Mental Health?

[seminolewind]

Jeaucamom, I am jumping out of bed too, to let them out and say hello, even before I've had my coffee, and nothing ever came between me and my coffee! Yes, I see it's absolutely theraputic taking care of animals.

 

[thndrdancr]

I am so happy we could help, seminole. Actually I love all these responses, its making ME feel good too. And yep, same with me bout jumpin out of bed in the am.

The girls start hollerin at me if I am not johnny on the spot, but its not a mean hollering, its just a "are you comin, we ARE trying to be patient here" kind of hollering".

 

[kstaven]

I don't know your ancestry seminole, but if I may suggest that you phone your daughter up and let her know you have been thinking about what she said. "She may want to get checked out herself because the mental illness could be hereditary. Thinking about it you discovered that her great grandparents and great great grandparents kept chickens in their yard too!"

 

[purplebaby]

i love all your responses. likewise i have really become passionate about my chickens. everyday my students ask how they are!!! (these are emotionally disturbed high school kids) so i am sharing them with them thru stories and pictures. they are learning compassion as well as digital art. i also rescue pit bulls, something most of them never considered. as a lot of them come from areas where fighting them in not uncommon, throwing them away when they are hurt/injured is not unheard of.
you never know what kind of effect you have on other people's lives while simply living your own.

ps at 15 and13 my kids know i am not the average mom.... dog rescues, chickens, and oh so much more! smile and be passionate.

 

[southernsibe]

This is a great thread!! I think it makes sense that in this world or ours the simplicity of a chicken is therapy. They live very deliberately with no hidden motives.

Purplebaby, I taught kids like the ones you described. I have three therapy dogs, one of which I took to work with me on a daily basis. They learned more from him than I could hope to teach them.

I'm a newbie chicken mama. I wound up with 27 chickens! I think the feed store having a minimum of six contributed to my addiction. Oh, and I forgot, 2 turkeys!!!!

I think it is a rare and beautiful thing that chickens bring so much joy. Who woulda thunk it?

Rachel

 

[Tuffoldhen]

When I first got started with my chicks years ago, my family thought I was nuts..DS would say Mom that garden shed is too nice for chickens...Now years later...having people just stop to asked for eggs, hatching eggs, hens, roosters or just to sit and watch my girls out in the yard or to get compliments or how nice they are...my family knows I'm not so nutso

...I even had a GF ask for eggs yesterday that told me when I first started with chickens that she did not eat eggs and thought chickens were dirty animals...she brings the kids she babysits over every once in awhile to watch the hens ....just funny...or I like hearing do you have any peeps in the house growing out?...

 

[hsm5grls]

I have been re-reading these threads this mornin and had an idea! My step dad and my mom came here in aug. to visit. He had terminal brain cancer. While here he became too sick to go home and so they stayed and I nursed him until Sept. 1 when he passed away in my bedroom. It was very hard. My mom who has raised chickens for ever has just been devastated. When she finally went home about 4 weeks ago she went home to emptiness.. Even her chickens were gone. She had to give them away because she was not there to take care of them. She is in such a state of depression I am afraid we may have to get her some help. So I was wondering if there are any hatcheries that will send gift orders. I think she would be thrilled to have some chicks at her door one morning out of the blue. May be just what she needs to get in the swing of things again. I can imagine all here coops empty. She also had ducks and they are gone too. I would delivery them myself but she lives in Humbolt co. Which is in northern ca about a 24 hr. drive from here. What do you all think?

 

[Zenbirder]

hsm5grls,
Consider talking to her about her plans for life first. I have known a number of women who decide to travel after losing a partner. She may not want to be tied down right away.

 

[hsm5grls]

She will not be traveling as she is now going to have to go back to work due to financial issues. She was a nurse for many years and had a back injury that put her on disability for awhile. Now her disability is gone so she will be working again.

 

[pipermark]

I would send your daughter an order of 100 chicks from Ideal

of course I am crazy and proud of it