Nigellas -
Well, all I actually managed to get painted was the outside of the door. At least it's a rather big door. It's the only outside part that needed to be painted, and it was so late in the evening that I finally got started painting - about 6:30 - that I didn't want to paint anything inside, open door or no. Don't want to fume them to death. So hopefully I will get a chance tomorrow to work on that more.
It is really hard to paint like that with the two wee ones. Kaia, (4,) is fine, but Katalin, (the 1 /12 year old,) is tough. I need to have her in sight
and keep her off the wet paint / out of the paint can. This is pretty much an impossible task. Tomorrow I may just go ahead and put a movie on for them and see what I can get done. We borrowed Castle in the Sky from the library, I will be disappointed to not even get to hear it, let alone see any of it. I have never seen it before and would like to.
So, another frustration of the day, aside from my mailbox being demolished. Stopped at the feed store because I couldn't wait any longer for the Flock Raiser without buying more layer mash first, which I was really hoping not to have to do. Asked if they could give me an approximation yet as to when it will be in, it has been a few weeks since I ordered it now. I have called and checked several times in those weeks. Today, they told me they weren't actually getting it, they don't normally order it. What!?
First of all, when I first ordered it, I was told that they don't normally keep it in stock but could get it for me. Second of all... they couldn't have told me this 3 weeks ago?!?
I am pretty irritated, I could have ordered it elsewhere, and now I don't know that I have time to do that. I feel that this was rather irresponsible of them. It's a good thing for them that I am pretty devoted to buying from small local businesses when I can, or I think I might be done with them. This was the second time I attempted to order it. The first time, they "forgot", and that took a couple weeks to find out, too.
So now I am not really sure what to do. I think it has been 2 weeks now that the younger chickens have been on layer mash, and I am not sure how long it will take to get anything else. I am thinking I will just have to buy another bag of chick starter and keep them separate longer, I can't remember what age I guessed them before, but I think I overshot. I looked at the calender and I believe they are in the vicinity of 15 weeks, give or take. Thoughts?
Go to Michigan bird and game website, they have info there.
