Just a Chicken

[ChickenPeep]

Im right there with ya!! I wonder how other people would react if we started saying: Just a loved one, just a dog, just a car, just a house.

 

[Farm_Maven]

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Right!

 

[fishnet1971]

that is so touching. yup, I too am sitting here teary eyed, thinking of the times spent with my girls and "Bird. How I have defended them when my DH or Mom has said exactly that. "you are spending way to much time with them, they are just chickens" "It cost you HOW MUCH? for just chickens?". I love my girls, and 'Bird. I lost two cats last fall. One in October at 17 yrs. old and my Sam, my life, my soul in December of old age of 19. I didnt see how life could go on without her. She had been with me over 1/2 my life. I cry as I write this I still miss her sooooo badly. Point is, my girls and 'Bird got me though it. They were there to jump up on me when I sat there and cried about it, and pecked at my hair, my cloths to keep me busy. They followed me around their pen. They knew when something was wrong, and tried to make it better for me. I am part of the flock to them, and they know. When i had leg surgery last year, they knew something was wrong. My DH set me up with a chair and table in their pen against his wishes. They never left my side. all day and two pain pills later, they still were there. 'Bird even brought me goodies. A few pieces of grass, a caterpillar.

We all love our 'children' (and 'Bird. lol) and there's not a lot we wouldnt do for them. Shame on anyone who calls them 'just a chicken'. shame on them. I dont care if they call us nuts, crazy, looney, or freaks. I just dont care.

When they do that, just turn your back and walk away.