Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

today has been terrible… right when my parents were about to drive me to the quail place, my mom decided that she hated the fact that i love birds and hatching chicks and that she wasnt going to let me ever hatch chicks again. she said that they were stinky and ruining her life and she started yelling at me that i could never hatch or raise quail or chickens or ducks again

then when i left the room i overhead her talking to my dad and i quote her exact words: "wasnt she just supposed to have those original four birds and no more? Moe, Aqua, Cappa, and Joey? and that coop and brooder of hers are smelly and ruining my house and yard!" and then… the worst part that made me burst out in tears while she said it… she said she was just waiting for my birds to die so she could get rid of them and never have to see chickens again

does she not realize i love those birds like family and ive never enjoyed something so much as i enjoy watching those little embryos grow into adorable chicks? i cant believe she said that… i am still crying. i spend hours with my birds every day loving them and now i realize my mom is just waiting for them to die

Sparky you will be out on your own in short time. (believe me it seems slow but in all actuality its FAST)

Perhaps she was having a bum day, as a mom I know I said some mean stuff to my kids already and I didn't mean them to be hurtful, just sometimes stuff gets frustrating to a mom. Maybe she is jealous of your gang? Esp if you don't have a tight relationship it may be a desire within her and she if fighting for your attention, but I don't know her and I am not a psychologist if you didn't guess that already. : (

I am sad to say, I too have heartbreak everyday, yes everyday, there is not ONE SINGLE day that goes by that my DH isn't complaining about my springers and yells at me "you better hope you don't die, because the minute you do I will put a bullet in every one of their heads" I know he has a very low tolerance level for my dogs, and I don't know for sure how far that would go if I were to "fall down the basement steps and hit my head" But I would hope my older sons would step up to the plate after my demise. I know he wouldn't keep a single one of them, I am sure Harmony will have a fit anyways.

DH did say he would keep his OWN chickens and eat mine.

What he does not realize, nor will he sit down to go over our finances with me, so that I may show him that those dogs he HATES so much bring in money for us and hopefully even help cover his down time for the next month or so after his surgery. but I just try to push the stupid stuff out of my mind, its something I learned in my early 30s dealing with cancer, you can either dwell on it and go insane or learn to control your thoughts and in turn control feelings through that thought process.

You know I am here and you can call me whenever too, everyone needs to have a shoulder to cry on sweetness, mine will be here as long as I am, and even thereafter as I tell Harmony.

 

[silver1313]

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to you both

 

[Sally Sunshine]

The BBS Brittish Orps were a bust 7 clears, 4 blood rings 1 early quitter
The 4 from 4 mottle houdans look great as do 7/12 blue Polish
one seller 15/18 swedish flowers are good. the other has 16/24.
basques are 8/12
spitz were a bust - mostly clear, early quitters. there is one alive in the bator but looks a week behind the others in development.

awwww and I love my gorgeous spits, did I tell you I just got two boys??????

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Big? haha. Compared to the chickens, yes. Compared to the turkeys, not at all. The guy had 2 age groups, one was half the size of the other. I picked one of the smaller ones. I asked about the bigger ones and he said they weren't ready to butcher yet. They grow their turkeys until they're 40 - 50 pounds! He claimed that he gave a Tom to his brother who kept it alive and it reached 85 pounds! That may be exaggerated a bit, but still, that's huge!

and yes, she's sharing a playhouse with Emmy (the buff orpington) until I deem her healthy and she adjusts to her new life.
Well I think Wingstones are 60 lbs and they do get huge for sure! I wonder what breed these 3 eggs are in the bator? she never responded to my messages. oh well

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

Sparky you will be out on your own in short time. (believe me it seems slow but in all actuality its FAST)

Perhaps she was having a bum day, as a mom I know I said some mean stuff to my kids already and I didn't mean them to be hurtful, just sometimes stuff gets frustrating to a mom.  Maybe she is jealous of your gang? Esp if you don't have a tight relationship it may be a desire within her and she if fighting for your attention, but I don't know her and I am not a psychologist if you didn't guess that already. : (

I am sad to say, I too have heartbreak everyday, yes everyday, there is not ONE SINGLE day that goes by that my DH isn't complaining about my springers and yells at me "you better hope you don't die, because the minute you do I will put a bullet in every one of their heads"  I know he has a very low tolerance level for my dogs, and I don't know for sure how far that would go if I were to "fall down the basement steps and hit my head" But I would hope my older sons would step up to the plate after my demise. I know he wouldn't keep a single one of them, I am sure Harmony will have a fit anyways. DH did say he would keep his OWN chickens and eat mine. What he does not realize, nor will he sit down to go over our finances with me, so that I may show him that those dogs he HATES so much bring in money for us and hopefully even help cover his down time for the next month or so after his surgery. but I just try to push the stupid stuff out of my mind, its something I learned in my early 30s dealing with cancer, you can either dwell on it and go insane or learn to control your thoughts and in turn control feelings through that thought process.

You know I am here and you can call me whenever too, everyone needs to have a shoulder to cry on sweetness, mine will be here as long as I am, and even thereafter as I tell Harmony.

Thank you so much mrs.sally I would say she was just having a bad day, but I don't have an overly close relationship with my mom and most days I end up getting yelled at or scared stiff by her people always used to say I looked just like her, but I think that made her want me to be just like her too. But I'm not, Instead of a city-loving, beautiful, social lady, I'm the shy little girl who would rather be in the woods or with animals than in a crowd any day.. She also doesn't seem to like my dogs a lot either, even though Sparky (my golden doodle mix) is like my best friend ever. I usually control my thoughts and feelings and very few people have ever seen me upset ever, but sometimes (when it comes to my animals) I just overflow I guess.
Thank you guys so much for being here for me, it means a lot

 

[confusedturtle]

Sparky, I'm so sorry. I understand how much it hurts when your family doesn't share your love for a pet. My hubby and I have been married for almost 16 years and he has always hated my dogs. For so many years they were my only companionship (he's military) and I needed my pets just as much as they needed me. He has told me many times if I travel back home and he stays here he will get rid of them all. I think if it weren't for our kids he would've gotten rid of them when I was in the hospital having my youngest. I hope things get better and she becomes aware and accepting of your love for flock.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Weekend Summary (4/27~4/28)

We discussed sallys dream of a white room ( some suggested a room with paddede walls lol)
sally got rid of several chicks over the weekend and has hatches coming up most of the week i do believe
sally ask had anyone heard of an air cell that has water in it at week 11 - did that video ever show up so we could help ?

RenneRae and Bitterroot had a sweet discussion about Missouri
and we are all thankful for our service men and women and the spouses and family that stand behind them and hold down the fort back home

bellah got more eggs in the hatcher - all duckies - and is wishing for good vibes

cochins moved goosey and aflac to the parn, was picking up a chick and a duck and got herself a turkey !!! so cute by the way (yes she knows what she has gotten into and is ok with giving the turkey the best life it can have while she has it)

sparky built a bator but is having some sadness caused by family concensus over her chickens ..

hill has been working and at disaster training exercise
hill also had eggs and chicks to take to the meetup
tony shared chick pictures and had more questions about the FF

mrs oz is having a good time according to oz and
some of oz's eggs were a bust and some hatched good

mikkles ask if the incubator was flunctuatin was it better for it to be at 99 or 100
doug came by and was 26 pages behind

doug


gardeningmama had some sweet wise words for sparky ...

and my shipped egg replacements ( best seller in the world !!! ) should be here in the morning !!!!

Secretary Silver
p.s. weekly summary to come sometime tommrow - ( I did not realize to do the week I would have to read almost 100 pages !!!

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she couldn't get a video herself, the egg now has water dropplets on the outside???? she is on some other hatchalong, so I don't think she is coming. She keeps asking in PM's so

Silver you don't need a weekly one! your doing awesome when you can get them in! I love them!

CHICKSOONER AND 3D where are you!!

Kelly, Rock and Rox are also MIA and some others. This nice weather has everyone out working! LOL

Sumi your in my thoughts!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

We love ya girl! It will blow over you'll see.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sparky, I'm so sorry. I understand how much it hurts when your family doesn't share your love for a pet. My hubby and I have been married for almost 16 years and he has always hated my dogs. For so many years they were my only companionship (he's military) and I needed my pets just as much as they needed me. He has told me many times if I travel back home and he stays here he will get rid of them all. I think if it weren't for our kids he would've gotten rid of them when I was in the hospital having my youngest. I hope things get better and she becomes aware and accepting of your love for flock.

sounds like we are in the same boat, sucks because I know my DH means it, sometimes I think its wishful thinking that I see him actually like the dogs at times

 

[Sally Sunshine]

YES we do have chicks hatching, Oz's don't exist yet, at least that I can see????

I have 4 pips in the 6 silkie eggs (from my gals) I set for my wonderful friend sara!
4 marans went in the trash as clears, 2 went into lockdown, mean broody wont let me at her eggs, she also has marans in lockdown, I told her everything she needs to know and even gave her the don't get off the nest your in lockdown talk, but she got really po'd when I suggested she read the assist article

I thought that quite rude as we have a lot of time into that article!


I also had sold 10 chicks to Chad and he brought 3 doz eggs for me to hatch for him, sure I had the room,

and a few courtrix.... the new bator is full but could hold another dozen. Next week the other bator will be empty after lockdown of the turkey and ducks. TIME FOR A GOOD CLEANING too! Maybe I will just lockdown in it and shutdown the fan.

oh and the button quail got a new box for hiding, THEY HATE it, wrong flavor???

And my lovely OE ROOOOOOOOOS!