grannys gone and done it

[Wishing4Wings]

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It was fun, wasn't it?

 

[jane s chickens]

Morning all. Up before the chickens. Now i hear a cockadoodledoo.

 

[Tumbling K]

Only been there a couple weeks still painting the entire house as wife doesn't like the colors He works for United Airlines and is based out of Houston. They bought a place in Littleton or little something. LOL not sure I'll ever get down there. Hate heat and humidity even more so.

Angleton?

I work in Houston, live way far away.

twisted, you should visit now........perfect time of the year, still shorts weather, but humidity is way down.

 

[jane s chickens]

60 degrees this am and drizzly. May rain again today. BO roo still so muddy he can barely walk He is only one that wouldnt let me wet him with hose.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Red, gold & black sexlinks & California greys coming tomorrow. I have had Amberlinks & the ISA browns

I had amberlinks! They would run on my legs like cats. Suuuuuuper bullies in the flock, though.

Amberlinks are the worst in my opinion, never got an egg out of the 5 I got from TSC years ago. 3 were roo's and had to be dispatched at 11 weeks because how rough they were with the ladies (they were possessed little devils) The 2 pullets I rehomed at 15 weeks because of the constant fights in the flock.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

black/purple comb is no oxygen. sudden sounds like heart failure

Ya that's what I had read & suspected. The reason I choose to cull instead of treat.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

 
I was going to make this privet but changed my mind. I wanted to tell you about my sons father.  I didnt know him that well. what I did know was that if he said he was going to do something then he was. I was told by drs. there was no way possible I could have a baby after my daughter. I tried fertility clinics the whole nine yards . It just wasnt happening. I met Allen where I worked . he was older 50 yrs. and we dated. well you know how it happens. we only ...the one time. thats how I know when I conceived.  The dr called with results that I had no idea he was even checking for and he found me in the kitchen with the phone swinging by the cord next to me.  I was finally able to tell him and I will never forget his words. Oh no, Oh God, Oh shiit. How about an abortion?   Me who had tried so hard to have another is getting this suggestion .  of course I told him no and because I told him it was impossible for me to have a child I didnt blame him. so I told him he could leave and I would not hold him responsible in any way shape or form.  and I didnt. It started with weird phone calls, then stalking. It escalated he would come over and look through my windows. one time he brought a pack of diapers. thats when he put me on my back and stuck a knife up to me. He intended to kill me the baby then himself. for some reason he left. then he called . told me he was planning on killing himself.  These words I will never forget either. I said, go ahead, and when your dead Robert will collect your social sec. and I wont worry about diapers.  He will be better off with you dead. So he did.  He made a will out , checked his life insurance to make sure it covered suicide .  laid a plastic tarp down to not make a mess and shot himself in the heart in his garage so not to make a mess.   I carried that guilt with me for years . I should of called his mom, sister someone. but i didnt . I dont have guilt now because I realize it was never about me or Robert . He needed more help then we could of ever gave him.  I hope this helps you some how with your dad. You cant change what is to be. and if you were not talking for 5 years then you had a good reason not to and him not being here dont change that.

Granny...you posted this last night. I've read it over and over and over. I'm not sure if I have words to thank you enough for sharing that with me. Your words to him probably saved yours and Robert's lives. I had terrible guilt about my father. My Mom (they got divorced when I was in 4th grade) kept telling me to make amends,  that if he died without a reconciliation that I would never forgive myself. I disowned him. He was a liar, a cheater a womanizer and a lecher. When he was diagnosed with Parkinsons, his young chick wife left him. I refused to move him to Ca into my home and care for him. You're not supposed to do that to your parents. He chose not to be old. Day after Christmas 10 or so years ago, he drove his car to a parking lot and shot himself in the stomach. Not so much Merry Christmas any more. He won. 

Granny & Mutt, sorry that the both of you have had to endure such horrible situations. Praying that God will bring peace to you both

 

[campingshaws]

Red, gold & black sexlinks & California greys coming tomorrow. I have had Amberlinks & the ISA browns

I had amberlinks! They would run on my legs like cats. Suuuuuuper bullies in the flock, though.

Amberlinks are the worst in my opinion, never got an egg out of the 5 I got from TSC years ago. 3 were roo's and had to be dispatched at 11 weeks because how rough they were with the ladies (they were possessed little devils) The 2 pullets I rehomed at 15 weeks because of the constant fights in the flock.

I got mine from an auction, not sure on age. They looked like battery hens. But mine laid like crazy! Great big eggs every single day. They also ate nonstop, which is why I sold them.

 

[Tumbling K]

Just think you guys , If the Indians had gave the pilgrims a donkey instead of a turkey we would all be having a piece of @ss for thanksgiving .

Granny!!!

I can't believe you said that, but I like it. Lol

 

[ChickenLady2014]

So I headed off to the post office first thing this morning to get my chicks, imagine my surprise when I got there & there were no chicks. This is a new hatchery for me.In fact the only one that was still shipping birds in this year. Right from the beginning there has been problems. Said they could ship on the original ship date if I substituted California Greys for the 5 Pearl Leghorns that I had ordered. So I agreed, just wanting to get the birds here before our weather went south. I get home 2 days later to a message on my answering machine that says "Hi I'm so & so you talked to so & so 2 days ago and just calling to confirm your ship date of Nov. 13th. That is not what I agreed upon. I call the hatcherie back to let them know they had made a mistake again. That my order had been bumped out to Nov. 4th due to the shortage of Leghorns & that my order had been changed to California Greys & was being shipped directly. She say "oh no, that's not possible because I put a call out to the hatchery & they don't have enough of some of your other birds" I told her "your kidding me right?" I've went from getting my chicks the 3rd week of October to them arriving on Nov. 13th. I was p*ssed, so this week arrives & Tues comes & goes without a call or text saying the birds have shipped. So I called them yesterday to find out what's up. The gal says "oh ya, they shipped yesterday, its not our practice to call or email when the birds ship. But yes my birds will be to my post office Thurs. morning. So to make a long story short, birds were not at the post office this a.m. the post master says "you have a tracking number, right? We will just look it up to see where they're at." Nope no tracking number here because the @ssholes don't notify you when they ship or the tracking number. They are never getting my freaking business again. Postmaster told me they get a midday shipment in & would let me know if they came in, GRRR......