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[getaclue]

ROFLOL, yes you can be off your rockers, but be careful.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Giggle do not go far off might fall down ... had my great Silky girl Muck get really mad she is roosting with her peeps where they all 4 lay their eggs so put my hand under her
oh bad move growl and Bam with the peck

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hi, I've been poking around here asking questions and generally browsing threads that seem interesting to me. Everyone has been very helpful and I've learned a lot, but I didn't feel like I had friends here yet. I'm hoping that this will be the place where I will find new friends.

My name is Liz and I live where nobody uninvited can find me. I was raised in a suburban upper middle class neighborhood. I was never comfortable among those people and their ways. I've been a country bumpkin from the get-go. I achieved my goal. I am 68 years old but have a lot of life left in me.

I have 5 dogs down from 8. They have access to indoors or outdoors. I keep and breed Angelfish and Discus as a hobby as well as having two planted tanks. I have a 30 year old failed race horse who became a western pleasure horse. She is still fit and beautiful. I have one cat who rules the roost. Last and most important, I have 7 laying hens and a rooster (Light Brahma's) twelve Light Brahma sub adults, five Delaware pullets, one Delaware sub adult rooster, and my pet. a rescued Cornish X that fell off the truck on the way to the processor.

Welcome to the OFH!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Think may be time to turn in here days recently have been very early
Goodnight everyone

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good night Penny. Hugs to you.

 

[sharron]

I rode all my childhood love my horses know enough and cannot afford or keep one here
on purpose retired on 3/4 an acre have all the chickens I want my body (Spine) would not allow me to ride anymore...
@getaclue we like being off our rockers can we huh

i also rode all my life, at least til 1995, got hurt bad when a horse went over backwards on me, decided i would rather be able to walk than continue to ride, still wish on some days i could go for a ride but guess i'm past the age of being able to move fast enough to step off when they act crazy

 

[microchick]

For me it's not the riding part but the cleaning and maintenance part. I remember mucking out the stall in the spring when the bedding was a foot deep. It was hard when I was in my 20s. I can just imagine how my joints would respond now.

Main reason I have chickens instead of a horse after retirement. Even cleaning the coop, which i have to do, will take me forever to get finished.

Penny, life is more fun when you are off your rocker just a tad! Isn't it!?

I got pecked last night also. Another silly hen went broody on me. I dragged her kicking and screaming from her box twice. Box is head high. Second time she came out fighting, reached out and pecked me on my upper lip. Told her that wasn't the approach to use if she wanted eggs. She goes in broody buster today.

 

[Peep_Show]

The nice thing about -- ahem -- advancing age is that it *can* be delightful (or not) when the blabcheck isn't activated.

Hiya, LizStreithorst! Welcome to the OFH Coop and pull up a roost!
There are a lot of horsey folk here as well as dog lovers, chicken lovers, ice cream fanatics, gardeners... No doubt you'll find some kindred spirits.

 

[Peep_Show]

Good Saturday morning, Everybody!

What are y'all doing today?

We've been having several days of intermittent rain, so gardening (mowing, weeding, etc.) has been put on hold as it's kind of damp and soggy out and underfoot and all things interior (cleaning, laundry) is on the chore list for today. Yesterday we set a record low for temps for this day (51) when it's supposed to average 77. Not complaining! If only there were fog... Nirvana!

The garden is producing. At present we're enjoying some lettuces and radishes. The kohlrabi and peas are taking their own sweet time. Tomato seedlings (San Marzano, Amish Paste, Boxcar Willie) are hardening off, plus I'll transplant a few volunteers (probably Roma) that I've discovered out in the rows. DH wants to try his hand at growing hops and then making beer. Did I mention he's an addictions counselor?

The chickens are doing great! The Easter Hatch-a-long batch in the garage is soon to be moved out to the juvie coop and my car can reclaim its space before the really hot weather begins. That batch is mostly pullets as the excess in cockerels got a one-way field trip to the raptor rescue center (a win-win as the rescuers don't have to buy food and can use those resources for vet bills.) The folks at the rescue showed me all sorts of hawks and owls they had recuperating as well as their charges that are injured beyond rerelease and so are used for classroom educational purposes. It was a really cool place!

In the guest room we have 19 Gambel's Quail eggs -- thanks to our dog who would not leave the nest alone -- about to go into lockdown. I found another quail nest on our front porch in the decorative pot at the entryway, but there's no dog access there and so they'll get to hatch the natural way. Anyway, the dogs at present are more interested in trying to track and catch the errant rabbits in our backyard. (Well, naturally, they're greyhounds after all.) It seems there's a brood under the woodpile.

No big plans for Mother's Day. If I'm lucky maybe the dogs will let me sleep in.

 

[getaclue]

Liz, welcome.

Peep, what's that blabcheck thingy you mention?