New Englanders! Much ado about New England!

[the simple life]

Welcome to the forum tcherdawn!!

Kellie, I am so sorry things did not work out for Kathleen. You did do everything that you could.
The best thing you could do for her at this point was to put her down.
You did all the right things from beginning to end.

Its pouring rain here today, how about everyone else?
I can't complain because although we did have a little on Saturday morning it didn't amount to much and we haven't had much rain recently and all the new gardens can use it.
Its a good day to clean out closets

 

[Reinbeau]

Yes, it is a good day to clean around here. My rain gauge says we've received .52", and it was raining at .98" per hour, but it's slowed down now - for the moment. We did need the rain, though, even though it has been lightly sprinkling on and off for a few days, it hadn't amounted to much. Hopefully it'll be sunny on Saturday for our big plant sale!

If any of you are interested: From the New England Unit of the Herb Society of America: Even though it looks like rain, you don't want to miss one of the largest herb plant sales in New England! Saturday, May 9, 2009, Elm Bank Horticultural Center, Washington St., Rte 16, Wellesley, MA 9 AM - 1 PM Rain or shine! Cash or checks only.

Come on to Elm Bank, be there early, we always have a rush at the gate!

 

[spook]

That sounds nice, but I'll pass on that one- got enough chickens...hmmm those are meat birds coming...need spices and herbs for quality taste, right? S'pose DH would believe that? (jk- almost)

This week has been a complete wash. Man, I'm not sure that I can tell you how I keep a sense of humor.
Sunday morn I took my mom to the ER, congestive heart failure, her heart is weakening from a cardiac by-pass in 95, that did not go as planned, the grafts did not "survive". So I've been running back and forth there.
Kathleen- thanks for the support, I really appreciate it.
Then yesterday I was so excited, thrilled beyond belief, the 1 viable egg out of 14 eggs that I bought ($$$) began to pip. on the side, come to find out the air sac was 1/2 way down the egg and that is where it pipped through shell. It made it out 3/4 of the way on its own and found out it was premature (?) as it still had quite a bit of yolk sac outside its body.
I'm shaking my head wondering whats next, hopefully this is it, no more, get mom home, chicks to hatch out Friday, Cornish X Saturday...perhaps that should be chicks prior to Mom- ha ha ha...I still have not fessed up on how many I've gotten. Then the next batch in June and I ordered turkeys from a hatchery, they come in July. To heck with hatching, its not for me, just pray that I can keep birds without them dieing!

 

[sianara]

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I PM'd you... I'm a mile or so from Rte 12 heading into Ashburnham.
(up by the radio towers above SS Lobster)
The funny thing is that the dog was really restless...she sleeps with us and she kept jumping off the bed but she wouldn't go outside. Now I know why!

I was thinking about some kind of motion sensor, so at least we'd wake up to scare a bear away?

Hi Ladies! Sianara from the area also here!

gotpoodle- I have friends that live right in your area above SS Lobster, in fact we're going there for dinner this weekend

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sherrydeane- We've had family reunions at Coggshall park for years but now that the stone house has burned down we'll start going somewhere else!

BIL lives in Royalston. Tons of family in Fitchburg/Leominster!

Wow, what a small world!!!

What do you both have for chickens? I read some of this thread but man it's looooooooong so I might have missed it if you've mentioned it before.

I've got 12 large chickens, 6 bantam chickens, 3 ducks, 10 bantam chickens coming in 2 weeks and 2 bantam ducks coming this fall!

 

[maine chicks]

Hang in there Spook- better days are coming your way. After this week you are due

 

[gotpoodle]

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I have no chickens yet. Trying to finish clearing up the ice storm damage to make room for a coop! I'm thinking of finding something prefab at this point...otherwise, we're going to run out of time to build something, and end up waiting til next year to get peeps.
Visiting black bears in my yard put a glitch in my well-laid plans, too. Rethinking the safety issues...

I want Buff Orps, just a few hens for eggs.
I just noticed someone on Alpine Road has chickens free ranging during the day...I want to go knock on the door and check out their set-up! LOL!

What kind of coop/pen set-up do you have?

 

[dftkarin]

I am in Hampshire County in Western Mass and think I might have a broody hen, so I'm wonderuing if I could buy a few fertile eggs from someone to try to hatch them - I would be especially interested in a bantam polish or silkie.

 

[birdlovin gal]

Welcome dftkarin! Can't help you, my girls are only 4½ weeks old.

Worked on the coop today! This morning

Tonight

Now if I could only get this primer off my hands....I'm a very messy painter!

 

[sherrydeanne]

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Orpingtons? If so, that's Cara. Huge truck in the driveway

She bought a few EE's off me earlier this year, very sweet lady.

 

[sherrydeanne]

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Right now I have 4 9ish-week EE's (one roo), an 8-week sexlink and 3 Wellies in a brooder (two roo's). I'm hoping to pick up a Marans and a mutt or two to mix with my Wellie this weekend.

I have an 8x8 converted shed coop with an attached 12x16 run which I hate. Totally thrown up last minute. Yesterday the flock freeranged and loved it, I'd love to get rid of the run entirely.