Eastern Tennessee Thread

[tnchickenut]

Welcome to all the new people!!!

Just wanted to pop in and say that and also let everyone know I have been UBER busy with my stuff, appointments and all... so I have been a bit behind. Sorry if I missed anything (probably not, but you never know)

In between all that I have been looking into buying a car. I really would love to find a POS that has nothing working but the engine. Anyone have a friend who keeps those type cars around?

 

[tennesseeckn]

Good luck with that.

I have been trying to get enough pens for all my breeds.

Right now I have 21 pens, 1 chick house and 2 brooders. ALL FULL.

I need to build about 5 more pens and then start working on the 8 bay grow off pen.

Seems like the more I build the more I need.

Twenty-one pens?!?!?! I have seven waterers and feeders and I feel like I spend half my life refilling them! I can't even imagine 21.

 

[itsthelaw37801]

Twenty-one pens?!?!?! I have seven waterers and feeders and I feel like I spend half my life refilling them! I can't even imagine 21.

Amen. It takes me an hour and a half just to feed and water. I have three coops and one rabbit run. If I had 150, I would have to hire someone. And God help me if they got sick.

 

[tnchickenut]

AJ I have been there... I'm coming back from it... I had about 24 pens and three brooders at one point. Now I'm down to 15 and it feels like a vacation! lol

 

[stanglover2001]

That is so sad! How is the SFH doing?

Chicklet had some orps that died mysteriously, too. Did you all buy from the same breeder?

No, I knew it wouldn't.. never would eat or anything... I tried giving it a stuffed buddy and it died next to it... Good news is the seller refunded part of my money... just a portion though... so for $35 I have no chicks, a bag of feed (well that was extra $), and heartache.

 

[stanglover2001]

Amen. It takes me an hour and a half just to feed and water. I have three coops and one rabbit run. If I had 150, I would have to hire someone. And God help me if they got sick.

Good lord, what do you do? I have a whole rabbit barn (10 water bottles) and 4 pens of chickens and it takes me no more than 30 minutes! LOL
Unless you clean yours every single day..

 

[alexandraintn]

Awww thats so sad. I hate that happened.

 

[TNBarnQueen]

Glad to see you are back Stacy....I would say Craigslist but you have to be very careful because of idiots and spammers.

Anyone needing more space....HOOP COOP. Quick to build and very handy in a pinch.
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OK....I need everyone here to do something for me please. My dearest friend of 26 years had breast cancer 5 years ago. Did surgery, chemo and radiation. She cared for her husband who was bed ridden with bladder cancer and Parkinsons. She is truly an amazing person. I wish you all could meet her. She has taught me more about animals....nature...plants and flowers..than 2 people would normally learn. She had been my confidant and the only person I could talk to when things where going so wrong in my world. 2 1/2 yrs. ago the cancer returned in her spine. Her husband had died a year before so she would only allow 10 radiation treatments. Last week she was feeling funny...went to the dr. and she had lost her perepheral vision. They thought they she had a small stroke. I had noticed that sometimes when talking she would forget what she was telling me..but I do that myself sometimes! They did a MRI last week and she found out yesterday that the cancer is in her head. My brothers GF's condition was a lot like my friends and I know the H*^# she went thru. Carolyn's is inoperable..but she is considering radiation. She is 73 and we have talked a lot about something like this happening. She feels she has lived her life and had much joy except for a daughter that treats her like trash. I could not tell you the things she and I have gotten into...we relive those fun times a lot. I am really having a hard time facing the fact that I may not have her very long..or at least with a clear mind. This is the type of friend you only find once in a lifetime we have never had the first cross word between us. If you have a friend like this...tell them how much they mean to you. I have always told Carolyn...we have shared a lot in the last 26 years. She was the one who introduced me to silkies 12 years ago. I hate seeing all the knowledge she possess lost.
Please keep her in your prayers and for me to have strength. I and 2 other friends will be taking her for some of her treatments so I don't know how often I will be on. I will need to spend more time with her right now. I am glad I'm almost finished with hatching for now.
It shows I am always online cause I never sign out...just can't remember passwords. Sorry for the post being so long.

 

[itsthelaw37801]

Good lord, what do you do? I have a whole rabbit barn (10 water bottles) and 4 pens of chickens and it takes me no more than 30 minutes! LOL
Unless you clean yours every single day..

Three rabbit bottles and one extra for the run, three feeders for rabbits, guinea water and feed, Brahma water and feed, Two coops with four waterers and two feeders, one chicken tractor with waterer and feeder, and ten nesting boxes. I clean at least five waterers a day. And we are training the guineas. So I have to walk them around the property. They are learning where they can go and where they shouldn't. So far they haven't gotten near the driveway. And all this doesn't include the dogs. Tommy takes care of them. This is all by choice. I want to keep my breeds separated.

 

[alexandraintn]

Well I will keep you and your friends all in my prayers. I just passed my four year mark with my first brain tumor also. I had my first surgery the day before Thanksgiving. I had spent 40 years dreading the big 40th birthday and when I had my 40th a couple days later I didnt even realize it was my birthday lol. I know what she is going thru and trust me I was lucky that after 5 surgeries I didnt elect to do chemo or radiation. The doctor warned me of the higher risk of return and it did by 2010. You take nothing for granted and trust me she is blessed by all you do. You have my best wishes and prayers. God knows what to do better than doctors so everybody do say a prayer for them.