Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

What??? You mean it isn’t all idyllic strolling through pastures with a little flock of sheep Following in a most docile manner at your heels; of course their wool will be pristine and they will smell like roses too! I have been trying to decide if I should attempt to wash away the cow patty at the bottom of the trailer steps, or if it will freeze (unlikely) or dry out (even less likely!) enough so I can scrape it away more easily. It’s on the outdoor carpet that was supposed to help cut down on the mud we track inside, but is now so coated with various types of poop I’m thinking of trying to source another to just layer over it. Not to mention when they poop on your car or truck!

This! Exactly!

 

[BY Bob]

Crikey! Here's me wishing I hadn't made her sick in the first place!

But there's something to be said for realising when a chicken is sick and then doing the best you can for them.

Yes. You do a fabulous job with them.

 

[BY Bob]

This is why I kept thinking Aurora must be feeling unwell.

Apparently not. She is full on molt right now. It's quite sad.

 

[BY Bob]

Why do you think that is? I too have noticed that. I find myself also trending in your direction but many others seem to head in the opposite direction. I find it exhausting to harbor anger and resentment. It takes real work to be mean and spitefull.

Chicken tax

 

[BY Bob]

Understand that I grew up in that environment. I know it all too well. Mrs BY Bob grew up in a coal town. There was not a lot of nature. The farm life remains idyllic to her at this point.

Frankly the reasons for not doing so are multiple and I cannot down play the financial implications. I would likely have to stay in a high pressure job another 5 years longer than planned in order to make up the difference. I don't love this house but it's mine. I wish it was further out but I did not want that life when we bought this. So here I am likely to remain.

Chicken tax

 

[RoyalChick]

You can get mini jerseys and dexters... way less trouble than goats IMO, but then you have to get them bred for milking, and then you need to deal with the calves... so cute! Not to mention milking at least once every. Single. day. Yeah, maybe just buy milk... seriously though, cattle are the easiest normal livestock to “manage” as far as I’m concerned.

Mini coos? I had no idea there were mini-coos! How adorable! But I am not starry-eyed about farm life - I will be content with crops just for me and chickens.

 

[RoyalChick]

I think we should create a chart of wrathness. How would you rank them?

Peggy
Aurora
Tsuki
Etc. Etc.

I think Aurora beats Peggy, at least right now.

 

[RoyalChick]

Aurora is ahead of Peggy I think.

Peggy was crabby because she had a guts ache and because Mary had been on the brood. They're thick as thieves now the dust has settled.

There's that reading ahead thing again.

 

[RoyalChick]

Chicken tax
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That is a fantastic pic - look at that stare!

 

[MaryJanet]

That is a good curse.

Yeh, not just one pants. All their pants!

Gaaaahhhh! Where did all these ants come from! I need to change my pants.
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Not these pants too!??
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And these ones
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Oh no! Not my favourite pants too!!!