I am so sorry @campingshaws
- though short, it sounds like her life was full and happy. Many
to you. Love the new look - I've done a few "massive chops" in my day with my hair and always have that split second of regret but end up absolutely loving the new, shorter do.
@Sunset Ranch
- what a lovely photo. The little fuzz butts can be very hard to resist - if only they could stay that cute and little a bit longer, they grow up SO fast! I hear you on wishing you could spend more time (ie all day) chatting away here in this thread - such a great bunch of folks!
@granny hatchet
- so sorry to hear you are still suffering so much pain. I often think of you and all you endure. Does heat/cold therapy offer you any relief? I imagine at this point you'd try just about anything - hypnosis, acupuncture, voodoo?? I suppose if one must be afflicted with an addiction, poultry is among the better ones to have.
@ChickenLady2014
- it can take a hatch or two for some broodies to get the hang of all the parenting stuff (heck, look at the natural parenting abilities of some of us humans, the "more advanced" species) - that being said, I will always choose to have a good broody raise chicks vs. having to do all that work myself - just seems they never cooperate and time their broodiness to suit my wants/needs. My most recent threatening broody decided to pull the plug on her act by the end of day 2, so that washed my plan of securing a few new chicks to graft under her, oh well - DH would probably have killed me if/when he finally realized I had more birds (there are some advantages to having the coop be way out from the house and a husband who rarely crosses the pasture fence since all those animals are "mine".
Fairly certain I have contracted the plague. Hit me last night and am feeling no better today - just spent my lunch hour sitting outside, in full sun, wearing a sweater and that was the most comfortable I have felt all day (it's 75 here today and I am a lover of A/C for anything over about 70) - oh, the chills! Luckily my work is such that I can self-quarantine in my office and get things that *have* to be done this week taken care of without infecting those around me.....
Toying with integrating the latest batch of babies into the main flock this weekend - or maybe next. They're coming on 10 weeks now and more than ready to get out of their little growout house I have them in now. They put up quite the fuss when they see me go out and turn the big flock out and have become increasingly difficult to get herded back into their little run at the end of their play times. DH seems convinced I want to keep them up by the house - he doesn't realize how much I am looking forward to cutting the chicken chores in half by having just one big group to deal with. Thinking I'm happy I held off and never got around to taking my questionable Welsummer to any of the swaps - really had me second guessing my sexing there for a bit around 3-4 weeks, but I'm quite certain she is a she now, so at least I didn't needlessly cut my numbers.
