Steven Bussell
Songster
If I would have started raising our chick's and ducklings this time last year it would have been a huge mistake..
I started building the coop maybe around Feb last year.
I was working almost 12 hours a day. 3 hours was just being stuck in traffic. My drive home could sometimes be a 2 hr ordeal. I used the time to decompress so no matter how bad my day was I wouldn't bring it home with me.
After 25 years with the same company I was having more bad days than good. Not because of the work but because of the ompany owner change in how he treated me. At my age being treated poorly and with disrespect is not worth any amount of money.
I decided to quit my job. Took a big pay cut and got a job working in a new field
Now my commute time round trip is 20 minutes. I look forward to going to work .Yes I still have stressful days.
But it just part of dealing with the problems of the job.
I'm home almost 3 hours before my wife. Taking care of cleaning, feeding,watering and inspectioning very one is how now i decompress before she gets home.
Afterwards I grab some ice tea and just sit outside the coop looking at a empty run...Most days this is where she finds me. On the weekends I sit and enjoy my coffee out there.
I have spent more time in 3 months in my backyard than the 11 years we have owned this place
I'm looking forward to the day they start using the run and pond. I already have plans to double the run and pond next spring.
This time last year by the time I got home I just didn't have the time or energy to meet their needs.
My opinion a ducking is the next cutest thing to a black lab puppy.
I started building the coop maybe around Feb last year.
I was working almost 12 hours a day. 3 hours was just being stuck in traffic. My drive home could sometimes be a 2 hr ordeal. I used the time to decompress so no matter how bad my day was I wouldn't bring it home with me.
After 25 years with the same company I was having more bad days than good. Not because of the work but because of the ompany owner change in how he treated me. At my age being treated poorly and with disrespect is not worth any amount of money.
I decided to quit my job. Took a big pay cut and got a job working in a new field
Now my commute time round trip is 20 minutes. I look forward to going to work .Yes I still have stressful days.
But it just part of dealing with the problems of the job.
I'm home almost 3 hours before my wife. Taking care of cleaning, feeding,watering and inspectioning very one is how now i decompress before she gets home.
Afterwards I grab some ice tea and just sit outside the coop looking at a empty run...Most days this is where she finds me. On the weekends I sit and enjoy my coffee out there.
I have spent more time in 3 months in my backyard than the 11 years we have owned this place
I'm looking forward to the day they start using the run and pond. I already have plans to double the run and pond next spring.
This time last year by the time I got home I just didn't have the time or energy to meet their needs.
My opinion a ducking is the next cutest thing to a black lab puppy.