Opa's place -Where an old rooster visits with friends

[Ec_Prokta]

Good morning!

Highlander, those are some cute ducks! I'm making a story about what a mother is for Mom. It's finally finished~!

Opa, hope your day is productive! I'm glad that your grandmother can see her plant bloom.
NotAFarm: You can call me Ec.

My two/three week Summer Break starts May 23rd.
Harlan, good job on selling the house!

Have a safe move!

To anyone I missed,

and hello!

 

[mamagardener]

NOTAFARM, thanks for the hugs...they were very welcome. Sunday was tough, but my kids and husband helped make it better. It was just tough being the first Mother's Day in my whole life that I did not see or talk to my Mom. My hubby did a good job of making it a good day...the kids not so much. My 13 year old actually asked when is son's day. Of course my husband responed with everyday is son's day! Hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day!

Harlan, congrats on selling the house. Come next winter I am sure you will be very happy to not be so cold.

I am feeling a little sad today, I just found out that a boy I had gone to school with passed away over a year ago. I know he was a grown man, but in my mind he will always be that young boy that used to good naturedly tease me in school. I also found out that the lady across the street from me passed away on Monday, it was not a shock, it was expected she had Alzheimer's but that doesn't make it any less sad. What a horrible disease, in 9 years she went from being an energetic wife and mother and grandmother to a bedbound shell of her former self.

 

[Opa]

Sure was difficult to sleep with lightening flashing and thunder booming. The accompanying rain couldn't have come at a better time. Hope and I spent all day yesterday working on flower beds and transplanted lots of flowers. While this wasn't the best time of the year to transplant irises, they had become seriously overgrown and when coupled with grass and weeds the beds looked horrible. We may have caused them to not bloom this year but at least the beds look better.

The forecast for today is for temperatures again in the low 80's, about 15 degrees above normal, and thunderstorms. Since David is finishing the trim in a old house we've been working on the weather won't affect him. What it will affect is Granny's return flight this morning. The news has already stated that flights coming from Chicago are going to be delayed. She is flying on a frequent flyer miles ticket and as such was unable to get a direct flight from Springfield MO to Detroit. She must fly to Chicago and then switch to a Detroit flight. The last time I flew my flight to Detroit was supposed to leave at 8am. They kept delaying it until 12:30 when they canceled it completely. They announced the flight cancelled and told everyone to come back tomorrow. With lots of complaining and switching airlines I finally got home at 11pm. I sure hope that nothing like that happens to Granny.

 

[ranchhand]

Opa, that lightning makes me want to hide under the table!

Hope Granny makes it back safe and sound. BTW, I left a turner unplugged once for many days - hatched out okay anyway.

Apparently, this hatching fever is spreading! Goldie actually has 8 chicks in there, somehow she manages to cover them all when needed. There are 5 Wheaten Marans, 1 Delaware Blue Hen and 2 DBH mixed.

MamaG, I thought about you on Sunday.

Ec, I still think of you as PK! Or Sprite,

NAF Mary, cute ducklings. I keep saying I am going to sell my year old Mallard girls, but can't bring myself to quite do it. Love the lilacs, they are very difficult to grow in our soil. Makes them even more precious.

Highlander, those ducklings are adorable! So glad you are having some decent weather after the long winter.

Harlan, be seeing you again before too long.

Hello to all, hope everyone is well and happy.

 

[Ec_Prokta]

Hello Ranchie! I hope some of those chicks are girls. You had a problem with too many roosters, if I recall correctly.

I did well on my Science test! I've also made a new friend. He's really knowledgeable about Mega Man canon, and he's been helping me out with some of the games.

 

[ranchhand]

Congratulations on the Science test!

Yes, I do have a (ahem) slight tendency to produce too many roosters. I'm fairly certain of two of them already.

 

[Ec_Prokta]

Thank you. *bows*

Well, I guess now you'll have some barbecues! Mm, barbecued chicken...

 

[vanalpaca]

I'm chiming in here. Read the first six pages and skipped to the end for today. I have to drive out to the farm and feed the alpacas. Then it is time for the daughter's Pop Concert and I have to get cleaned up for that.

Spent the day moving the woodpile away from the house/back door and around past the garage to shelter the new chicken run I'm building back there. Then we mowed the acre and ran the leaf catcher over it and the front half even got weed whipped.

Whew. Sure wish that broody hen would get off her eggs. She's brooding 8 Wellie eggs for me and the other girls lay their eggs in that nest, too. So there are probably 15-20 eggs in there. She hasn't been off that nest when I checked the last 3 days and I've taken to checking the nest every couple of hours trying to catch her off of it. The last time I chased her off of it, she broke one of the fertile eggs, so I know better now!

Of course, the broody hen is a GLW! Sure wish more breeders were working with them. It seems that the only ones available out there are hatchery stock.

Thanks for letting me join this thread. I am new to chickens and having fun with my 4 layers, brooder pullets in the basement, brooder chicks, and eggs in the bator!

Bonnie from NW Ohio (actually, I'm a transplant from Central Washington!)

 

[Highlander]

Welcome to Opa's!

 

[ranchhand]

Hi Bonnie, sounds like you stay pretty busy! I look forward to getting to know you better.