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. . . are people who drive over for a simple PYO swap, and when they discover you and your husband entrenched in the middle of a huge, back-breaking, we’re-only-doing-this-because-the-sun-is-shining-right-this-moment complete remodel of the secondary chicken coop, surrounded by a lake of really disgusting mud . . . and roll up their sleeves and step right in. We got that coop re-done in half the time it would have taken otherwise, and strapped the tarps down just as the rain rolled back in. And these wonderful people weren’t fazed by boot-devouring mud, stinky and slick as glass. Nor by the puddles of indeterminate depth until you stepped in them, and found muddy water soaking up your pants leg. Nor by the quarrelsome hens of our secondary flock, temporarily escaped from their coop and celebrating by running amok and picking fights with every other chicken that looked at them funny. They weren’t even fazed by lurking black widow spiders, pinched fingers, huge heavy coop panels, or the fact that the yard was anything but level and every five minutes things ground to a halt while my husband or I applied a frantic shovel. They even managed to keep reasonably straight faces while listening to me shower profuse apologies on the earthworms being so rudely churned up.
There are some amazing folks on this Forum, and even their parents are amazing. You know who you are; I’m just so touched by your tremendous Good Neighborliness that I had to come here and say something! 😀 Jake and his girls are loving their new, snug quarters, and our little bantams are one big step closer to being able to stretch their legs in more space. Everybody here thanks you, from the bottom of our hearts. :yes:
XD That is a funny and heart warming story,bless their good hearts 😉 Thanks for sharing 🙂
Every act matters.No matter how small💞
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Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.I wish I would have been there to help too, had I not been sick.
you made mom blush. how could we subbmit those poor chickens, and yourself, to such weather?
I was very sorry to hear that you were sick! 🙁 These darned winter bugs are such a pain. I hope you’re feeling a lot better today. We missed you . . . and not just because of the coop project!
My husband’s right; I do get a little OCD where the chickens are involved. Jake and his girls had lost half their roof in that last storm, but I admit I could have just re-tarped their coop and let the matter go a little longer. It was just that we had the new roof ready to go, and in order to re-roof we needed to subdivide the coop and put up that center wall panel, and the sun was actually shining, and . . . yeah. Compulsive.
The method to all the madness, though, is that we’ll soon be able to put Jake and the girls out on pasture, and move the bantams into one side of the secondary coop and the Polish into the other. This will be a big step up for everyone involved! 🙂
oh I am blowing green junk and my face and throat are still fairly raw.
I know your chickens really needed it. I felt so bad for them last time I was there, so I think a little impulse here was a good thing for those feather buts. Hopefully they will be quite a bit more dry now.
That will be nice for them to be out to pasture, I think Jake especially will enjoy the extra room.
😳 😳 😳 aaaah your welcome *gives giant hug*!!
i was really happy to show up when we did 😀 and finishing before the rain really hit! driving home the rain was coming down so quickly it seemed there was immediate flooding in most of the streets and the hail came down pretty thick to! i really adore your chickens 😀 and i’m so happy my mom and i where able to help!Blowing green junk? Hang in there and I hope you’re feeling better soon, Koishii!
Grayfire: Agh, sorry that you guys got caught in such a mess of weather on the way home! 🙁 The hail never reached us, but some mighty cold wind came through. The chickies were really glad for their new shelter. They’ve been so jealous of Elwood and the rest of the birds up in the barn. Little do they know they’re soon going to get a barn of their own, and one that’s in better shape! 😆
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