It makes walking incredibly painful & difficult. I just have felt like I'm fit to care for all these birds since my health hasn't been improving. I enjoy the hell out of them, but I'm fully aware that it isn't about what I want out of them, it's about what's good for them.

On Friday, I may have gotten some halfway good news that might help with my overall health. It seems that my pain is actually nerve pain from the injuries. While that's not the thing I wanted to hear since I've already got nerve pain in my face/mouth that's lifelong & more of that doesn't sound appealing, it is something that can be managed. So, we are going to try increasing the nerve pain medication I'm currently on & adding in acupuncture. I'm hoping it helps. Even just getting that managed will help immensely. I can't really do anything about the job situation (the main reason my TBI has regressed - it's just a flat out hostile work environment & I need to make my complaint official with HR & possibly get a lawyer), but not being in constant physical pain has to help.

I'm hoping this works out & I won't have to give away my flock.

Anyway, not quite 2 years of bothering people here, but thank you all for all your support & insight & help. I've greatly appreciated it.

 

[COChix]

(3 generations of ornery feathered poops)

So, the 25th was the 2nd anniversary of my car accident. In a couple months, it'll be my 2nd anniversary with Odysseus, the tiny turd who started me down this crazy real world version of Pokemon Go (seriously, all I catch in Pokemon Go are tiny birds & it's way to close to real life in that way). It's been a rollercoaster 2 years and I've been considering more & more about giving away my flock as not only my TBI symptoms have regressed but as for the fact that I've been in 24/7 unbearable pain since the accident from my hips down to my feet. It makes walking incredibly painful & difficult. I just have felt like I'm fit to care for all these birds since my health hasn't been improving. I enjoy the hell out of them, but I'm fully aware that it isn't about what I want out of them, it's about what's good for them.

On Friday, I may have gotten some halfway good news that might help with my overall health. It seems that my pain is actually nerve pain from the injuries. While that's not the thing I wanted to hear since I've already got nerve pain in my face/mouth that's lifelong & more of that doesn't sound appealing, it is something that can be managed. So, we are going to try increasing the nerve pain medication I'm currently on & adding in acupuncture. I'm hoping it helps. Even just getting that managed will help immensely. I can't really do anything about the job situation (the main reason my TBI has regressed - it's just a flat out hostile work environment & I need to make my complaint official with HR & possibly get a lawyer), but not being in constant physical pain has to help.

I'm hoping this works out & I won't have to give away my flock.

Anyway, not quite 2 years of bothering people here, but thank you all for all your support & insight & help. I've greatly appreciated it.

Hang on, at least you know what the issues are, you can start healing. Check into dosing with MSM, sulfur, a trace mineral that we don't get enough of and decreases with age. It has helped me tremendously with aches and pains. It took about a month to build up to my current dose of 4-6 grams a day. It helps joints, collagen, helps with inflammation as well. It has been pretty amazing to wake up with little to no pain, it works best or synergically with Vitamin C.

I understand about wanting to get rid of the flock. We have gone through that numerous times, I go through it often. I feel for you.

 

[oshun55555]

(3 generations of ornery feathered poops)

So, the 25th was the 2nd anniversary of my car accident. In a couple months, it'll be my 2nd anniversary with Odysseus, the tiny turd who started me down this crazy real world version of Pokemon Go (seriously, all I catch in Pokemon Go are tiny birds & it's way to close to real life in that way). It's been a rollercoaster 2 years and I've been considering more & more about giving away my flock as not only my TBI symptoms have regressed but as for the fact that I've been in 24/7 unbearable pain since the accident from my hips down to my feet. It makes walking incredibly painful & difficult. I just have felt like I'm fit to care for all these birds since my health hasn't been improving. I enjoy the hell out of them, but I'm fully aware that it isn't about what I want out of them, it's about what's good for them.

On Friday, I may have gotten some halfway good news that might help with my overall health. It seems that my pain is actually nerve pain from the injuries. While that's not the thing I wanted to hear since I've already got nerve pain in my face/mouth that's lifelong & more of that doesn't sound appealing, it is something that can be managed. So, we are going to try increasing the nerve pain medication I'm currently on & adding in acupuncture. I'm hoping it helps. Even just getting that managed will help immensely. I can't really do anything about the job situation (the main reason my TBI has regressed - it's just a flat out hostile work environment & I need to make my complaint official with HR & possibly get a lawyer), but not being in constant physical pain has to help.

I'm hoping this works out & I won't have to give away my flock.

Anyway, not quite 2 years of bothering people here, but thank you all for all your support & insight & help. I've greatly appreciated it.

Don't give up your flock, they are a life line to an experience that has helped you cope (they are your friends remember) I am 68 have crippling arthritis (numerous other ailments), walk with 2 sticks, use a mobility scooter when I am out, was told by a doctor that I would be in a wheel chair by the age of 50, I basically told him to go piss up a rope, 18 years after my 50th - still walking (not real good) but I manage to creep out to the coop 5 times a day and I process all my own birds (only can do 5 day, once could do 50 before lunch), they keep me going, even in the winter I get out there in the snow storms, I am not telling you this to toot my horn or to get those ovation things, I want you to know that no matter the situation, if you can make it your sole intent to find joy that is hidden all around, every day look for only that which makes you feel good in your situation and your life will still be better than many others have.

 

[Percheron chick]