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[Sylvester017]

Re: your hired contractor.

I added 600 sqft to my ranch house and ran out of money so im finishing it with pocket money, one board at a time. I added 7' to the kitchen and a 24x24 upper floor as a master suite. Its not HDTV but we like it. Unfinished drywall everywhere and plywood floors kitchen and upstairs. Problem is im 70 and slowing down a little and im married which adds a whole new dimension to putting out fires (figuratively). I am also a caregiver for my wife and her mother as well as an unpaid babysitter assistant for her grandkids. Ill send along some pics of the addition later so you can see some of the issues i mentioned. (I hate this editor!!!!!!)

Yep, sometimes it's tough. At 72 I can't do a lot of my own hammering anymore and I used to do it all! Your family interrupts your progress. For me, it's the chickens that keep interrupting - especially when I work outdoors - they seem to think they're helping when they sit on my shovel while digging

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

They like digging while mine u touch them and they scream like ur killing them it's just the white ones I have they are pretty birds but u can't touch them without paying the price of having a headache

 

[Sylvester017]

They like digging while mine u touch them and they scream like ur killing them it's just the white ones I have they are pretty birds but u can't touch them without paying the price of having a headache

Yep, no chicken truly WANTS you to touch, pet, or pick them up but some will become more tolerant of human touch than others. I've got an Ameraucana (my avatar pic) that is a very sweet bird and easy to pet, hold, or pick up. When she takes a 6-month-long break from laying she is very quiet and reclusive. But once she resumes laying for 4 or 5 months out of the year she squawks bloody murder! All hens have an egg song but she sounds like someone is cutting her throat and she gets all the other hens screeching. I wish she'd do her hollering inside the coop where at least some of her noise can be absorbed. It's embarrassing having the backyard neighbor look over the fence to see what's wrong with her. My friend said her EE hens were so noisy her neighbor complained to the city and her flock got shut down. I'll be avoiding Amers/EEs in future flock additions because I don't live in a rural area where it would be more tolerated to have noisy cluckers.

 

[MeepBeep]

Yep, no chicken truly WANTS you to touch, pet, or pick them up but some will become more tolerant of human touch than others.

I fully beg to differ, I have a few chickens that beg me to touch them and pick them up... Every day they run over to me and follow me around the coop like a lost kitten or puppy until I pick them up or pet them... If I get down on the ground they will hop in my arms or lap so they can be held...

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I'm love my EEs they are my best layers and very calm quiet my rooster though loves to crow in the morning my americauna mix those are the noisy loud ones and plus I don't have any neighbors for them to complain and plus i haVe two other neighbors with chickens and I hate it when they sqauck in the coop like that it seems to Eco and then it is so loud I can't stand it I can't even be in there for a few minutes and my head starts to hurt because of that and if they see u in the morning when u are scooping poo they run in the door jump up on ur back scratch u jump up at the windows and they have the sand all flag over there poo so then it takes longer to scoop up but I bought them from a lady who said they were springs hatch and didn't need anymore so I bought them off of her and u should of seen how long it took her to catch them they were so jumpy u couldn't even get 6 feet to them and there absolute bonkers and they were confined up in a run for us to come get them and heck it took over half an hour just to catch four birds in probably a 10 by 4 run

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

But I don't know how much they were handled when they were little so that's probably why they are like that

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I fully beg to differ, I have a few chickens that beg me to touch them and pick them up... Every day they run over to me and follow me around the coop like a lost kitten or puppy until I pick them up or pet them... If I get down on the ground they will hop in my arms or lap so they can be held...

I'd have to chase mine around the yard like a mad woman

 

[lynnehd]

I fully beg to differ, I have a few chickens that beg me to touch them and pick them up... Every day they run over to me and follow me around the coop like a lost kitten or puppy until I pick them up or pet them... If I get down on the ground they will hop in my arms or lap so they can be held...

Same here. I can't sit down in the run w/o having chickens sitting on my shoulder or lap. They follow me around. But I did raise them from chicks.

They won't last forever, and it is what it is, but I'll enjoy it for now.

 

[perchie.girl]

I dont chase I net em..... hard to run when you get about on one of these.



LOL

deb

 

[gpeters3]

I dont chase I net em..... hard to run when you get about on one of these.



LOL

deb

My wife has a walker and electric cart. She gets around the house without it but has a stair lift to get to our master suite. I do most of the house work and cooking but since she had carple tunnel surgery she is using her hand more and does some cooking now. Its hard to get her out of the house. Cold weather makes her hurt.

I use a broom to hold them down. Even roosters will sit and wait for you to pick them up if you chase them into a corner and gently press them down with a broom. My hens are getting pretty tame but still very wary. They eat out of my hand but i dont think i could pick one up yet.