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[CailetTempest]

well today is a great day!!! Might have found a home for hubby's dog with no chickens. He will get a ton of loving. Our friend called and his daughter's dog had passed away about 3 months ago and she has been wanting to get another dog. Our friend has met our dog "Chase" before and absolutely loved him. So he's going to talk to his wife and will let us know tomorrow... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she says yes. Our dog just can't be around my birds and he is a sweet dog except for the bird thing. I'm hoping!!!!

My "momma" chicken was absolutely cute this evening. She is my pet that is blind... and she has adopted 2 of my friends little babies. They snuggle under her wings at night and follow her around all day. The little ones snuggled under her wings was so adorable because they had their little heads peeking out. I am going to try to get a picture of it tomorrow because it is so sweet. My "momma" is such a good hen even if she can't see much but shadows.

 

[drumstick diva]

Sweet Silver - you too? I STILL tuck in stuffed animals to make sure they are warm enough at night. When my son outgrew his "lovies", the harsh abandonment hit when I realized he would outgrow his mama too. The animals were so much of his infancy and early childhood I HAD to keep them for the memories. Talk about soft, that's my head alright. It just dawned on me that I didn't shed a tear when I gave up my menagerie and my mom couldn't wait to get rid of them.

 

[Ogress]

I am so sorry that the guy couldnt clean the coop like they should have. I hope you didnt over do it.

I can be up for almost 2 hours now before the sweling starts so long as I don't lift anything heavy, sand when I groomed the dogs, I did have my leg elevated. It just felt good to be doing something useful for a change.

I had purchased nest pads that I asked the handyman to put in the nest boxes. I had been using shavings, (in the summer I use shredded paper, but the print comes off onto the eggs when the hens are wet. When someone told me my mortgage balance, I stopped using the paper!). Because the nests are built so they can be roll -out in case I get egg eaters, the shavings were very messy and were always spilling out into the storage room making everything a dusty mess. The handyman simply plopped the pads on top of the shavings! I meant for him to clean out the box and then put the pad in. Also, because my kids have been terrible about bringing the eggs in, there were a lot of broken eggs with chicken poop and shavings in them glued into the nest boxes. I cleaned them best I could with a scoop and a brush, but I will have to soak them when I do the big clean. I only did half the boxes. If anyone wants to help with the Big Clean, I will pay and have a BBQ. The high-school kids were grossed out at the thought of having to scrape chicken poo, and the $35 per hour handyman takes too many shortcutts. I took him off chicken duty. He is now painting. He's good at that.

 

[Breshcandra]

Ooh, how fun!! I keep thinking and thinking about trying to find one or two more birds for our flock and I think I really want some silkies or cochins. Something decorative and fuzzy!

where do you live? These are for sale.

 

[Ogress]

well today is a great day!!! Might have found a home for hubby's dog with no chickens. He will get a ton of loving. Our friend called and his daughter's dog had passed away about 3 months ago and she has been wanting to get another dog. Our friend has met our dog "Chase" before and absolutely loved him. So he's going to talk to his wife and will let us know tomorrow... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she says yes. Our dog just can't be around my birds and he is a sweet dog except for the bird thing. I'm hoping!!!!

My "momma" chicken was absolutely cute this evening. She is my pet that is blind... and she has adopted 2 of my friends little babies. They snuggle under her wings at night and follow her around all day. The little ones snuggled under her wings was so adorable because they had their little heads peeking out. I am going to try to get a picture of it tomorrow because it is so sweet. My "momma" is such a good hen even if she can't see much but shadows.

I can't wait to see the photos of "Momma" hen. I would let my broodies hatch some again if I needed more chickens. They are so fun to watch!

 

[FirewifeJess]

where do you live? These are for sale.

Ooh I wish I could take you up on some of those but I just asked DH if we could get a couple more and he promptly shut that idea down! Fine!

He doesn't have chicken fever, even with our current 5 week olds being so cute!

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: OMG! I will help you! You don't have to pay me either! Some luncj would be great, but not neccessary. When you are getting close to doing it let me know. K?

 

[CailetTempest]

I can't wait to see the photos of "Momma" hen. I would let my broodies hatch some again if I needed more chickens. They are so fun to watch!

She is the one with me in my profile picture. It surprised me the first time I saw a little head peeking out from under her wing.

 

[Ogress]

OMG! I will help you! You don't have to pay me either! Some luncj would be great, but not neccessary. When you are getting close to doing it let me know. K?

Cool! I don't think it will be for a month (need some sun to dry out the swamp or that wheelbarrow will not move). I'll send you a PM and I'll return the favor when your coops need cleaning.

 

[Breshcandra]

Ooh I wish I could take you up on some of those but I just asked DH if we could get a couple more and he promptly shut that idea down! Fine!

He doesn't have chicken fever, even with our current 5 week olds being so cute!

These are bantams so they are small chickens