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[pennyJo1960]

That is great!

Happy Birthday to him

the biscuits are a huge hit love the sourdough thank you

 

[drumstick diva]

Chicka congratulations to all involved. They make a very nice couple.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I am planting more seeds in the garden tomorrow and maybe put my potted plants in the ground!

 

[Alaskan]

I'm like you Alaskan, I'm told that I always catastrophize(??) I think and operate the same way. Napping is my escape from overthinking every incident for years to come. Of course I end up with nightmares too.

we really are a pair!!! After getting everything taken care of, and the boys started on clean-up, I took a nap.

I had a vivid nightmare.... suddenly discovered that I owned a house I didn't remember owning, that had been given to me by my parents, and it was an old gorgeous house with fantastic woodwork in a great tiny Texas town, and I had somehow agreed to sell it for only $54,000!!!!!

They had documentation where I had signed and agreed to sell it.

Sorry have not been on lately. Going through some stuff.

My youngest son got married Saturday. It was a simple wedding in her yard.
She won my son's heart and they have been together for 2 years.
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Left to right: My son's Step mom, His brides mom, Bride, my son and me.

What a great joy!! Congrats!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Hello and good morning everyone!
I've made it halfway through to catching back up!!!
I got on a detour and didn’t make my way back until now.

I wanted to ponder the answer to why clothes last so long…I haven’t really come up with an answer . Kind of like with the chickens, I do everything wrong and it seems to turn out? Most of my clothes are black, I wash everything in hot water and I don’t turn clothes inside out. I wash my "home" clothes on normal so I don’t know why they’ve lasted as long as they are. I was looking back at photos from the early 2000s and I’m wearing the same clothes!

I do wash my good clothes on gentle; most of our t-shirts have pictures or writing on them and I try to keep them looking new for as long as I can. Maybe this and the fact I have a front load washer? That’s all I can think that might help. I’ve bought clothes so rarely that I know what years I’ve purchased most of them. I’ve still got clothes from stuffing a couple of bags full at the salvation army in ’91. I purchased some new appropriate sweaters, t-shirts and pants in ’98 when we took the 16 yr old in to give him a home. I purchased my screen pants and a few good t-shirts about 2003-4. I bought some fancier attire around 2008 to wear for announcing our shows. I also bought a whack of dollar store pants (about 6 pairs) I’m disappointed they are wearing out now. And I bought winter type velour pants in 2013. I just bought more t-shirts. That’s my life…according to clothes…lol!!

Everyone has terrific pics!!! Glad you are ok after your fishing lure/dog excitement, micro. Rheumatoid arthritis….ugh.No fun there. That prednisone is such wonderful stuff. I was prescribed it for my hands when my allergies burst out so badly in little pustules (sorry, that’s disgusting) and it was so bad I couldn’t do anything. It’s unfortunate it has such side effects. I was fortunate…it doesn’t bother my stomach. Cap…your building are just like the ones I’d get for coops if I were to expand. Nice sky light! Bet that feels good.

Very nice job SCG! I can’t imagine working that long at chiseling. Ouch! Lovely results! I never did get a garden planted, but I loaded up on sale seeds for next year. Oooh...the eclipse. That time of the day displayed a strange hue but that's about it. The birds didn't venture anywhere...they stayed outside.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

ya but we as humans have destroyed many or the breeds makes me sick

But we do that to every domesticated animal. And ourselves.
Best thing for a breed is to NOT be popular.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I just finished running down the six juveniles that I affectionately call 'the six pack' and relocated them to the main coop. I figured it was time as they have escaped the grow out pen three times today and I've had to chase them down and put them back where they belong.
They were screaming at me, daddy bird, my Welly roo was scolding me, mainly because he was sleeping with them. I left them crying their little hearts out and making me feel like a first class jerk. Growing up is tough. I tried this a few days ago and the little idiots found their way back to the grow out pen and got in it. I still don't know how they managed to escape 'in' instead of out.

Yesterday, my bantam roosters staged a coup of major proportions. They were beating up on one of the Welly/Buff O roosters so I separated them only to have Tres, the W/BO rooster #1 get in a major fight with his brother, Primo. Separated them again only to have the bantams in the bachelor pen beat the tar out of Tres. It just wasn't his day. His left eye looks horrible. DH and I have been shoving antibiotics and aspirin down him. DH has been doctoring the eye for me. Today we got a look at it finally as the swelling is going down. He has a tear in his eyelid and a huge hemangioma in one of the secondary lids. He's in the infirmary pen in the main pen and acting for all the world normal except for this ghastly eye. It's anyone's guess how well the lid will heal. Thankfully, the eye underneath looks normal.

In the mean time I apologized to the hens and tossed all the bantam revolutionaries back in the main pen leaving my Buff O rooster and Primo in the pen alone. Primo is also beat up, molting and moping to the point that if he knew how to tie a knot I'd be afraid he'd hang himself. So I chose 6 molty pathetic hens that looked like they could use a break from the bantam boys and put them in with the two lone roosters. Instant tonic. The boys started crowing and dancing, the hens sighed and resigned themselves. I warned the girls to keep moving.

One at a time, my bantam boys are sweet and friendly. I swear these 9 cockerels joined forces and beat the snot out of two roosters. Funny that they left the Buff O rooster alone. Probably didn't see him as a threat as he is just a goofy friendly guy.

Anyone with OEGB roosters. Is this a common behavior with them?

I went out late this afternoon and added a new roost bar to the main coop. My hands and arms are slowly healing from Sundays dog fight intervention. I'm so sore and bruised though that I have gotten very little done this week except moping around myself and trying to get some pre-fall house cleaning done. Lucy is healing nicely and the two attackers are still acting contrite. I think keeping them that way is going to be the goal.

In the mean time I get the BYC news letter 10 reasons to spend 10 minutes with your chickens. The article says how relaxing they are....really? Ya think? Oh well, it was good for a laugh!

My OEGBs are the sweetest little roosters you could ever ask for. A few of them are out of sorts because they're not getting their hugs. But let a LF rooster go after one of them and they're on him..one vicious collective. It's quite the sight. I've got about 14 OEGBs in with the select LF roosters. I think there's about 40 in total so LF definitely outnumber the OEGBs. They've all been raised together in successive hatches. I have more chicks on the ground right now...not planned or wanted but I digress.

The SDW and SDW/Crele cross are slightly larger. The creles are smaller. The crosses are more prone to throwing their weight around. That being said...Mr Olga (the original SDW) and his full son Mr. January don't like getting in fights. Mr. Flash is different and he has always avoided confrontation. I also find the females won't take any guff from the aggressive Silkie crosses or the LF girls. My most vicious broody hen is an OEGB. She's relentless and won't stop pecking your hand...lol.

I don't so much see the OEGB take on a LF rooster unless he's asked for it. I have three OEGBs out with the flock and they have nothing to do with each other at all. They go out of their way to avoid one another.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

No rest for the wicked
Latestarter, DW baked something you might like, beings you don't like the seeds, took those blackberries and cooked and strained the seeds out, put crust into a muffin pan, couple dozen of the little suckers and filled them with the blackberry filling like mini pies... ohh boy, so good.
Now I'm going to have to pick some more cause I want a REAL blackberry pie, with the crunchy seeds

Hey there...I saw that.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Omigish...I'm caught up! Wooohooooo!!!
And I'm heading for bed.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Congrats to the newlyweds, and thank you for sharing. I love nice simple weddings at home, it speaks volumes about the couple.