Ribh's D'Coopage

[RoyalChick]

Definitely ok. They're superb!

They really are!

 

[RoyalChick]

Thanks! I believe half my problem is the stillness of desk work, which takes up every day from morning till I feed the cat and tend the hens around 4 and then starts again around 6 for a few more hours.

Yes. Sitting still is no good unless you have a blanket, a hat and a hot water bottle and are holding a cup of tea.
But if you move around you get warm in no time.

 

[LozzyR]

That's beautiful, I love it! I couldn't get a shot like that with my phone camera! Here's my moon & Saturn pictures for those that haven't seen them. I hope this is okay @Ribh?
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These are wonderful!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

We took all the kids to a local creek to play around in.

We had a beautiful sunset to finish the day!

 

[Lexicon]

It's actually been easier for me to get fancy breeds than anything else since the chicken madness Covid brought on. It's been really hard to get standard laying hens & I won't buy Hybrids. If I was only after eggs I'd be spitting all sorts of chips.

I originally got my chickens for the eggs, but now that I know them and get to enjoy their quirky, exuberant personalities I wouldn't care if they didn't lay another egg! They are so fun!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Thanks! I believe half my problem is the stillness of desk work, which takes up every day from morning till I feed the cat and tend the hens around 4 and then starts again around 6 for a few more hours.

Wow. I don't think I would survive your winters! I have trouble generating enough body heat to trap heat between layers & so am nearly always cold ~ even in the middle of summer.

Desk jobs are tough day gigs. But beyond managing that and staying fit, @Ribh your comment made me remember something life-changing for me -- discovering I was low thyroid due to a random TSH test my doctor did, and then me researching, matching symptoms and convincing my doctor to let me try a tiny bit of medication. Because what is "normal" is clinically different for everybody, and the test ranges doctors go by have changed over the years. Well, what a night and day experience that was! Being warmer at rest was one of many, many, many improvements.

 

[WhoDatChick]

We took all the kids to a local creek to play around in.

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We had a beautiful sunset to finish the day!
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Oh, that creek looks wonderful!!

 

[WhoDatChick]

We had a cat & a dog always when I was a child. They grew up together & there were no issues but I've never owned a high prey dog & suspect that might be different.

All of our dogs and cats get along just fine... a few of the cats are a little indifferent towards the dogs... and George and Piper are fast friends! These two are none stop all day

 

[WhoDatChick]

Ahhh how peaceful. I hope to one day bring the funrun to a state in which restfulness among the hens is possible.

I don’t get peacefulness in my chicken yard... I get pecked really hard by at least three of them wanting attention but I can only hold one at a time... then there are others that all come around trying to harass the ones I am holding .... I tell you... lately they have been acting up! I don’t know what’s gotten into them!
But I do make my daily rounds giving out chicken hugs! I do feel I am blessed with how many of my gals love chicken hugs

And Ribh, remember we were talking about Sunny, my BO... and I was telling you how she has always been a grumpy gus? Well, all of a sudden, after three years of nasty and not ever being able to touch her she is now one of the ones who will peck me until I pick her up.... Chickens be crazy!!!

 

[Butterscotchbitesfinger]

That's beautiful, I love it! I couldn't get a shot like that with my phone camera! Here's my moon & Saturn pictures for those that haven't seen them. I hope this is okay @Ribh?
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They’re amazing