grannys gone and done it

[campingshaws]

grrrr, campingshaw, that is what i just passed up because i couldnt drive to get them. a trio for 30 dollars. bantams too. they are beautiful !  glad you got some.   i have drs. appt. today. i am driving and in pain so i cant take anything. sure would like to though. lol 

I got the four for $30! How could I resist that price?! Maybe I can ship some eggs to you when they get settled.

Hope your appt goes well. My mom has to see the doctors in Houston today (three hours away). So it seems like doctors all around.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

i would like some but thats a long ship ! doubt if it would do much good. thank you though. What a day !! I thought i was doing every thing right. I dont know why i thought that, i never have before. I went beebopping in the drs. office today like i owned the world. i was on a walker but i was walking ! I was healed !, she can walk! I got my butt chewed out!!

seems as if i am not supposed to be on my foot, without the boot, seems as if i am supposed to have a bandange still on the wound . even though the nurse came out and said it was healed shut, the dr. said the nurse is an idiot. he said if i even twist my ankle it will undo every thing he has done. so i didnt tell him about my little slip at the hospital. he has put my healing time back to 6-9 months now, I have promised to wear the darn boot and i am back to not walking well at all. then i took the boys grocery shopping. its the only month out of the whole yr. i can go through check out with out some smart butt saying, " well, somebodys got a sweet tooth". LOL 300 dollars later... we are leaving and the lovely lady that stands at the door just to make your life crazy says, " mamm, are you planning on taking that riding cart outside? we dont allow that anymore. Will you please bring it back in when you finish? " REALLY ? she wants me to ride it to my car just to ride it back in and then walk to the car? Yes mamm, I told her, i will be right back with it. that has to be a Jeff Foxworthy theres your sign moment. soo, home finally, i am wore completely out. Please tell me how it slipped my mind that i have a dog with separation problems? Frosty has locked herself in my husbands bedroom and she ATE the bedroom ! she tried to chew her way out i guess. she ate the carpet, the padding, his air hose and a slipper. she pooped in 2 places. OMG ! ya, ok. its my dog. i put my boot on and dutifully picked up the duty. swept what i could, vacuumed and some how in my new found freedom of this lovely boot, i twisted my ankle. ok, where is the dog ? she is ( hiding) in her favorite spot behind my chair with her head under the curtain and her butt sticking out. who can be mad at that? not me. at least i had an uneventful day for a change !

 

[alisan]

hi, so your coop is 18 sq. ft and each bird should have 4 sq. inside. you have 7 hens. 7x4 =28  you are missing 10 sq. ft for the coop. the run is different it varies but the more room the better.  a lot of people recommend 10 sq.ft for the run. that would be 70 you have 32.  this is floor space. Its pretty small.  how big is the chicken tractor and can you attach it to what you have now? or maybe divide them up between the 2 places?

 

[alisan]

Yes the tractors can both be attracted to run and to each other. One is 5×7 and 3 feet tall the other is 5×7 and 34 inches tall the smaller one has a 3×3 foot coop on top with one nest box

 

[alisan]

Yes the tractors can both be attracted to run and to each other. One is 5×7 and 3 feet tall the other is 5×7 and 34 inches tall the smaller one has a 3×3 foot coop on top with one nest box

I built these by cutting a lawn tractor shipping crate in half

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I built these by cutting a lawn tractor shipping crate in half

great job ! thats what i would do then. give them as much room as possible. sounds like a plan to me !

 

[alisan]

great job !  thats what i would do then. give them as much room as possible. sounds like a plan to me !

this is the taller one b4 it got 4 lawnmower wheels

 

[mrsc1951]

Granny, please be careful with your foot/ankle/tendon. I had my hand reconstructed in mid March and am still working on regaining full use. That was my hand! No weight bearing. If your tendon doesn't grow back correctly, you may be on a walker forever. I understand how frustrating it is and how strong the desire is to do what you want or feel you need to do, but beg you to take it easy. At least for the next six weeks or so. Give it a base to heal properly. It sounds like your nurse/aide isn't the brightest crayon in the box. Take care.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

thank you mrsc, i have to tell you i am very depressed. i have never felt this bad before. the sunshine and even going to the drs. yesterday helped me some. i have my boot on now. i have always done for myself and i am in a house where i have no one strong enough to do for me. to see my poor crippled husband trying to wait on me breaks my heart. I have a big worry on my heart and i dont think i will feel better until it is resolved. it is my son, most know he is autistic. so he wont drive. his dad is 76 i am sick and he has no one. he is very smart. a good boy/man. if medicaid pays for all this stuff, home visits ect.. they will put a lean on my home. it is not paid for. what will become of him? will he be stuck in a home somewhere? he can function on his own, he can shop, he can love. what he needs is a family. some one that will love him as i do. a wife maybe? he has no interest right now but maybe soon. i want to put the house in his name but i dont know if i can with money owed. Probably too much info for you guys but i dont really care. we all want to know our children will be ok when it is our time . i just want to know he will have love. so many ifs. my daughter would come if she had a home here and i could rest my tired mind and heart. that will never happen because we dont play the lotto. she has 6 boys and the oldest one grew up around robert til he was 9 or so. they would be perfect together. he is 15 now and he does love his uncle robert. it wouldnt work for me to sale my house and move there. they rent and hate where they live. they wont stay. the only way she is ever going to stay anywhere is if she can put her feet in her own soil. sometimes i think the invention of cars and airplanes was the worse thing that ever happened to man kind. i apologize all for this post. i do it hopes of an answer or a path i can walk.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Hang inhere granny things will get better. Well I got the auto chickendoor installed to day and a light with a timer put up. Still have to figure out how to set the timers. Didn't even have the door installed just the hole cut and was already fighting the chickens for the opening. I am hoping that a regular time for door opening in the morning and minimum of 14 hours of light will improve the egg production. Clipped the wing of the australops and wyndottes as they were flying over the 6 ft fence around their run. Should have clipped their nails as well little buggers shredded my shirt and my stomach as well one was so naughty that I thumped her on the head she settled right down after that. So my automatic chicken door is designed for a 2x4 wall guess what my walls in the old coop are 2 x 6. So did a little jury rigging. Door does work tho so I did manage to NOT screw the door frame to the door. Then made a new ramp for the girls to get in the new door. Took some scrap 2x6's and fence stapled and old oven rack to it so they have ridges to go up. Also installed a new 10 hole nest box for "normal sized" hens Have a total of 14 nest for the large marges' (brahma's) and 10 holer for the smaller girls. Have caught and confined in the "maternity ward" all of my dark Cornish butcher roosters aka the crips or my gang of rapists. They also got their wings clipped none of them felt like they were close to butcher weight. ANY idea on how to fatten them up. Cheaply would be preferred. Robert is going to set the auto timers for me. I need instructions for dummies with pictures. My new easter eggers seem to be on strike no green or blue eggs for about a week now. Will probably have to do a search and destroy the nest which is out somewhere in the 1/4 acre run. So actually hoping that they are just on strike. Will they do that when they are just starting to lay???


Take care of yourself and do as the Doctor say's so you can get better more quickly!!!!!!!!!! Being "naughty" is going to catch up with you and then even more down time which is not only tuff on you but also your family. (just a little guilt trip there ) WARM FUZZIES & PRAYERS nightly