Ever feel lonely when you dont have any PM's waiting for you?

[algopurple]

Hey everyone. Shower was today and had lots of fun. Got lots of diapers and other stuff. Will show pics. tomorrow. Ankles and feet are swollen and tired so not going to sit here at puter too much longer. Hope yall are having a good evening. Talk to everyone tomorrow.

 

[KellyHM]

I wake to the sound of peeping fluffy butts in the bator!

 

[charmed one]

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. Yea!

 

[texasgal]

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What a nice way to start the week...

 

[texasgal]

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I love to hear this .. my mom, as much as I love her, is all about... MY MOM. The older she gets, and the worse her mind gets, the more cynical, bitter, and self absorbed she is... However, I talk to her every single day (she lives in FLA) and just let her ramble ..

A good friend told me after losing HER mom, that I need to cherish every conversation, because one day I won't have her voice to hear...

I'm glad you and your mom are close.

 

[texasgal]

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True this.

 

[Rozzie]

Hello everyone. I won't be able to go back and read everything to catch up. Life is far too complex right now. We saw the surgical oncologist this weekend. My husband's surgery has been scheduled for the near future (I don't want to say when on a public forum). I posted a much more detailed update on my FB page, for those of you who can access that. Basically, the prognosis is good. However, they did disagree with the original pathologists on how deep the cancer had spread. That wasn't good news. Due to the location, the chances of spread to the lymph nodes are higher, so they are being very aggressive.

Anyway, the next few weeks will still be chaos for me. I'm going to try to just hold in until I get a couple of weeks off work in May...Maybe I can catch up then.

 

[michelle1017]

Good Morning!

 

[texasgal]

Morning peeps...

Mr Hawk came a'visitin' again yesterday.

We were burning leaves in the front yard, when I hear the chickens alarm and saw them run for cover.. I ran to the back, looked around, didn't see anything ... it was still.. quiet.

i continued to walk toward the coop and spotted movement. Mr hawk! And he was carrying something .. it was Sparkle... one of my MF d'uccle hens. He couldn't get off the ground with her. I took off running toward him .. he tried to take off with her again .. he landed again, trying to get a better grip.

Finally he dropped her and flew up to a tree, did a nice tail shake, and watched me go to her.

I thought she was dead.. lying where he dropped her, with her head twisted underneath her. I picked her up, head dangling, and noticed she was breathing. Cradling her, I walked up to the coop to check on everyone else. I really was thinking that every breath was going to be her last.

Mr Hawk dropped down to where he dropped her to investigate.. then flew back up to his 'perch' and watched me.

As I walked to the front to discuss options with DH, she was able to right her head. I talked to her and she made a few noises and eventually opened one of her eyes.. We examined her and found only one puncture wound on her back .. bleeding pretty good.

I carried her around for a while, until she started moving and acted like she could sit on her own, then I placed her in a nest box in the banty cage .. and this is where she stayed. When I put the other hens up that evening, they went to her, very warily .. and reconnected.

This morning she was at the feeder eating .. so I guess she'll be ok.

Mr Hawk hung around all afternoon .. just far enough away that we couldn't have a proper conversation with him about not coming back.

Part of me is relieved that he was unable to get her off the ground, because that means that as long as I'm vigilant, he might hurt, but won't GET another one.

The other part of me is thinking that I need to fence off a half acre of chicken specific land, and get great pyrenese... LOL.

Poor little girl .. and all the rest... they were all so traumatized all day..

Ok.. that's my hawk story.

~dw

 

[texasgal]

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Just know that even when you are't able to be here that we are thinking about you and praying for ya'll!