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[pennyJo1960]

Quote: and she did

 

[Cynthia12]

and she did

Yay!

 

[pennyJo1960]

look forward to getting them sent to the kid as they live in Juneau
actually Douglas Island Alaska and I am Mossyrock WA

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Wicked I will keep you in my prayers. I hope your arm will get better soon. Try putting it in a sling maybe so you won't use it.

I've been outside all day. DH mowed the lawn which means tomorrow I need to run the push mower. GRRRRRR. Grass and dishes-the never ending headache....add dirty clothes to that list.

I spent most of the day out working in the pen, putting up small cell poultry wire over the bottom foot or so of chain link so the babies can't squeeze through if they take a notion. DH came out to help with the automatic door opener he has fashioned for me and made the announcement that it was a quagmire out there and it STANK! Well, ya'think? I told him he hadn't even seen it when it was really bad. It has the consistency of half dried adobe right now with deceptive areas that you swear are solid until you step on them and then Surprise! As for the smell, well, yes, they stink. They are chickens after all and don't worry, the smell will die down when everything dries out and it'll be gone by the time the flies arrive for the summer, LOL

Wickedchicken6, don't feel bad.When we were in the midst of closing down our business and home in IL we would make runs where we would hook up the trailer to the van, dash to IL, throw everything we could in the van and on the trailer, dash back to MO and unload everything into the shop that is attached to our house, rest a day and repeat. The shop finally looked like a pac man maze to the point where we had to pause to do construction, build closets and rooms to put thing into. We finally ran out of rooms to build so we started throwing totes up in the attic and when it filled up, out in the barn in the loft.

One of these days I'll unpack them......but not today.

I looked around today and said to myself, hmmmm, looks 100% different from the way it did when we first bought the place. Don't worry, you'll get there.

Thank you for the well wishes! Trying to keep from using it as much as possible. Yes, really I am. Yes, seriously. No, no I'm not joking.

I've been sick, just starting to get better. That helped too.

I've kept the guys busy helping me. Today they moved the bunnies from my big brooder ('cause I'll need it soon for my chicks) to the outdoor pens. And we got the female bunnies separated from the male bunny.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote: Burning the house down could have its pros.

But agreed, too expensive.

(Darn)

Taxes. I haven't started yet. Last years. Not. going. to. be. fun.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I just had one of my silly roosters go feet up and die on me. I've lost two roosters to seizures in the past year. The one I lost last year may have been this one's son. This is the rooster I mentioned sometime back about him getting so panicked that he would spin around on one shoulder. This morning I found him sitting in coop on the floor. I picked him up, carried him outside and put him down in the grass and he immediately started to spin again but settled down. I left him there, had breakfast, went out to put medicine in their water as I have been treating another rooster for some weird throat infection that seems to be responding to the antibiotics and no other chicken have come up sick, just him. I found J.R. wedged between a fence panel and the coop and when I picked him up he was semi conscious at best, cyanotic, breathing slightly labored so I knew there was only one outcome. He passed away in my lap about 15 minutes later. He was what passed for normal for him last night with no signs of the end being eminent. I had a 7 month old die the same way last year only I put him down when he was seizing continuously. I must have some weird gene thing going on in my BO roosters. They are the only ones affected by this. Hens all fat and sassy but the roosters are lucky to make it past 14 months. So far I've lost three roosters in this bloodline without knowing what weird genetic defect is causing it. One thing for certain, I'm not hatching out any more of their eggs.

I hate it when Sundays start out like this.

Fly free J.R. You were a good rooster.

So sorry to hear about your guys.

That really sucks.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote: Our necropsies are about $200+. I like your prices better.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

@superchemicalgirl and @Cynthia12 congrats on your seven year badges!

X 2 !

 

[Alaskan]

Burning the house down could have its pros. e   But agreed, too expensive.   (Darn)

Taxes. I haven't started yet. Last years. Not. going. to. be. fun.

That is so painful.



I hurt for you.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
so... Al... have you done yours yet?