The Front Porch Swing

[Windy Bay Farm]

I'm sorry. 

I am sorry you had to do this.  I will be praying the rest of your flock is okay.

Bee, I am praying for your grand child.

Lisa

Thanks, Bee and Lisa ! I appreciate your thoughts and prayers. This is in The Lord's hands now and come what may, it will be His will.

 

[ocap]

May I join?

I am at least a half bubble off level and they welcomed me with opened arms, please join, I will put up another swing for Bee.

 

[Lacy Blues]

I'm sorry you had to dispatch those girls. It is really hard. I've had to do it too and I've shed many a tear over it. But its better to protect the rest of the flock than to allow them to possibly get infected with the same thing... eventually losing your entire flock.

Bee, your Jake has broken my heart.

He is a lab mix? Do you know what the other part is? How old was he when you got him? There are some lab mixes here locally but they're only 8 weeks old and I DO NOT want another house dog. Nor do I want a dog who will play with the local strays. How does Jake treat other dogs? If you have coyotes where you live, does he keep them away?

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Oh my ... So much to comment on.

Welcome newer people.

I have hugs and well wishes and commiserations to offer to everyone with sick birds and life disappointments and baby concerns and ... everything!

Thank you everyone for sharing. It is good to read details from other people, even the tougher details.

 

[Triple Willow]

My wife and I had dreamed of a log cabin in the mountains for 30 years, finally found our dream lived in it nine years and sold it, we now live back near family, each decade of life changes my heart and my understanding of what God's desire might be, I finally read the Bible cover to cover when I retired, Jesus and I are walking closer than ever but life is still not anywhere near "easy street", my wife is in Denver helping our son and grandkids through a terrible divorce while I am in Missouri helping our daughter and son-in-law after his second liver transplant.............................thanks again for your porch

Saying a prayer for you and yours Ocap. I hope and pray that everything takes a turn for the better. I know very well how sometimes you have to put your own life on hold while you deal with family things. God bless each of you, especially you and your wife!

 

[Triple Willow]

@Windy Bay Farm... Sorry about your birds. I know that wasn't easy. I hope that is the end of the problem.

 

[Triple Willow]

This actually breaks my heart. I'll try to tell myself he is doing his job of guarding, but not mourning, your birds. That will make me feel better.

Dogs are awesome. <3 Toby!

I agree. I love ol' Jake and I've never met him.

@Bee... can we clone Jake???

 

[Beekissed]

May I join?

Absolutely!!

Grab a chair and spin us a story!

Thanks, Bee and Lisa ! I appreciate your thoughts and prayers. This is in The Lord's hands now and come what may, it will be His will.

Amen. And that is sufficient.

I am at least a half bubble off level and they welcomed me with opened arms, please join, I will put up another swing for Bee.

We call that "half a bubble off plumb" in these parts! Thank you for the extra swing....I think we may even need to expand the porch!

I'm sorry you had to dispatch those girls. It is really hard. I've had to do it too and I've shed many a tear over it. But its better to protect the rest of the flock than to allow them to possibly get infected with the same thing... eventually losing your entire flock.

Bee, your Jake has broken my heart.

He is a lab mix? Do you know what the other part is? How old was he when you got him? There are some lab mixes here locally but they're only 8 weeks old and I DO NOT want another house dog. Nor do I want a dog who will play with the local strays. How does Jake treat other dogs? If you have coyotes where you live, does he keep them away?

He is Lab/Blue Merle Border Collie. He likes to play with strays, though, so I back him up with the rifle. We have a coyote pack that circles our clearing here and Jake stands them off...sometimes I will go out and howl at them with him and we have a regular sing song....shuts them 'yotes right up. Let's 'em know he has a back up pack member. I love to hear the 'yotes singing. We also have a few resident black bears and grey foxes.

I got him as a 2 mo. old pup and trained him then on all the commands he knows now...took a couple of evenings in the house to do that, with food as the motivator. He's mondo brilliant and I could probably train him for about anything if I would put in the time. Took about 20 min. to train him on chickens at 5 mo. of age and he hasn't broke training since~he killed his first coon at that age. He's a keeper.

 

[ocap]

Ocap, please come and stay longer. You and your family are in my prayers!

Lisa

Saying a prayer for you and yours Ocap.

I hope and pray that everything takes a turn for the better. I know very well how sometimes you have to put your own life on hold while you deal with family things. God bless each of you, especially you and your wife!

NM, checkin in!

Welcome to the Porch!

I LOVE quiche!

An arch is a very strong design to put into any structure...they can really hold up under stress. You'll love it! I'm building a hoop coop type storage for winter wood storage this spring for that very reason...to shed rain and snow and have a cheap, resilient storage area that will take me all of an hour to erect and will last for years to come.


Me too! Sat under preaching and went to church for 41 years before I finally read the Bible from cover to cover.

One can't really grasp the need for a closer relationship with Jesus until they do that, I don't think. It was like the sun coming out in my comprehension of God's love for us and intentions for my life and I have walked closer and closer ever since. I think one moves from milk to meat after reading the entire Bible...at least it worked that way for me. Wish I had done it years and years ago.

I'll pray for you and your family, Ocap.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers, I have seen God work in my life and the lives of others, I do not know the answer to why but for me that is not necessary.

 

[Beekissed]

I agree. I love ol' Jake and I've never met him.

@Bee... can we clone Jake???

Actually, that dog is probably still putting out pups from this cross...their neighbor owns the lab/father.

There are "Jakes" all over that county. Two of the gals I worked with got his siblings but they didn't do anything with them at all and they lived bad lives, both are dead now.