Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

I was thinking the same. I have a list!

I will work for food.

 

[BY Bob]

Sooo, according to Malory's dad my evil plan worked. A certain little girl went home with a silkie riding shot gun in her lap. Hoppy does have a new name though, Drac, short for Dracula.

What a wonderful gift. You are a sweet person.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Really? Why Dracula?

Because he is black and her Halloween present. When I caught him for her I told her Happy Halloween. And well, she is 13 so who am I to argue.

 

[LozzyR]

Conclusion

OK - so about 3 weeks ago I sent notice I was going to take vacation this week as long as the weather was nice. I got the usual push back - we need to know for sure blah blah blah - I told her plan for me being away - if I am not you can adjust I am sure. I need to do some caulking and clean the eves trough and other 'warm weather' work that did'nt get done in the summer like I wanted!

Then on Wednesday last week I started emailing the Proj Managers to let them know the coworker would be the contact during my vacation. Coworker set up a teams meeting to chat with my on Thursday (of course at the end of the day - why not! she knows when I leave), I didn't notice she also invited the hr dir. Oh and guess who worked from home on Thursday (OMG!).

So Thursday we started chatting about the tasks and reviewing were stuff was and HR Dir pops onto the session (oh great), then coworker asked about the fleet vehicles, I told her not to worry that was all Proj Manager X who had them all, of course HR Dir had to ask 'is it up to date?" I felt my pulse going up and BP just climbing, but I told her as far as I know it is up to date - you know the guys, and I don't have time to babysit them. There are more important things.

Well she started going on about it being up to date, I should know blah blah blah, so on and so forth. I told her "Stop going on about the fing spreadsheet, it's fing up to date for f sakes, you need to stop this badgering me and fixation on the spreadsheet'.

She said - it needs to be kept up to date....

Thats when I flipped out and told her 'I am disconnecting from this meeting I am not discussing this with you any further, I have important things to tell coworker and you are wasting my time, let me know when you wish to discuss more important things'. And I disconnected and went and hid in the bathroom to calm down. It's the Executive bathroom mable sink top... nice - and messy with drywall mud everywhere from construction. So I cleaned the bathroom hahaha.

Then I went back to my desk finished my work and went home.

Friday morning I was going to chat with the CFO but he was out all day, around 3:10 he popped by to 'have a chat' - good I thought.

Nope there was HR Dir in the room also (WTH ) If he wanted to talk with me he should not have the instigator there inflamming things! Any HR dept knows that - apparently this HR Dir is a dumba$$.

Anyways I gave my spiel and said I apologize for swearing.

Then she started in on the spreadsheet being updated.....


I just lost it, I told her she was fixated on the spreadsheet, a micro-manager who should concentrate on her own job, but when she said I only gave them 3 days notice for my vacation I about stormed out, I told her check your emails I let you know back the end of September.

Well then she said 'there have been complaints with Travel'.... Well I about had a stroke right then and there, I can really understand how a worker can go postal and do horrible nasty things to others. Thankfully I have a wee bit of common sense - though not lots it seems.

So I had to swallow, I took a deep breath and I smiled WOW how does one go from total fury to calm in 1 second? I told them - 'ok give me 30 seconds - I will be back, just 30 seconds'.

I went to my desk meeting the PMO Director on the way who wanted to discuss a real serious issue with me - I had to tell him 'Can I see you in a few minutes? I am with Paul'... I got my cellphone and security badge (oh that was another thing I started tracking that no one was tracking <i am grinding my teeth>), calmly walked back to the office and laid them on the table.

Paul looked confused and asked 'are you giving notice?'

"Yep sure am apparently I am a horrible worker, so you need to hire someone else who fits the bill. I will finish doing the stuff you interrupted me with, then I shall go home."

So I went to my desk and started finishing up stuff, but they came and told me 'you have to leave now'.

OK no problem - I am sure coworker knows how to do my job also seeing as how she did such a bang-up job before I was hired and when I was sick (not!).

The CFO escorted me to the door, where I said to him 'you know Paul I would never sabotage anything'.

He said 'its not that'

I looked at him and said 'yep sure, I worked in business a long time, bye Paul.'

And I walked to my car and freaked out. I should have just shut my face, said yea ma’am how high ma’am and stayed the plan for a quiet quit!

(Bob - Now I will never know if buddy made his connection at LaGuardia

The End

Now to find something else that pays the bills.

Idiot Kelly Tax
Misty thinking ‘I want to break free’ (great song!)
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I'm really behind but I just wanted to give you a big hug Kelly.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

What a wonderful gift. You are a sweet person.

It may come back to bite me in the butt. Thanks to me she has her own personal flock of chickens. Her dad informed me this evening that payback was coming.

 

[MaryJanet]

Under Construction

I did not have time to replace the coop roof today but i did have time to expand the porch so more hens can sunbathe this winter.

First I had to disassemble the existing porch without wrecking it. I then had to expand the sides to the limit of the roof.

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I then had to put a floor on the porch. This is going to make it significantly heavier but by expanding it I am going beyond the coop base so I need the floor to be part of the porch.

This did create a space under the porch that I would need to close with a cross piece under the floor. I had to patch the floor together as I had no plywood pieces large enough for the entire floor.

Here it is prior to painting.

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Then it was time for painting and installation of hardware cloth.

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Betty chose to throw new straw all over it as I cleaned the coop and gave them new straw. Everyone was partying in the new straw. Except Sydney, she just went to bed.

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Awesome porch expansion Bob!

 

[featherhead007]

Because he is black and her Halloween present. When I caught him for her I told her Happy Halloween. And well, she is 13 so who am I to argue.

That’s okay I guess, but I might have called that chook “Boo”

 

[bgmathteach]

Rosie was still hop limping this evening, luckily she seems to be resting lots too. She wasn't thrilled about having to soak her foot, but we got about 8.5 min in.View attachment 3307161

Can you see/tell what is wrong? Sore/infection, sprained ankle/foot? (i.e. any obvious tenderness if you touch near/around any joints? Any redness or swelling anywhere? Any limit to what she will allow if you check her ROM?

I'm hoping it is a simple sprain/twist that will gradually get better with time. Will she stay in a sling if you make one for her? @Kris5902 has a great pic of a sling she has made/

FYI: I've found, for my chickens, they don't stay in the sling well unless they are really sick/badly injured. However, orps tend to be a bit more easy going and Rose might be compliant. though not sure on that since she doesn't seem to like a foot soak, and many of mine have really enjoyed the warm epsom salts soak...and will frequently sit for 20 min...or more (mainly until the water cools!)

Hope she feels better soon and is up & running around

 

[bgmathteach]

Sooo, according to Malory's dad my evil plan worked. A certain little girl went home with a silkie riding shot gun in her lap. Hoppy does have a new name though, Drac, short for Dracula.

Fitting name given his coloring and the time of year!!!!

 

[bgmathteach]

It may come back to bite me in the butt. Thanks to me she has her own personal flock of chickens. Her dad informed me this evening that payback was coming.

Oh, in the form of extra eggs when your girls happen to be taking a long siesta?? What a thoughtful person he is!!