Michigan

[shelleyb1969]

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Sorry to hear that cub. I had 8 BO eggs from a fellow BYCer in the bator a few weeks ago, and none of them were viable. So I feel your pain!

 

[Opa]

As a prudent course of action, I have the new Speckled Susses pullets in a separate cage. Unbelievable how talkative they are. The little girl that raised them must have spent a lot of time with them as they love to be handled. I was adding feed to their feeder and they ignored the food and stood at the opening as if waiting for me to pick them up. They just stood there as I stroked their heads and necks. It might sound stupid but it was a special moment.

 

[CATRAY44]

Hello Shar,

I grew up in Lansing. What part are you in? I hail from the '
Colonial Village' area. I have been looking on Municode.com and so far the only thing I see about 'foul' is that can't be a nuisence by either noise or sanitation. http://www.municode.com/Resources/gateway.asp?pid=13231&sid=22 The concern seems to be overstocking birds in too small a dwelling and roosting conditions. I imagine noise might enter in, so you may want to keep it to hens and pullets.

Have fun!

 

[Gloria]

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Not stupid at all, Opa! I have six 9 week old pullets from Miss Jayne, that do the same thing. They take naps on my lap in the sun when I'm sitting out there with them. They also take little naps sitting around my feet too. Silly little girls!

 

[Opa]

Yesterday my oldest son had major surgery and praise to God he came through fine. This morning I talked to his wife, just after the surgeon had leftm and his prognosis was excellent. The sad thing was that the surgery was necessary due to dental work I had performed on him when he was a child. He needed braces and after much checking I took him to the top rated orthodontist in the area. He pulled some teeth, put him in braces and several years and several thousand dollars latter he had a beautiful smile. Now thirty some years later he was at risk of dying from severe sleep apnea. It turns out that it is quite common with people who had orthodontic work done in the early seventies. Pulling teeth to "make room" for teeth causes the pallet to shift and occlude the airway. Today they can reshape the pallet without pulling teeth. To correct this situation the doctors actually cut his upper jaw from the skull and repositioned it. The procedure took almost seven hours and being six hundred miles away from him made the waiting seem even longer. It is amazing that sometimes even our best efforts fall short. We can only trust in God to get us though this life and hopefully to a better one.

 

[tororider]

Thanks be to God your son's prognosis is good. I will send some prayers up for him for good measure. You are too right that all we can do is trust that He knows what he is doing more than we do. To paraphrase; He clothes the flowers of the fields and feeds the birds of the air, how much more important to Him are we than those things. Worry not about tomorrow's troubles, for today has enough of it's own." If only it were that easy to not worry about the future, especially in times as these. Although, I guess it is that easy, thats why it is called faith.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

Opa glad to hear he is doing good I will keep him in prayers. Don't beat yourself up too hard, we sure do everything we can for our kids and what a kick in the pants when we find out that we made those mistakes while thinking it was for the best. Hang in there.

 

[miss_jayne]

Praise the Lord who saves! great news, Opa!

hey, every decade has their medical glitches like that. i had to have braces on my legs and feet, to straighten my hips. turns out it was the biggest fad that doctors hooked onto. was never going to help.

i have scars on the backs of both my feet, hard to fit for shoes and my back has scoliosis that can bend in both directions. i still thank God that my parents tried to make a good decision for me. they had no way to know any differently.


you are obviously a godly parent, and a great example to your family and a witness to us.
i'll say it again, everyone needs a grandpa.

 

[ChickaD]

Opa, I'm so glad and grateful that your son came through that surgery and is on the mend. You know, as parents, we do our best with the knowledge and resources we have at the time...every time I look at our son's crooked, crowded teeth (but he still has a beautiful smile!) I regret not being able to have his teeth straightened when he was little...so there's the other side of the coin. What a thrilling thought that SOME DAY we're going to get brand new bodies with no "kinks"!
And whatever happened physically, it sounds like you gave your son the right spiritual start!

 

[wyliefarms]

Glad to hear the surgery was successful!

My oldest 2 are just starting orthodonitists. Now they put an expander in to make room for all the teeth.

I still cannot believe the price for it all!!!

Sarah