The Old Folks Home

[Sally PB]

Brought another pot of freshly brewed Arabica for the much needed refueling.

Thanks. I had a cup of coffee with lunch that was 3/4 decaf. Somehow, I think it's going to kick in about bedtime!

The rain sounds pretty out there. I was just out with the chickens for snack time, and it sounds really pretty on the run and coop roof. I would have sat out there for an hour, but I didn't want to leave Freya inside alone. If it were a sunny day, I'd just have her tied up where she could see me, and she'd be fine chewing on a stick. But if it were a sunny day, I wouldn't be out there listening to it rain.

 

[LaFleche]

I wouldn't be out there listening to it rain.

This makes me remember a song I like very much:

 

[Sally PB]

^^ Nice! Thanks!

 

[getaclue]

Dh has been out staking out where he wants his shop built. It will be one of two places.

Our neighbor came, and removed an old telephone pole on our property that was rotten, and about to fall down.

He brought a big tractor tire, and a long tow strap. He hooked the tow strap at the base of the telephone pole, put the tractor tire right up to the base of the pole, running the strap over the top of the tire. He took out the slack, then we all watched from a distance. By pulling the strap over the tire, it lifted the pole right up out of the ground. I thought that was pretty neat.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I don't recall the photo, but i am not much into roosters except polish. I quit keeping silkies after a hawk killed my favorite pullet. Broke my heart.

He is an unusual color for a silkie. Here's my girl.

 

[microchick]

Cap you have the prettiest birds. Just amazing but quality speaks for itself.

Thanks for the Jose Feliciano fix @LaFleche Brightened my day. I am back to feeding and watering my chooks. Poor babies didn't give my husband any respect. He said they screamed the moment he went in to feed and until he left. Funny since they do know him. They just don't know him in the coop I guess.

Anyway, one of my little hens that is God only knows what jumped out of a nest box this morning when I let them out. I actually let out a yelp and jumped back. She was all pinfeathers with only a few tuffs of feathers left on her. Just pitiful looking.

All I could do was laugh then and ask her when she decided to do this? Of course she didn't tell me and all she was interested in was the crust of bread she was trying to get to in my hand. It was like 'gimme the freakin bread witch! I ain't in any mood to beg for it!'

My poor coop needs cleaned so bad but A I don't feel ike it and B no sense doing it till they dget done molting. One of my bantam hens flew from one roost bar to another and feathers came fluttering down from her. Poor miserable babies.

 

[sourland]

I never drink coffee, it smells awful. I do enjoy a good cup of tea.

The smell of coffee triggers childhood memories for me. I like tea, but it kills my stomach.

 

[LaFleche]

From my childhood I remember walking by the coffee shops and loving the smell of freshly roasted and ground coffee. I would hang around the shop doors sniffing the air while waiting for the bus.

 

[sourland]

From my childhood I remember walking by the coffee shops and loving the smell of freshly roasted and ground coffee. I would hang around the shop doors sniffing the air while waiting for the bus.

My bedroom was directly above our kitchen, and my memory is of the smell of bacon cooking and coffee perking while my mother made breakfast for the family.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Cap you have the prettiest birds. Just amazing but quality speaks for itself.

Thanks for the Jose Feliciano fix @LaFleche Brightened my day. I am back to feeding and watering my chooks. Poor babies didn't give my husband any respect. He said they screamed the moment he went in to feed and until he left. Funny since they do know him. They just don't know him in the coop I guess.

Anyway, one of my little hens that is God only knows what jumped out of a nest box this morning when I let them out. I actually let out a yelp and jumped back. She was all pinfeathers with only a few tuffs of feathers left on her. Just pitiful looking.

All I could do was laugh then and ask her when she decided to do this? Of course she didn't tell me and all she was interested in was the crust of bread she was trying to get to in my hand. It was like 'gimme the freakin bread witch! I ain't in any mood to beg for it!'

My poor coop needs cleaned so bad but A I don't feel ike it and B no sense doing it till they dget done molting. One of my bantam hens flew from one roost bar to another and feathers came fluttering down from her. Poor miserable babies.

Thank you, i raised a lot of roosters to get only a few hens. Once the best one was killed, no sense going on with the others. So i sold them.