Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[z3lda3]

Two hours today. It's getting cold out there! I don't know where the time goes. Did about half of what I planned to.
Good news about the rat. It hasn't tried to chew through anywhere else yet.
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@Shadrach I'm new to your thread. And I’m also too lazy to go back thousands of posts to find out the breed of that grey hen. Can you tell me the breed of the grey hen on the right of the juicy white hen? She’s a beaut! Also the last picture..is that a coop? A nesting area?? It looks perfectly cozy for my broodies.

 

[Labsandchickens8]

Skipped Symphony Chorus rehearsal b/c I’m exhausted getting my mother transferred to a nursing home. We have about an hour fifteen before dusk, so I’m just enjoying the chickens and a glass or three of Pinot Grigio.

My mother has Alzheimers, stepfather is on hospice, and stepmother is frail but thinks she's Superwoman. The chickens are my therapy.
Sorry about your mom!

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

Skipped Symphony Chorus rehearsal b/c I’m exhausted getting my mother transferred to a nursing home. We have about an hour fifteen before dusk, so I’m just enjoying the chickens and a glass or three of Pinot Grigio.

 

[MrsNorthie]

My mother has Alzheimers, stepfather is on hospice, and stepmother is frail but thinks she's Superwoman. The chickens are my therapy.
Sorry about your mom!

In just under a year, my dad died, my youngest son died, and now my mom has passed last week, if it wasn't for the chickens, turkeys and dogs, counting on me to sustain them, I don't think I would get out of bed any more. They show me that despite all the sorrow, there is still joy in the simple things.

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

My mother has Alzheimers, stepfather is on hospice, and stepmother is frail but thinks she's Superwoman. The chickens are my therapy.
Sorry about your mom!

To all who are in similar situation / been there . Chickens definitely therapy; think I’d’ve gone completely around the bend without them

96yr old mother has had 2 big falls, 2nd resulted in a pin the length of her femur. She’s recovering well but still v high risk of falls & hates the walking frame . Plus her memory is failing and she thinks she doesn’t need help - tough lot these nonagenarians - or is that stubborn?!

 

[Labsandchickens8]

In just under a year, my dad died, my youngest son died, and now my mom has passed last week, if it wasn't for the chickens, turkeys and dogs, counting on me to sustain them, I don't think I would get out of bed any more. They show me that despite all the sorrow, there is still joy in the simple things.

I'm so sorry! What a tough time you are going through! I'm so glad you have the animals

 

[rural mouse]

In just under a year, my dad died, my youngest son died, and now my mom has passed last week, if it wasn't for the chickens, turkeys and dogs, counting on me to sustain them, I don't think I would get out of bed any more. They show me that despite all the sorrow, there is still joy in the simple things.

 

[Sally PB]

If you live long enough, you experience a few things:

Finding out your parents/elders were right, dangit! about a lot of things;
Passing those lessons to another generation, who may or may not take those lessons to heart;
Having a lot of cool/weird/wonderful experiences;
Being able to do cool/weird/wonderful things with the greatest machine you will ever know, ie, your body;
Not being able to do some of those things any more;
And, hardest of all, losing people who have taken up residence in your heart.

Those rooms in your heart are not empty if they're filled with memories.

Hugs to anyone whose steps are echoing in those rooms right now.