Toddlers are Quackers

[Cyneswith]

tell them that you can always hatch more
lol

My son wanted to go out to TSC and get more, because the others would miss her too much. Noooope. Nope nope nope. My coop can only house 8, TSC has a minimum of 6, and we were only planning on keeping 3. I don't think my husband would be too happy to come home to 12 birds instead of 3.

@Bantambird - I normally have my eyes on them better, but my husband was skyping from the Middle East (he'll be back next week), and my son was going bonkers telling him about something video game related, and I was trying to figure out what my son was talking about...

 

[Bantambird]

My paranoia stems from the Savannah cat that my husband insisted he had to have since I have my "fancy chickens", lol. TBH, the cat actually nabbed a poult once, and took it into her hidey den, but the poult was completely unharmed, thank goodness. I'm still worried about it. And... ADHD is a heritable problem (it's me, I did it) so my kids get way busier with the babies than I feel comfortable with.
And my husband is the stay at home parent... He's not particularly attentive.
Yep, I'm paranoid.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Well. Crap. My daughter tripped and collapsed part of the brooder box, crushing one of the chicks. My son is distraught and furious at his sister and sad about Minecraft because that's what he was talking about when it happened. Poor Pecks. Poor kids.

sad!

 

[BullChick]

Toddler and Chick Mom problems: "Why and how is there a crayon in the middle of the brooder?"

Well. Crap. My daughter tripped and collapsed part of the brooder box, crushing one of the chicks. My son is distraught and furious at his sister and sad about Minecraft because that's what he was talking about when it happened. Poor Pecks. Poor kids.

Are you guys okay now?
It happens. Certainly didn't happen on purpose.

 

[BullChick]

I don't lose it with my in-laws. I'm too afraid to speak to them!
I appreciate that anyone thinks I'm strong or patient. I suppose I am to a point, but don't confuse strength with fear and stupidity. It took two people on here to force me to speak up about UTI's. My in-laws occasionally remember that I spoke up, and let me know they are displeased.

 

[BullChick]

Now if a stranger (or someone I am emotionally attached to) ticks me off... I will tear them up!
It takes a lot of pushing, but if I warn someone to back off, they better listen.
A man was kicking his daughter in the ribs in a store. The mother and other siblings just watched. I get that. They were trained to not interfere. I had nothing to lose. He could have come after me, but I was better able to defend myself. He yelled at me. He threatened me. I didn't back down.
Please don't tell me that you are sorry, but my father would beat us worse if we showed fear. So I will stand there when I'm in danger, and deal with it. The guy wasn't expecting someone to stand up to him.

 

[BullChick]

 

[Bantambird]

Reminds me a bit of stories my husband had about his dad beating on him. He said that his dad would make sure to beat him until he quit crying. Liked to use belt buckles. Really wailed when drunk. But in the end, when my husband got jumped by three Mexicans who started kicking him in the ribs and body, he realized that his dad beat him much harder that those punks. He said that it really scared those Mexicans when he got up during the beating and started swinging. He also found a silver lining, like you did. He realized that, and also decided he would never be like his dad. With everything he does, he always weighs carefully before acting.
Also, my husband doesn't allow the kids alone with his own father.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

good morning Abi

 

[BullChick]

Good morning, luv!