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staceyj said:
Oh wow! That’s too much!
It’s stories like that that make me wish for cameras everywhere, then I think how I wait for my neighbor to pull out of his driveway to leave for work every morning.

There I am in my mismatched pj’s or my god awful, supersoft but also super static-y nightgown, sipping my coffee by my kitchen sink which faces their side load garage.

Whatever I’m wearing in the early am, it can generally but accurately be described as “ugly wear”. :gig

Not his wife. She’s like a pageant girl. Hair, nails, and full face of Makeup 24/7

He pulls out, off I sprint to feed my chickens!
Ugly or not, here I come!

That’s why I hate the thought of cameras outside lol :barnie
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Hahahaha! Too funny! Luckily, no one can see me, unless I am surprised by my husband’s friends pulling up. My neighbor, who is always put together, probably hears me yelling at my dogs all day...Stop eating those chicken turds!!! :lau
 
Lol! I may be awake when I let mine out but it ain't pretty! I too am in my jammies, crocks, hair a mess, old torn up hoodie, feed bucket, 2 water jugs, and a scoop of scratch. Yup my hands are FULL! My screen door slams every time. :gig
 
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/corid-oral-drench-instructions.1211991/
When treating a bird for coccidiosis one can give an oral drench in addition to their medicated water. Here are the instructions:

Corid 9.6% liquid - Do not dilute
  • Give 0.1 ml per pound of body weight orally once a day for 1-3 days.
or
  • 0.02 ml per 100 grams of body weight orally once a day for 1-3 days.

Corid 20% powder - Mix 1/2 teaspoon powder with 2 teaspoons water.
  • Give 0.34 ml per pound of body weight orally once a day for 1-3 days.
or
  • 0.07 ml per 100 grams of body weight orally once a day for 1-3 days.
 
Henny I forgot to mention.

How very much I’m missing Jonah today.

Man, that dog loved days spent gardening.
He’d move from area to area with me. He’d BAKE in the sunshine. Head tilted up. Eyes closed. Nose always smelling the air, moving like a big old bear.
Eventually he’d get hot and move into the shade. But he’d always stay real close. He always had such a pleasant calm presence. He was just so pleased to co-exist.

Not dig.
Not steal my hand tools.
Not pull up plants.
Not jump in the pool.
Not chew up or eat all the pine cones, the sticks and twigs and roots and piles of weeds and all the baby herb seedlings that I’d grown in a whole dang flat.
He was so happy just to BE.

I know Coop just needs time. I do love him. He’s a good boy with a good heart that just needs to grow up. I just MISSED Jonah, today. I felt like so much was missing.
 
FlyingNunFarm said:
She honestly seems perfectly happy. She's quite the little pistol with me. And the shovel... attacks that thing like she wants to kill it, only when I use it.

Ok she is sounding weirder and weirder. :lau

She comes to me when I'm in the coop. We had a lovely conversation the other day while she happily sat on my arm pecking the snaps on my coat. She prefers people I guess. :confused:
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Maybe she thinks at a higher level. Is there anything you could put in the coop for her to play with?
My girls have a xylophone and I do hear them rap it occasionally. Someone likes to tap the trashcan that their food gets put away in at night.

I tell DH if I ever see a steel drum at a yard sale, like the kind in a reggae band, I don’t care how much it costs- I’m buying that sucker.
 
Sassysouth said:
Hahahaha! Too funny! Luckily, no one can see me, unless I am surprised by my husband’s friends pulling up. My neighbor, who is always put together, probably hears me yelling at my dogs all day...Stop eating those chicken turds!!! :lau
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:gigI hope your dogs lick her in the face! :gig
 
staceyj said:
Henny I forgot to mention.

How very much I’m missing Jonah today.

Man, that dog loved days spent gardening.
He’d move from area to area with me. He’d BAKE in the sunshine. Head tilted up. Eyes closed. Nose always smelling the air, moving like a big old bear.
Eventually he’d get hot and move into the shade. But he’d always stay real close. He always had such a pleasant calm presence. He was just so pleased to co-exist.

Not dig.
Not steal my hand tools.
Not pull up plants.
Not jump in the pool.
Not chew up or eat all the pine cones, the sticks and twigs and roots and piles of weeds and all the baby herb seedlings that I’d grown in a whole dang flat.
He was so happy just to BE.

I know Coop just needs time. I do love him. He’s a good boy with a good heart that just needs to grow up. I just MISSED Jonah, today. I felt like so much was missing.
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This made my heart ache right along with you. Nothing can replace that feeling of having him near and being so very sweet.
Yes Cooper will mature. It will be different because he is different. It's ok. Jonah held a special place.....he always will.
I miss mine that are gone often. I will be doing something that they loved to participate in and my mind goes to those times. It stings at first then turns to remembering the joys.

Hon, what I am saying is I understand. :hugs
 
Sassysouth said:
@21hens-incharge where we live, we see chicken trucks all day. White chickens stuffed in stacks of cages. I try not to look. There is also a man that drives through the state selling chickens that were used for laying. Not a feather around necks. It kills me!
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When I lived on the eastern shore of Maryland it was chicken trucks all day everyday. It’s purdue country there.
When my son Nick was in first grade he gave it a lot of thought.
Almost everyone in our neighborhood either worked at Purdue or for purdue.

One night when he was getting ready for bed he told me there were two kinds of chickens.

“The walkin’ kind and the eatin’ kind. The walkin’ kind is the happy kind.
We should get some of the walkin’ kind some day mom.”

He would be so tickled that I finally did it.
 

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