Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[CayuseRanch]

Then we could go hit up my family to cook for us! Nah, they'd see me coming and run.

I'll cook for you... Come on over... I have Chinese, Italian and Mexican on speed dial.

 

[AK Michelle]

Its me! Its totally me. My dog just snapped at me. ***???? I was putting the kids to sleep and I heard all the dishes on the table crash to the floor as I was going to clean up after they slept. I ran out and told her to go outside and she wouldn't so I reached to grab her scruff and throw her out and she snapped at me! I'm soooo upset. Then my daughter was so upset that the dog was outside and she said I'd better be careful because Hurley might try to kill me tomorrow. What is going on? I want my husband home soooo bad. And I'm going to lose it with the dog because she is whining outside and scratching the door. She's never stayed outside for more than 10 minutes alone....in her whole 4 years.

I want to cry.

Breathe, take a bubble bath, seriously, you need to give yourself a mental health break. Make some me-time. Let the dog in the house, do the absolute least for clean up, take a book and just relax. It's hard work being a single parent and even harder when you aren't really single but the other half just isn't there. I'm sure he would prefer to be there helping you

In my opinion, red wine, dark chocolate and flowery scented bubbles can cure almost anything.

 

[BBAcres]

I knows it's not been 7 days yet. But I got curious.....is this ok?? Is that a blood spot??.

 

[CayuseRanch]

The horse situation is really sad, especially in Oklahoma. People are actually dumping them around here. A whole group of them were dumped out and an ad was put in the paper asking if anyone knew who they might belong to. A friend of mine took in two donkeys that were dumped out close to her house. The drought last year was awful. No one has any hay to feed their livestock. My stepmom sold all of her cows because she couldnt afford to feed them and she has over a dozen horses and can't even give them away. She sold the cows and bought enough hay to get the horses through the winter and luckily we have 200 acres they graze on so they look good but alot of the animals around here are looking very poor indeed.

As another okie I cam attest to this. We don't have 200 acres but we do have 6 horses. When you are paying $200 a bale that doesn't last a week you have to skimp and take cuts. I absolutely love my horses but they are thinner than they have ever been. We keep them at a healthy low weight where they used to be fat and happy. Raz, while I understand your feelings, I also know that owners. I would never dump my horses or let them go to a meat sale, I would have them put down first. These are very very tough times on horses. Atleast here in Oklahoma. Oh and that $200 a bale is IF you can find them. ETA: I did just get on craigslist and hay cost has significantly dropped from about 6 weeks ago. Could be from the rain, people letting go of what they had in storage, so that's a good sign... Guess I will be buying more hay this weekend. Am I a thread killer? Where did everyone go?

 

[AK Michelle]

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I always candle mine from the top, I will have to try a new angle, just for kicks and giggles.

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I love my mutts!

 

[Mahonri]

G'nite everybody.

Happy incubating...

 

[hennypenny99]

As another okie I cam attest to this. We don't have 200 acres but we do have 6 horses. When you are paying $200 a bale that doesn't last a week you have to skimp and take cuts. I absolutely love my horses but they are thinner than they have ever been. We keep them at a healthy low weight where they used to be fat and happy. Raz, while I understand your feelings, I also know that owners. I would never dump my horses or let them go to a meat sale, I would have them put down first. These are very very tough times on horses. Atleast here in Oklahoma. Oh and that $200 a bale is IF you can find them.

She loves her horses and wouldn't want them to go to a meat sale either. She started feeding this guys horses when he would go on vacation over 10 years ago. Well they made a deal that she would feed the horses and instead of him paying her money she worked off buying an appaloosa stud horse. Then I think he gave her a mare and so now she has gosh... at least a dozen or more. Hopfully this year will be better and we will have some hay.

I know what you mean on the hay though. There were people that would set up with square bales at the Orschlands parking lot and sell it for $12 a bale and it wasn't even good quality. The sale barns wouldnt take the horses so I can see where some people might turn theirs out. Maybe they hoped that they would find food somewhere and they wouldnt have to watch them starve to death but they should have thought about what might happen if someone hit them with their car. I know the donkeys ran up and down the road for several days before my friend took them in.

 

[SunnyDawn]

don't get to comfortable. Kids come home about the time you get used of being alone. And bring the whole family with them....

That's what I keep hearing. Our oldest was making noises about this a couple of years ago but her financial situation is better now. I love her to death but she is my most trying child and I don't think I could deal with this for any extended time. So a year ago Hubby and I were talking about retiring to Ecuador. Of course it's my most challenging child that says "That's a great idea! I'll move with you and we can get property together!!!"

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IF I candle, I don't until day 10 or 12, and then MAYBE again at lockdown. In the first case, I prefer to be able to REALLY see development or not, and in the second, I sometimes just cross my fingers and don't candle then at all.

I prefer to be disappointed only once, and if I candle and find non-developed eggs or "dead" ones, it makes me sad. IF, at day 25 - yes, day 25 - there are un-hatched eggs, then that's the disappointment I'm ready to handle.

Because, you see, I am pleased if I get even ONE chick - and two chicks is a GOOD hatch, regardless of the number of eggs set. (That's just me... I may be out money for the eggs, but if I have two miracles, it's hard to be disappointed about the rest of the eggs that didn't hatch.)

What a lovely way to look at it!!!

Well we came thru the storms with no damage and with lights intact sad to say just 10 miles down the road is another story a tornado touched down and caused alot of damage and a house fire due to a gas line being wripped up out of the ground from under a house. Please keep my neighbors from down the road in yalls prayers. ok question on my temps some say 102 since i have still air and the eggs in the turnner are cool and the eggs stacked on top is warm and others say 100 ontop of the stacked eggs. which should i do to save the hatch should i try and get a 3rd incubator and take the stacked eggs out and place them in a 3rd incubator if i can find one and get it stabled.

So glad you are safe! How scary!

I had to come and read posts here today because I am just too depressed to do much outside even though it was a very pretty day here

. I bought some chicklets from a lovely man and had them sent express mail. They were suppose to arrive yesterday by three. They did not and the post dept was pretty cruel in saying - well just give us a call tomorrow. They arrived today finally and all most all of them are dead!!! I have spent the day watching two of them slowly fade into nonexistence

. Not a good day

. I kept calling about them yesterday and the PO was just soooo uncaring and heartless

. They were just so precious and it was just so wrong

. I needed a smile and Superchemicalgirls Celebrity look a like was just perfection

Oh that is so sad!!!

My calendar submission for may, for mother's day.

Awwwww...

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I thought this too when they were young. The truth is it is natural for them to leave and the teenage years are a natural part of life that helps you prepare for that stage. You can't hang on to them forever. The parent that tries ends up making the child miserable. Your children can't be your everything. That is too much pressure for any child. Our job is to raise them to be responsible adults that can take good care of themselves and get along well on their own. We shouldn't be too upset when that is exactly what happens.

Oh and my kids were still great at 13. My oldest started acting out at 16 and the others were even later than that. In fact the youngest really barely acted out at all and even he didn't understand why. I had to explain to him that the biological changes as we head into adulthood cause mood swings and that it is a normal part of growing up and moving on. As hard as it is on us they don't need to feel guilty for going through a very normal process. Not that I didn't lose my patience now and then with certain behaviors. I just vented to other adults that understood what I was going through.

BTW this is not something you need to worry about at this stage of your life anyway. Just love 'em! It'll all work out in the end the way it was meant to.

I get revenge for when my daughter was younger and gave me such a hard time. When she got her first home of her own I would go over everyday after work and help myself to something to drink and leave the glass where I was sitting and go get another for another drink and leave that too. Spoil the geandson and leave. When we get invited for a meal I use a different dish and silverware for everything and leave it for her to clean up. lol As far as the kids go we spoil them rotten, give them what they want (with in reason) then before they go home we sugar them up.

Ain't that what grandparents are suppose to do?

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I prepared myself for this too cause a couple friends of mine had become grandparents early in life. Then my oldest waited til she was 30 to have her first. It does no good to worry. Just relax. Life will throw you a curveball no matter what and worrying doesn't help you prepare anyway. It's all part of our learning lessons. But yeah, hopefully you will have many more years!!!

Its me! Its totally me. My dog just snapped at me. ***???? I was putting the kids to sleep and I heard all the dishes on the table crash to the floor as I was going to clean up after they slept. I ran out and told her to go outside and she wouldn't so I reached to grab her scruff and throw her out and she snapped at me! I'm soooo upset. Then my daughter was so upset that the dog was outside and she said I'd better be careful because Hurley might try to kill me tomorrow. What is going on? I want my husband home soooo bad. And I'm going to lose it with the dog because she is whining outside and scratching the door. She's never stayed outside for more than 10 minutes alone....in her whole 4 years.

I want to cry.

Oooohhhh!!! She doesn't know she is tearing your heart out Sweetie. Kids just say what they know will get a reaction. She just knows her mommy really well! Animals can sense when you are stressed too and it kinda throws them off. Get your soldier confidence back and they will sense when you are back in control. I feel for you!!! I can't imagine the sacrifice you are making so your husband can serve our country!!! I wish I lived close to you I would come over and give you a huge hug and then take the dog for a walk for you.

The dog can whine til you feel better. It won't hurt her to be outside for awhile. Just remember by the time you bring her in she won't remember having snapped at you. Dogs live very much in the moment and they definitely don't plan to hurt. She was just reacting to your stress.

 

[babigyrl22]

marking my spot!

 

[Sueg4332]

fined a dead computer somewhere use the computer fan, I am sure craigslist you came find one. google it a guy online tell you how to install it. I did the temp stays alot nicer

i wish i could get a fan but money here is tight and on a strick budget since hubby finally got a job after 2 years on unemployment i hope to have extra money soon so i can get the fans for the incubators i have not had a problem like this before with incubating except this last time and now