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[herefordlovinglady]

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Kelly so sorry to hear about his. I hope the injured one does well and has you a healthy set of twins.



Ladies, I am trying my best to get back on here and check on you all. I am on an emotional roller coaster (the kiddy one, not the big one). But every night i lay my head down and am thankful for what I have and very proud of myself for taking the step I did to improve my life. I miss a lot about my home and miss a lot about my DH, but know i would of curled up and died If I stayed. Now I am on my own, plenty of family support, great home, great job, just got to keep pushing forward and work out the details.

I can't eat eggs or beef right now. I miss my chickens and the cows so very much. I have a hard time reading about all the chicken stuff going on, but this too will change. I am putting one foot in front of the other. switching my thoughts when they drift to something sad. And carrying on.

So let's go take on the day -- it's gonna be a good one.

 

[texasgal]

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Kelly so sorry to hear about his. I hope the injured one does well and has you a healthy set of twins.



Ladies, I am trying my best to get back on here and check on you all. I am on an emotional roller coaster (the kiddy one, not the big one). But every night i lay my head down and am thankful for what I have and very proud of myself for taking the step I did to improve my life. I miss a lot about my home and miss a lot about my DH, but know i would of curled up and died If I stayed. Now I am on my own, plenty of family support, great home, great job, just got to keep pushing forward and work out the details.

I can't eat eggs or beef right now. I miss my chickens and the cows so very much. I have a hard time reading about all the chicken stuff going on, but this too will change. I am putting one foot in front of the other. switching my thoughts when they drift to something sad. And carrying on.

So let's go take on the day -- it's gonna be a good one.

We love ya!

Lucky stars above you,
Sunshine on your way,

Many friends to love you,
Joy in work and play-

Laughter to outweigh each care,
In your heart a song-

And gladness waiting everywhere
All your whole life long.

 

[San]

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Kelly so sorry to hear about his. I hope the injured one does well and has you a healthy set of twins.



Ladies, I am trying my best to get back on here and check on you all. I am on an emotional roller coaster (the kiddy one, not the big one). But every night i lay my head down and am thankful for what I have and very proud of myself for taking the step I did to improve my life. I miss a lot about my home and miss a lot about my DH, but know i would of curled up and died If I stayed. Now I am on my own, plenty of family support, great home, great job, just got to keep pushing forward and work out the details.

I can't eat eggs or beef right now. I miss my chickens and the cows so very much. I have a hard time reading about all the chicken stuff going on, but this too will change. I am putting one foot in front of the other. switching my thoughts when they drift to something sad. And carrying on.

So let's go take on the day -- it's gonna be a good one.

I don't know your story but I wish you all the best and strenght to carry thru!

 

[quietheart]

So sorry to hear about your goats Kelly

, hope the injured ones are going to be ok

.

Sorry you're having a rough time

, glad you have a good support system as you go through this though. Sounds like you have a good plan also for getting through the rough spots.

Morning everyone else. I have my 2 oldest step-grandsons here till Wednesday

so I'm not sure how much I'll be on between now and then. Candled the eggs in the bator and there'd been no growth over the weekend so I had to chunk the 15 eggs

. Fixed the bator last night and gonna set some more today, some of which are guinea eggs

. Can't believe how early they're laying this year

.

 

[texasgal]

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I would be a little less excited if my SS were going to be here until wed ....

but that's 'nuther story .. lol

I am resisting the urge to put eggs in the bator .. I've got 6 chicks in the brooder. DH asked me the other day if we need another coop? *stupid question* ..

 

[quietheart]

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I would be a little less excited if my SS were going to be here until wed ....

but that's 'nuther story .. lol

I am resisting the urge to put eggs in the bator .. I've got 6 chicks in the brooder. DH asked me the other day if we need another coop? *stupid question* ..

Step-sons are another matter, that's nail biting time, lol. They might be coming for a visit, their sister is getting married next month, I know their mother will be over at my step-daughters for the next 3 weeks starting Wednesday. That's why I have both lil ones till then, won't get to see them again till after she leaves. We're working on putting a floor in the large coop and finishing a 3rd adult chicken coop. Hubby told me he plans to eventually build me a barn with stall for the chickens and attached yards divided by breed, I'd say he loves me, lol. I told him I want 16 stall. The rest of the barn will be used for supplies and the attack will be used for him to keep his electronic stuff in that he doesn't need in the shop all the time. Of course we have to get the shop going so we'll have the money to complete my mad plans, lol.

 

[algopurple]

Kelly that really sucks about your goats! Sorry you had to loose some.

Hope the others are going to be ok. I love dogs but love my chickens more so don't have any.


Robin, like San said, I don't know your story but feel really bad that you are having to go through this and hope it gets better REAL soon.

Where are Michelle, Des, Tanya, Charmed, Nat, and Elizabeth ? I have to work every day for a week and everyone is gone!

Hey everyone else that is here!

Here is my lastest news!!

I set 41 eggs on Feb. 27th and have already pulled out18 dry chicks to make room for the others still hatching or drying off. Looks like there might be still 10 in there hatched but still wet and at least 3 more pips!!

I have lost count but I think this is around my 4th or 5th hatch and I still get excited about it!

 

[KellyHM]

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OMG .. and DH is still LIVING !?!?!
You don't have to re-home the dog, really .. it just takes diligence. We have a dog that would kill all my chickens, if given the chance ... but in a year of managing chickens and dog .. we've not lost one (to my own dogs) ..

Dogs are ALWAYS supervised when chickens are out .. chickens are NEVER out when dogs are unsupervised. Period.

PITA .. but works.

I'm so sorry...

Barely.

I don't know if it was pack mentality or not, but neither of the other 2 dogs have EVER gone after any of my livestock. The puppy has gone after chickens/ducks before, but never anything bigger. I don't trust him, so he is ALWAYS supervised outside when I'm home (definite a PITA), but DH wasn't as worried. See where that got him?

Anyways, I told him if he wants to keep the dog he has to be watching him like a hawk EVERY time he's outside and putting the shock collar on him wouldn't hurt either. I'm going to put it on him when I'm around and train him not to even THINK about going into the back pasture. The injured doe is recovering, although still stiff, but I think she's going to be ok. She managed to hang onto her kids through all this and I just hope they're ok. Cross your fingers for twin doelings with moonspots.

HFLL - I just got the jist of your whole story.

Let me know if I can do anything to help out.

Roz - Glad DH did well. Hope you're not too exhausted this week.

On to more bad news. Just got my taxes done. Apparently we owe $6800.

I expected to owe some, maybe $1500, because when I do relief work they don't take taxes out. But that is just CRAZY. How am I suppose to come up with that kind of money?! Even with an extension I won't be able to do it without working doubletime. Apparently DH's previous job (that he worked 10 months of the year last year) only took out $189 in income tax for the WHOLE year.

And now we get stuck paying for it. I'm at a complete loss of what to do. I still have medical bills I'm paying on too, so it will be on top of those. Guess I'll be living at work for the next 6 months.

And my dad's accountant did my taxes, not me, so I know she knows what she's doing.

One positive note - I had 3 Marans chickies hatch last night. 1 Wheaten, 1 splash, & 1 blue.

 

[KellyHM]

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I think I am on my 876th hatch (ok, random number, but you get the point) and I still get excited!

 

[herefordlovinglady]

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Kelly so sorry to hear about his. I hope the injured one does well and has you a healthy set of twins.



Ladies, I am trying my best to get back on here and check on you all. I am on an emotional roller coaster (the kiddy one, not the big one). But every night i lay my head down and am thankful for what I have and very proud of myself for taking the step I did to improve my life. I miss a lot about my home and miss a lot about my DH, but know i would of curled up and died If I stayed. Now I am on my own, plenty of family support, great home, great job, just got to keep pushing forward and work out the details.

I can't eat eggs or beef right now. I miss my chickens and the cows so very much. I have a hard time reading about all the chicken stuff going on, but this too will change. I am putting one foot in front of the other. switching my thoughts when they drift to something sad. And carrying on.

So let's go take on the day -- it's gonna be a good one.

We love ya!

Lucky stars above you,
Sunshine on your way,

Many friends to love you,
Joy in work and play-

Laughter to outweigh each care,
In your heart a song-

And gladness waiting everywhere
All your whole life long.

I love this -- Thanks Tex