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[bruceha2000]

Your house isn't crowded enough yet clue???

 

[CLSranch]

Good morning all. I did some more day work yesterday. Fortunately those pastures were closer than Mondays.

Plus to my husband's amazement, I ran out into the road yesterday in front of our house with a bucket and shovel and scraped up road apples that one of the Amish horses left for me on the way by.

Free Fertilizer! You can't beat that.

Come to the house and I'll hook you up. Pushing it around by the tractor bucket load near the spot I was feeding the round bales. 4 horses on 4 acres doesn't cut it.

You're not missing much. Honest journalism has fallen to the wayside and it's mostly all agenda propaganda.

I've switched to a.m. radio for the other side of the story. Amazed at the blunt lying.

Mainly watch news for the weather forecasts nowadays.

That's us. Local weather then westerns. My 3 old Loves Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen.

Way too much slant from both the Left and Right on their base channels.

I don't think the right has a say in the Main Stream. If there is a story that is implied to be by them it's someone else publicising in a different view.

Dh's son is moving in with us

Ummm... Is that a good thing?

 

[CSolis]

Good Morning OF... I watch Newsmax or OAN if I wanna know what's going on.. Mostly I don't want to know since ya can't tell if it's truth or fiction. Rod Serling might know, but then I never watched his shows either.

Last night I held out some baby spinach for the 5 week olds.. It was a zoo! Then this morning I offered them some of my McCann's OF (old fashioned) oatmeal with a bit of yoghurt mixed in... Holy crappers.. Food fight!

 

[getaclue]

When my step son got married, about a year ago, he began shutting people out. He stopped talking to us, to his mother, to his grandmother, etc. He wouldn't answer his phone, answer text messages, reply on Facebook, nothing. He shut out almost all his friends too. I think she moved out of their place, and in with her mother at that time. From what I gather, my step son stopped working, stopped paying bills, etc. He just sat around feeling sorry for himself. He had cut off communications. He wasn't reaching out, nor was he responding to anyone reaching out to him. No one knew he had stopped going to work, etc.

On April Fools, he posted something on Facebook that sounded like he was extremely depressed. People tried to reach out, but he wouldn't respond to anyone. One of his cousins called his other step mom. She called the Sheriff's Dept. and had them do a "wellness" check. I don't know if they contacted her again, because she's not really a relative. They found him unconscious, on the floor of his apartment. He had attempted suicide, by overdosing on something. They did their thing, and took him to the hospital. At the hospital, my step son took a selfie, and posted it on Facebook. No comment, just the picture. (His wife sent, or told him she was getting divorced from him that day.)

Family, and friends again tried reaching out, but to no avail. No one was sure if he posted it as an April Fool's joke, to make his wife feel sorry for him and contact him, if he had a medical emergency, or if he had tried to end it all. His phone was not even going to voicemail. Finally, Dh contacted his X. She's a nurse, so she began reaching out. She finally found him, and relayed the information to his dad.

In the meantime, she was upset with Dh, saying he had cut his son off, wouldn't talk to him, etc. His X is married to a female, and she is the one that told his X, that was all lies. She let her know that Dh had tried, and it was his son that cut him off. His wife met us one time. She didn't like Dh's attitude, so he was cut off. She also informed her that the son had cut off his mother too. The wife didn't like the mother either, so she too was cut off. The X was shocked. He had always been very close to his mother.

No one is on the visitor's list, emergency contact list, etc. for him. The X has reached out to his doctor(s) in an attempt to get them to talk to the son, and/or allow his dad some contact, or to visit. While my step son may have a few options on where to live, since he does have friends he can stay with for awhile, he can't go back to his apartment, since he hasn't paid rent. His car has been repossessed too. We're hoping we have enough to get his car out of hock for him. We can bring his stuff here, and store it. His job is secure, and they'll hold his position. He can return when he's ready/able.

At this point, it's more of a wait it out, and see what happens. I won't deny my step son coming to live with us. He's family.

For the record, I prayed 2 years for a home for us. Had I known then, what I know now, I would have prayed for a hotel.

 

[Sally PB]

@getaclue I'm sorry for all the sad things going on.

 

[getaclue]

Thank you, Sally. We'll muddle through. It may look like the Walton's around here for awhile, but that's ok too.

 

[Alaskan]

Thank you, Sally. We'll muddle through. It may look like the Walton's around here for awhile, but that's ok too.

What a Rollercoaster.

 

[CSolis]

It was a fun morning... Took the 5 week olds out to their new turn out pen. OMG.. LOOK! So much ROOM.... Weeeeeeeeeee, I can hop! Look, I can flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Had one fly right over the phone and hit me in the forehead while I was videotaping.. New movie coming soon.. Two actually. Let Sara and KE out so I could capture him playing BIG ROO! Sara was being finicky and went back in her pen.. KE followed.. all she did was fuss and carry on.. So I went in and sat cross legged, and she came up and let me rub her abdomen. She likes the soothing feeling when I gently stroke from front to back, and I can tell there's an egg there. I pointed to her bucket and said "you need to put the egg in there with the others". Nope.. so I bribed her. Came in got a grape and told her she could have the grape if she would lay her egg. She got the grape, went in and laid her egg.. First time I got to see the egg being dispatched as she was head in the bucket. She got another grape for being a good girl.

First time outside.

My little Bantam.

 

[microchick]

Oh @getaclue, I'm so sorry that you are going through all of this as is your stepson and family. Just know that you are not alone. Lots of families in your shoes. Mine included. Not the same details but the heartache is the same. I tell DH that my life began when I met him. I was 52 when that happened.

I hope everything settles down and works out for him. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. He is in so much pain. Hopefully he will be getting the help that he needs. You are a strong lady. You will get through this.

Hope everyone is having a good Thursday. Still raining here but seed potatoes I ordered arrived from Gurneys. My bean and beets are on back order. Great. What's funny is that they have two ounce packages in stock. I ordered a half pound package. Heeellloooooo. Do the math guys. Shove four packages in a bag and send them to me. Geesh. So I ordered some more on Amazon. Figured that they what I don't use this year will be okay for next.

I got absolutely nothing accomplished today. Well a few small things but nothing major.

@CSolis, I really enjoy your flock movies and pics. I keep wanting more Fayoumi's but look around at my flock of almost 50 birds and telling myself that I don't NEED any more birds.

It was fun today though letting them loose in the run and watching them run for the worms that the rain produced. I had put a sheet of cardboard in the run and I had all of these eager little beaks just diving for morsels. It's one of those spring bright spots.

 

[CSolis]

@CSolis, I really enjoy your flock movies and pics. I keep wanting more Fayoumi's but look around at my flock of almost 50 birds and telling myself that I don't NEED any more birds.

It was fun today though letting them loose in the run and watching them run for the worms that the rain produced. I had put a sheet of cardboard in the run and I had all of these eager little beaks just diving for morsels. It's one of those spring bright spots.

I'm not up to 50 birds (yet?) and hope not to be.. I've got eggs coming out my ears.. neighbors haven't returned the 3 egg flats the eggs left in, even after I asked them to PLEASE bring back the flats.
I've got 21 outside now, 4 that are 3 weeks old in one brooder, 6 in each of two more that Hatched over the weekend, and another 12 in the incubator. I need to have my brainz checked to see if they are still functioning. But I do plan on selling those I hatch from my eggs, except one or two exceptional keepers. I have to pick and choose now, to establish two more flocks, plus add to existing flocks. Prince needs some more ladies. Bruce has 4 and could stand one or two more... Then there's half of the big pen that's sorta empty (the gate between the two pens is open so Bruce and his ladies get to roam a bit more. And of course, I'm putting all the red ladies in with my BO and one EE cockerel just for kicks. Now which one shall I stick in there? Hmmmmm?
Fluffy Butts are Best!