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[hallerlake]

Ideal has brabanter pullets available. Since I only got two pullets. I ordered the minimum of eight. I'm out of my mind. I just got the brooding stuff out of the laundry room yesterday. Argh! I also asked to be notified if Spitz pullets become available. Double Argh!

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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Be ready for the packing peanuts! Will probably all be roos too.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Putterers unite!
It's amazing how awful this place looks when I stop puttering.

DH's boss told me I have adult ADD because I have a million started projects, but it takes me forever to get any of them complete because on the way upstaris to retrieve a pair of scissors, I am distracted by a smudged mirror so I bo back down to get the amonia from the laundry room, but then I see the load in the washer is done, so I go out to hang it, but then I hear a hen do her egg song so I go into the coop to gather eggs, see a waterer that is empty, take it back to the laundry room for a scrub, remember the amonia, head back up the staris and see some laundry on the floor, and when I pick it up and find the pair of scissors that I needed, only I can no longer remember what I needed them for, so I bring them down and put them on the kitchen counter to remind me, but pass the window that looks out at the laundry line and I see a chicken in the basket of clean wet clothes, so without paying any attention to where I am setting them, I put the scissors down so I can go get the chicken out of the basket .....

QFT.

I've been officially diagnosed with ADHD.

What, this board doesn't have a "me, too" smiley? We've talked about this, of course, but not in this venue. I never know for sure what's going to end up being done when I set out to work; part of this is just farming, although it settles down after calving season's over, but a lot of it is ADHD making it hard to complete whole sequences of tasks. Of course, the last couple of weeks, that hasn't been true; I've been hyperfocussed on finishing the two quarantine structures, and everything else might as well not existed, although there was "check the chickens' feed and water" written into certain points in the day.

Also, I would like to note that Sylvia has layed an egg two days in a row! Way to go, Sylvia!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Putterers unite!
It's amazing how awful this place looks when I stop puttering.

DH's boss told me I have adult ADD because I have a million started projects, but it takes me forever to get any of them complete because on the way upstaris to retrieve a pair of scissors, I am distracted by a smudged mirror so I bo back down to get the amonia from the laundry room, but then I see the load in the washer is done, so I go out to hang it, but then I hear a hen do her egg song so I go into the coop to gather eggs, see a waterer that is empty, take it back to the laundry room for a scrub, remember the amonia, head back up the staris and see some laundry on the floor, and when I pick it up and find the pair of scissors that I needed, only I can no longer remember what I needed them for, so I bring them down and put them on the kitchen counter to remind me, but pass the window that looks out at the laundry line and I see a chicken in the basket of clean wet clothes, so without paying any attention to where I am setting them, I put the scissors down so I can go get the chicken out of the basket .....

QFT.

I've been officially diagnosed with ADHD.

ADHD Almost Done Honey Do's

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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especially when they stretch out those creepy necks!

My DD wants them, so I hurried up and bought RFF's Bantam Cochinswhen she said they were cute. Now she can't get silkies!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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It only looks wrong on an animal that is supposed to have fur or feathers! Don't think you qualify...no, I'm sure you don't!

I always laugh at those hair clinic commercials that play to men's insecurities. I like bald heads.

I just about peed myself one summer. We were camping, and my friend's DH was joining us later in the evening because he had a medical appointment. I guess he thought in the evening, around the campfire, the lighting would be dim enough that no one would notice what he did. He pulled off his ball cap and there were all these plugs of hair, evenly spaced like on a dolls head, jammed into an angry red scalp! I had to gag on a marshmallow to excuse myself I was laughing so hard, only I don't think the gagging looked convincing as I had to stumble away from there with my legs crossed!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Well, DH worked on my newest coop today...he didn't exactly do the doors like I wanted...in fact, he made the bottom 1/4 of the door hardware cloth.

Not very wind/rain proof...and he stole my Light Sussex feeder & an extra one and bolted them to the door...without the lids...not sure how I'll keep the food dry? They are the rabbit feeders from Bass Equip. and with the new crumbles I've been feeding, there is a lot of waste which will fall out in front of the coop door.

Oh and he also made holes in the hardware cloth for pop bottle waterers--which is fine for the winter but not enough water for two pens of 4+ chickens in them for the heat of the summer. So I'll probably just by-pass those with big waterers when it's hot outside like I do with all of the other pens.

Lastly, he forgot about nest boxes.

So he's now trying to figure out where to put those--where they won't interfere with the feeder/waterers, roost or pop hole doors.

I didn't want to say anything because it's been nearly a year since he started on it and it's a pretty sore subject. I just want it finished.

I am sure I'll have to go plastic wrap the front of the coop when it's -10 or whatever outside and blowing snow in there.

 

[VelvettFog]

Someone wanted a "I agree" smiley.

 

[cheryl98117]

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it's amazing what you can accomplish puttering, but you never get any credit, because it only shows when you don't do it. I'm a confirmed putterer.

Putterers unite!
It's amazing how awful this place looks when I stop puttering.

DH's boss told me I have adult ADD because I have a million started projects, but it takes me forever to get any of them complete because on the way upstaris to retrieve a pair of scissors, I am distracted by a smudged mirror so I bo back down to get the amonia from the laundry room, but then I see the load in the washer is done, so I go out to hang it, but then I hear a hen do her egg song so I go into the coop to gather eggs, see a waterer that is empty, take it back to the laundry room for a scrub, remember the amonia, head back up the staris and see some laundry on the floor, and when I pick it up and find the pair of scissors that I needed, only I can no longer remember what I needed them for, so I bring them down and put them on the kitchen counter to remind me, but pass the window that looks out at the laundry line and I see a chicken in the basket of clean wet clothes, so without paying any attention to where I am setting them, I put the scissors down so I can go get the chicken out of the basket .....

Oh this is SO me! I do this ALL the time, the DH gets home and tries to say I didnt do anything all day... Um... Yeah I did, but you just dont see it. In all actuality, it only takes about 45 minutes to an hour to clean my house. But it takes me all day because Im constantly bouncing around.

 

[cheryl98117]

O. Update on my Aunts Husband. As of this morning he is stable. He started coming around last night. He is still in ICU but is stable.