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[pitbullmomma]

Hey peeps! This summer has been super crazy, but super fun, and I'm enjoying school so far. I won't be on here that frequently, because this year is going to be pretty important and I'll need to be really focused. The chickens are doing ok. A few weeks ago, a bear attacked 3 times, killing four chickens. The DEC are being taters and still haven't brought the bear trap they were supposed to bring two Mondays ago. @staceyj, nope! Still happily boyfriend-free! My brother's here at the high school this year. He stresses over everything, but I think he secretly likes it. I'm trying to convince my mom to let me get poison dart frogs, and am now considering going to the Air Force Academy when I graduate high school So that's the stuff in Ruby's life lately!

Little Ruby!!!! Missed you! So good to see you back, even if just to say hi.

X 1000!!!! so good to see you! We were just wondering where/how you been.
You do stay focused and do your thing, kiddo! XO

 

[21hens-incharge]

PBM, great news that you are doing well and did not have to be scoped!
Awesome about the subbing gig too!

Thought I would do a quick update on my old dog.....
The hygroma is healing really well!
Took him to the vet today because of an eye issue.
Got steroid meds to take the swelling down. No cornea damage or retina issues!

Heart and lungs sound great! He is OLD so has the weird lumps and such but nothing to freak over.

 

[apryl29]

Hey peeps! This summer has been super crazy, but super fun, and I'm enjoying school so far. I won't be on here that frequently, because this year is going to be pretty important and I'll need to be really focused. The chickens are doing ok. A few weeks ago, a bear attacked 3 times, killing four chickens. The DEC are being taters and still haven't brought the bear trap they were supposed to bring two Mondays ago. @staceyj, nope! Still happily boyfriend-free! My brother's here at the high school this year. He stresses over everything, but I think he secretly likes it. I'm trying to convince my mom to let me get poison dart frogs, and am now considering going to the Air Force Academy when I graduate high school So that's the stuff in Ruby's life lately!

My friend's son just joined the air force. He's in TX right now doing his boot camp stuff. Very exciting. Sucks about the bear. Hopefully it goes to hibernate soon, or you guys get a new rug.

 

[pitbullmomma]

Well that's why they aren't tilling the area. They cannot scratch through hardware cloth.

Ruby!! puppy!!
Yes do focus on schooling! It's very important.

Just to clear things up with you crazed lunaticc.....

NO CANNED BACON!!!!

There. I said it. Can I go back to being cold and moist (cause weather here sucks) now?!?

SMUVVIE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pitbullmomma]

So you guys know I rehomed Evil Pippins....my bantam frizzled cochin that hated me. She would peck at me every time I went near her, and tried to peck my eye out once, she drew blood...

I felt bad about it because I've never rehomed an animal before, I always felt like once you take on an animal it is your responsibility for life....but she really did hate me!

Well, anyhow, I gave her to my friend Carol (she is great. She used to be my vet tech back in the day. And we had great times working together, and she would always say "you are such an ass." And I would reply, "That is Doctor Ass to you." And to this day, she calls me Dr. Ass, lol. I clickin' love her). And she said that that bird is so sweet I wouldn't believe it, and she is in love with her son. What the taters!!!

I mean, I am really glad! But dayum, all I ever did was hatch that fuzzy ball of spite and try to love her...! I guess chickens can be picky on who they choose to love. Who knew!

Anyways, I'm really glad she likes her new home.

 

[pitbullmomma]

Chickens are so weird.

All of a sudden, half of em are broody.

The little seramas--who are only 6 months--are now broody and keep pushing Olive off of her eggs.

I had to lock them out of the coop and there is nothing more fearsome (read: hilarious) than the pissed-off wrath of a broody serama! (I'm gonna have to get a video, cuz it really is funny. They're so...litlle. And they try to make themselves so BIG.)

Tomorrow, Olive and her eggs are going in their own special, new hatching enclosure.

 

[apryl29]

So you guys know I rehomed Evil Pippins....my bantam frizzled cochin that hated me. She would peck at me every time I went near her, and tried to peck my eye out once, she drew blood...

I felt bad about it because I've never rehomed an animal before, I always felt like once you take on an animal it is your responsibility for life....but she really did hate me!

Well, anyhow, I gave her to my friend Carol (she is great. She used to be my vet tech back in the day. And we had great times working together, and she would always say "you are such an ass." And I would reply, "That is Doctor Ass to you." And to this day, she calls me Dr. Ass, lol. I clickin' love her). And she said that that bird is so sweet I wouldn't believe it, and she is in love with her son. What the taters!!!

I mean, I am really glad! But dayum, all I ever did was hatch that fuzzy ball of spite and try to love her...! I guess chickens can be picky on who they choose to love. Who knew!

Anyways, I'm really glad she likes her new home.

First and foremost, anything going on with your eggs?
Secondly... Story time!
When I was a teenager my cousin who lived around the corner from us had a cat. She was the biggest fattest fluffiest thing that you would ever seen and one day she disappeared. The cousin's house was basically just a walk through a field away from us and the cat came to our house and had her kittens in our garage. We had no idea they were in there and they were at least two months old by the time we discovered them. The mother got hit by a car and we had to decide what to do with the four kittens she left behind. We kept one and named him Newport and he was the most wonderful fluffiest cat ever. My cousin's family took two of them and they were big fat and fluffy too. Once one of them sat on a lit candle and nobody realize until they saw that the cats butt was smoking. The last cat was a little ball of Pure Evil. To catch the cats we had to shut all of the doors to the garage and I had to stand perfectly still and wait for the kittens to become visible and then quickly grab them one by one. The first three weren't that bad but that little ball of hate was practically impossible to get. Then once I finally caught her she hissed and spit and scratched and bit. We ended up giving her to my dad's boss and he gave the monster to his granddaughter. They sent us a picture of her holding this kitten and it loved her. It never hurt her and let her do whatever she wanted to it. But that thing tried to kill me.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Wow, gotta love that back woods ingenuity. At this point I'm more worried for what would happen if one of those trees falls on his place. Could you call your insurance co and ask them what your liability would be? Maybe that would help you decide what decision to make regarding what to do about his 'house' being on your property and where to go w/ the trees. If you really want to have them removed you could take down the section of the fence temporarily to access them.


Men.


Oh wow. Yeah, I'd never use those guys again. That's a major hack job. How disappointing. Can you get the owner guy to come and do it, properly?

The owner is the idiot that screwed it up and can't get his junker car fixed since he has no money.
Waiting in line for Gyro in Danville.

 

[apryl29]

The owner is the idiot that screwed it up and can't get his junker car fixed since he has no money.
Waiting in line for Gyro in Danville.

The not having $ part is a big red flag. Either he's conned everyone else & they stopped using him, or he's lying bc he knows you're ticked.

 

[pitbullmomma]

First and foremost, anything going on with your eggs?
Secondly... Story time!
When I was a teenager my cousin who lived around the corner from us had a cat. She was the biggest fattest fluffiest thing that you would ever seen and one day she disappeared. The cousin's house was basically just a walk through a field away from us and the cat came to our house and had her kittens in our garage. We had no idea they were in there and they were at least two months old by the time we discovered them. The mother got hit by a car and we had to decide what to do with the four kittens she left behind. We kept one and named him Newport and he was the most wonderful fluffiest cat ever. My cousin's family took two of them and they were big fat and fluffy too. Once one of them sat on a lit candle and nobody realize until they saw that the cats butt was smoking. The last cat was a little ball of Pure Evil. To catch the cats we had to shut all of the doors to the garage and I had to stand perfectly still and wait for the kittens to become visible and then quickly grab them one by one. The first three weren't that bad but that little ball of hate was practically impossible to get. Then once I finally caught her she hissed and spit and scratched and bit. We ended up giving her to my dad's boss and he gave the monster to his granddaughter. They sent us a picture of her holding this kitten and it loved her. It never hurt her and let her do whatever she wanted to it. But that thing tried to kill me.

That's a great story Apryl!! It's so crazy how animals can be so picky about who they love (or not) and have such completely different personalities!!! "ball of hate" lol that was Pippins! It's cool when you have a nasty one and then you rehome it to someone who they totally love. Just goes to show there's someone for everyone

Nothing going on with the Great Eggsperiment yet. It's Day 20 and lockdown, have two in the bator and two (plus the lone serama egg) under my broody. All is quiet. Maybe tomorrow we'll see som pips and/or chicks!