Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

I have no idea how you make those collages but I love them!

My phone allows this option.

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

Well, whatever you do folks, don't have a hospital emergency during Covid. The man took a tumble in the wet yesterday & opened up old spinal fractures & the ambos took him off the island about lunch time. About 4pm I tried ringing the hospital. No record of him so I tried the 2 big city ones. Nope. About 7pm he was admitted into emergency but it was another several hours before he's been scanned, exrayed, medicated & put into a short stay bed. He said the ambos were waiting 12 deep because covid restrictions meant they had to wait till someone left before anyone else could be admitted ~ roughly 1 every hour or so. Insanity. One of my lads picked him up this morning & put him on a boat home, tired & sore but relatively unscathed.

Sending get well wishes and

 

[Grammy60]

Pictures:
Polly:
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Molly:
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Those are very pretty

 

[Butterscotchbitesfinger]

Single figures is getting a little too cold for me. It's why I live so far north.

Haha I love the cold. If I had the choice I would live either up the blue mountains or down the snowy mountains (that’s where I plan on moving to)

Very pretty!

Thanks. They’ll love to hear that, Polly is definitely the loudest hen I have.

Do you need to ask? Yes please!

Sure I will see what other images I can find:
Hens Lyra and Fiona:

Hens Buttercup and Ellie May (from the Beverly hillbillies )

Hen Phoebe and rooster Harry:

Rooster Harry:

Hen Savannah:

Hens (from left to right), Phoebe, Ash, Daisy, Savannah, Annie.

Hen Lyra

Hen Ash

Rooster Harry. Photo taken from my last property, it had a spectacular view.

Those are very pretty

Thank you!

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

Jeannie, hope the man heals quickly... what an ordeal

E your birds are really pretty

 

[BY Bob]

Well, whatever you do folks, don't have a hospital emergency during Covid. The man took a tumble in the wet yesterday & opened up old spinal fractures & the ambos took him off the island about lunch time. About 4pm I tried ringing the hospital. No record of him so I tried the 2 big city ones. Nope. About 7pm he was admitted into emergency but it was another several hours before he's been scanned, exrayed, medicated & put into a short stay bed. He said the ambos were waiting 12 deep because covid restrictions meant they had to wait till someone left before anyone else could be admitted ~ roughly 1 every hour or so. Insanity. One of my lads picked him up this morning & put him on a boat home, tired & sore but relatively unscathed.

There are so many parts of that which are unacceptable. No one should "disappear" when taken by ambulance. Imagine if it was a life threatening heart attack and you could not find out if he was alive or dead.

I'm afraid that in all our response to COVID the healthcare system has forgotten the humanity involved.

Just ask yourself how many people lost their will to live in an ICU on a ventilator for weeks not ever seeing any loved ones, only exhausted healthcare workers who have no time.

Someone once asked me if I would rather die being eaten by an alligator or in an ICU bed with COVID. I choose the gator. The thought of slowly dying not being able to breathe without any loved ones nearby is too terrible for me to imagine. Hour after hour alone.

I'm sorry for my soap box.

Chicken tax

 

[BY Bob]

Yep. He's not the most patient of men either...well, I don't know too many patient men. They're a rare breed I think. Just grateful he doesn't seem to have done any real damage this time.

That is very good news!

 

[BY Bob]

Pictures:
Polly:
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Molly:
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Beautiful birds. How old are they? I was expecting chicks!

 

[BY Bob]

Haha I just found one (Polly) sitting really high in the tree

So fliers then!

 

[BY Bob]

This is my cockerel. He’s sort of “training” to be the leader but the old rooster doesn’t bother him and vice versa. I reckon eventually he will take over but the other rooster doesn’t seem to care if he is mating with some of the hens.
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this is his sister
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Handsome fellow he is!