your mother was right and it's true..i lost my dad in 2000..mother 4 years ago..thats the hardest thing i have gone thru..not a day goes by that i dont think of them...daddy would have loved my chickens..he use to raise them  and  breed with different roos  to see what they would look like,  same as we do now..i lived in mi  for 18 years  raised by girls there.i came home to live close to by parents  im so glad i did...girls weren't  happy here  for a long time but finally got use to it..you do what you think is right . the way it was i only got to see them couple times a year and knew they were getting older..i was glad to be home   lot warmer here too..