Welcome to the new members. Amy your little boy is so precious!! Thanks for sharing photos everyone, pics are always nice.
Sorry to hear about the MS issues, at one point they thought that is what I had before they decided it was Lupus. I'm still not fully sure of their diagnosis as they stated I only had 2 brain lesions and I had to have 3 or more to be diag. with MS.
Haven't written much in the past week or so as my Lupus is flaring up and been in so much pain. All I can do is take the pain pills, wrap my arms in ice packs and hope for the best. Arms hurt so bad yesterday just caring a gallon of milk, I nearly dropped it at
Walmart just going from the coolers to the check out. And my back and feet are just miserable. I'm trying like hell to hold back from going in to get a morphine shot for the pain after the withdrawals I went thru a few weeks ago. I can't wait til this flare up goes away. My husbands nearly ready to leave me as he's sick of me being sick and although I feel bad for him having to deal with me, I can't control what is going. it's not like I have a choice in the matter.
Yesterday was actually the first day in nearly a week that I was able to get outside and check on the chickens as I've been in so much pain I could barely walk. I can't carry the 2 1/2 gallon buckets to feed as my arms hurt so bad. The boys have been such a great help doing my chores for me although they don't do it as good as I feel they should they are helping. Giving them credit for phy ed for homeschooling for doing all the work for me. Daughter got a new job, this is her 2nd week so she hasn't been around much to help out, only on Fridays when she has off as she has one class at WITC in Rice lake. The rest of her classes are online.
Looks like it's going to cost a little over 1400$ at Greener Acres in Cadott to rebuild the transmission in the new Jeep, now to try and save the money up. As hubands decides he needed a new car Saturday more than getting the Jeep fixed for me and the kids. I am right now in a stump trying to get someone to trailer the Jeep there so they can at least start on it. I can pay just over half now and I'll have the rest when they are done in a week. Husbands Uncle and Cousin each have trailers, just getting the husband to get around to asking to borrow one so we can get started. I have another vehicle, 94 Ranger that I inherited from my aunt last Aug., but it's not very comfy when you pack 5 people in it. It's an ext cab but the back seats are made for toddlers, not teens.
Me and son just come in from checking the chickens. Dog was going crazy and shined my big flash light out and seen at least 10 sets of eyes. Come back in and grabbed shoes and a coat and convinced son that I couldn't go out alone in case and it was coyotes behind my barn. Hopefully we have them scared off for the night. This am we see that Eda, one of her chicks and 3 of Fayes chicks are missing. We gathered up most of the free rangers and put them in my brooder pen for the night. I'll get it figured out better tomorrow. You'd think the dang coyotes could take some of these roos but no they take my layers and babies. Sold just one of Edas babies tonight, pretty sure it was a cockerel though. They are going to get back to me about buying some of the pullets and layers. It'd be nice to sell the layers out of the 2 coops are their is sets of 3 hens and 1 roo in each and it would make room for all the young ones for the winter. I could put the June July babies in one and the ones in the house in the other for heat purposes.
Went thru some of the young coops this afternoon and I have more cockerels than pullets. Not looking good for having layers next year. One of the Lavender Orps hatched out in June is def. a cockerel and thinking I have 2 pullets. Not like I need another roo as I have 3 already in breeding pens. Going to have to start butchering soon before I'm over run with them.
The chicks in the house are growing fast. Crossing my fingers they feather out before snow flies so I can house them out in the coop for the winter instead of the house. Their dusting is making a mess of everything. I'm down to 16 as one of the late hatchers died and one of the
Brinsea batch also. I do have one BLRW or possibly a splash out of the 13, a few black laced and some blacks. The BLRW x Light Brahma sure is going to be a nice looking chicken but I'm betting it's a cockerel, thinking the same with the BLRW chick.
Everyones molting all at once. Only collected 2 eggs today out of 30 hens. They all look so ragged compared to a month ago, I hate people coming to look at them right now unless they really know chickens and they will look good again soon.
My BLRW coop has 2 broodies, one BLRW and a Blue Wyondotte, you'd think they wouldn't want to set on eggs this time a year but stubborn hens. I'm going to see if son is still awake and will go help me candle them to see if their even coming along, if their not close I'll toss them out and hope they stop their broodyness for the year at least.
Wow I think I've been reading Frenchies posts to often I'm taking after her. Hope you all don't mind. Couldn't sleep so thought I'd take the time to catch up.
. Love your pics. What gorgeous babies!!!
