Surviving Minnesota!

Brahma crossed to legbar crosses and some EE hens . I see no head spots but sexed these as male based on dark color and the blurry striped pattern like Legbar cockerels . 8 cockerels .
I sexed these as pullets based on pure for silver light color and the darker ones based on more crisp stripes . Some mistakes possible . 9 pullets . So here is your on thing to learn today Ralphie .
Love the chicks but first thing I noticed was green grass!

Oh boy, I'm glad they are still in egg form yet. Your Aloha chickens would need long-johns if they're acclimated to AZ. Double digits below zero predicted tonight in my neck of the woods. Are the Minnesota Chickeneers Newbs, altogether or just with hatching ?
They sure are pretty birds.

And Ed's request lasted , what? a couple hours?
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It is spring I guess. Jerry the babies are too cute not to share and what I love most...I have to tell you is seeing green grass growing there in your picture. The chicks are gorgeous and lots of learning going on there but....but green.....ahhhh..... A fresh couple inches of snow a day or so ago and we have winter again.
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LOL bogtown! the green grass
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Look who is 2 weeks today! Buffy and all the other little chicks!
what a cutie :)
 
Oh boy, I'm glad they are still in egg form yet. Your Aloha chickens would need long-johns if they're acclimated to AZ. Double digits below zero predicted tonight in my neck of the woods. Are the Minnesota Chickeneers Newbs, altogether or just with hatching ?
They sure are pretty birds.

And Ed's request lasted , what? a couple hours?
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It is spring I guess. Jerry the babies are too cute not to share and what I love most...I have to tell you is seeing green grass growing there in your picture. The chicks are gorgeous and lots of learning going on there but....but green.....ahhhh..... A fresh couple inches of snow a day or so ago and we have winter again.
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I confess I included the grass on purpose .
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Now I have a story
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to tell you about that is really, really having an impact on me. You need not express sympathy - that is not what my story is about.
My DS, who is 43, just had a friend who lost a battle with stomach cancer. OMGosh! I have been thinking about this person's life and there wasn't anything truly remarkable about him. He was an ordinary person, living an ordinary life, with ordinary people. Every time my DS and DDIL related information about him it came across about the kindness he showed toward those he cared for. And somehow, because of his kindness, other people showed those they love kindness in some way. This guy was just one of the good ole guys, beer drinking, hunting, fishing, cussing good ole guy. He found out in December and passed last Thursday night.

So I think of each of you. And of my family members. And neighbors - you get the point. Oh I have seen the attitudes of people for years and years and years. I just never really took in that each of us is just an ordinary person living an ordinary life with our ordinary friends and family and how that touches each other and because it touches each other it goes beyond who we touch and those we touch pass it on. In my simple mind this is so profound to me.

I went to the dr. yesterday for an appointment which they had scheduled wrong. I did not keep that appointment. They were apologizing to me profusely and all I could say was 'its all okay.' Now had I still worked in the cities and drove 52 miles one way and come home for the appointment or had taken the day off, I wondered to myself what my attitude would have been. And it if was different - what would have made it different. One thing I conclude is time. I remember having to 'do it all' and the time constraints and pressure. I am so glad I am retired (
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i just finished balancing the three business check acounts and entering in Quick books) and can slow down and feel better about time.
 
Time is a precious commodity Ivie. I'm very selfish with my 'me' time. I want to soap. I want to knit. I want to go on BYC. I want to garden. I'm seeing my kids as 9th graders and know that that time is precious and is going to be gone before I know it. But the thing about it is is that I think they'll come around. You know? And I'll enjoy the next phase just as much. I'm sort of adaptable that way. At least I think I am. What will be will be. And I'm very much aware that some of those things are non-controllable. Nor should they be. I will celebrate each phase.
One thing though that I think I need to get my act together on is exercising. Living no regrets is fine and well....but you have to be able to do things. And exercise helps with that. Gives you the extra time and strength. And I don't think I'll regret feeling better because of it. I shuffle along scared on icy roads/sidewalks, you name it. I wish I was more sure of my movements. Those are little things that I notice. And then I think would I be able to go climb a trail to get a better view of a sunset, or would I even feel like it? Even though I want to? Exercise. A 2017 thing to do for Boggie.
 

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