@Faraday40 ~ life is a bummer when time advances, eh? I pray you have the strength & will to endure.
I'm 81 this year recuperating w/therapy from a broken humerous that required surgery & an arm sling for 9 months. My 91 yr old sister lost her husband last year, broke her arm & wrist TWICE & is legally blind in one eye & has an inoperable liver tumor. My DD's MIL has Alzheimers in a care facility so DD had to adopt MILs unruly large Golden Retriever to add to their own Pit mix at home. My DH gave up his work to care for me plus our 6 hens. As wonderful as Doms & Silkies are you know how much work poultry still is even w/o having added responsibilities of elder care!
I am devastated about the loss of those Orps. No matter how well we rehome chickens new owners don't have the same connection or care for the birds like we do ~ cuz they are more our pets than just a commodity.
Choosing a female Dom as a favorite is difficult. I chose a pasty butt runt chick as my favorite & she grew up choosing my DH as her favorite human ~ she had uneven wattles, thick taller crooked leader rosecomb, & was more silver than the other two prettier chicks.
Oddly one of the prettier chicks w/a gorgeous straight rosecomb chose me as her human.
Sadly the 2 prettier adults passed trying to lay an egg in a 115F heatwave.
The crooked leader uneven wattles Dom is still w/us at 8 yrs
cuz she never was a good layer so heatwaves never bothered her.
Keep us posted as time permits
I'm 81 this year recuperating w/therapy from a broken humerous that required surgery & an arm sling for 9 months. My 91 yr old sister lost her husband last year, broke her arm & wrist TWICE & is legally blind in one eye & has an inoperable liver tumor. My DD's MIL has Alzheimers in a care facility so DD had to adopt MILs unruly large Golden Retriever to add to their own Pit mix at home. My DH gave up his work to care for me plus our 6 hens. As wonderful as Doms & Silkies are you know how much work poultry still is even w/o having added responsibilities of elder care!
I am devastated about the loss of those Orps. No matter how well we rehome chickens new owners don't have the same connection or care for the birds like we do ~ cuz they are more our pets than just a commodity.
Choosing a female Dom as a favorite is difficult. I chose a pasty butt runt chick as my favorite & she grew up choosing my DH as her favorite human ~ she had uneven wattles, thick taller crooked leader rosecomb, & was more silver than the other two prettier chicks.
Oddly one of the prettier chicks w/a gorgeous straight rosecomb chose me as her human.
Sadly the 2 prettier adults passed trying to lay an egg in a 115F heatwave.
The crooked leader uneven wattles Dom is still w/us at 8 yrs
cuz she never was a good layer so heatwaves never bothered her.Keep us posted as time permits
