I`m so sorry for your losses.Hope the house chicken gets better
Off Topic but had to share new house pictures..
I'm so sorry to hear that!!! I hope the house chicken gets better. My heart aches for you and Billy.
That's one of the most difficult parts of chicken raising is keeping them safe.
In thinking of building a coop at the horse lot the hardest part in my mind is how to keep a predator from digging under. What I would really prefer is to have a bit of concrete, one and a half feet down into the ground, not very wide, but deep. They rent machines here that dig these trenches, or so I've been told. The next option is laying wire down in an L shape, or slanted away from the run or coop. Either way, it is not an easy task.
I'm sorry for you and Billy. Surely things will get better from here on. You have much to be thankful for, a new home and the two of you are healthy and safe and have each other. That's the most important thing.
We are living and that is the important part. They ripped the wire from the wall in a small hole and that is how they got in. I buried the wire at least 10 inches underground so they could not dig under, never expecting they would rip it from the wall. The white rock is hanging on, she is in a cage in the spare room with food and water and still laying down. She moves, but just does not stand.. She is still living though..
All is well we woke up to face another day..
I am so sorry for your loss. I've posted my troubles/adventures w/the neighbor's dogs. It is indeed so hard to make the coop secure and then find oneself worrying while at work that the re-enforcements to the coop hold. I hope your injured hen pulls though, you find a good replacement turkey, and all gets back to normal soon......
Whitey died today, I think she had a broken back.
GOOD NEWS.... Billy will be getting two new turkeys on Friday, he does not know yet. I found a ranch that has them and a few month olds, cross between Red and wild. I will surprise him by a tour of the ranch and then he gets to pick out his new ones. She tried to interest me in a piglett ummm no not at this time. Then she tried to intrest me in a cow... hummm no not at this time.
It was the most peaceful place, she had all kids of birds, has cows,pigs,goats and the most pretty peacocks just running with the guineas and geese. Then her husband explained some solar things to me and it was such a peaceful afternoon I did not want to leave... So on Friday morning I will take him there to look at the ranch and we will leave with the turkeys. She is giving them to me at a cost of $8 a bird, which the feed store had babies for $10. Also when she rotates her stock she will sell me some layers to replenish in a few months. All is good it was such an awesome afternoon...
I'm so glad that things are looking up for you. Billy will be very excited about his new pets - I hope you take lots of pictures.
Oh yes, pictures!!!!
Sounds like you made some good friends too.
OH Light I have re connected with some wonderful people. Her and I had a talk around a camp fire at a Barn B Que about 4 years ago and she sorta let me vent about Billy's parents... I would see them every year at the Barn B Que and we would always share a laugh about that night... She said I looked so much happier yesterday then she has seen me in the past...
Is her ranch near your new home?
Yes it is about 14 miles not far. We will make an morning of it, I am really excited and all he knows is he is going on an adventure...
I smile just thinking about how excited and suprised he will be.
Replace those tears with smiles. Have a great time.
How wonderful!
Oh he is so stoked... He named them Billy and Nanny I dont get it but they are his. They are in his room and we talk to them and hold them. He reads them books. The people we got them from came by today and said they are in good hands... I will have pictures tuesday. She requested I dont take pictures at the ranch it is a private place for them and I complied. But wait till you see them at our place.... They are really cool.
can't wait to see them
YAY, pictures coming soon!!!
Can hardly wait. Billy Bob sure has a nac for unique names. LOL
I love that Billy reads them books! What a great way to encourage his reading! Just love that!~
Yes!
Here are some moble pictures till I can upload more...
Coming home
Billy's room
Look furniture and pictures on the wall
I had to put two pictures together to capture the whole rainbow
love rainbows. Have seen dbl one a few times.
Billy looks so happy with his new pets
Again taken with a mobile phone Billy the human and Billy #2 Turkey watching Funny Home Video's on TV
Billy hanging yesterday at the party... When he was a baby, I would lay horse blankets in one just like this and then put him in there and roll it up to the round pen when I worked out the horses.. LOL
I just love those pictures!!!
Wheel barrels made the best seats when i was a kid. Its a very cute photo. Your way more moved in than I am! I still haven't gotten anything on the wall or all my stuff moved in. Got several boxes at mom's still... no idea where to put them. I need to put stuff on my very blank walls.....
What a great picture of Billy in the wheelbarrow! I have never seen them used that way before. It took me a couple of minutes to realize what he was sitting in.
Grey DONT open the Closets and the Spare Room or the Garage...LOL You would be surprised..
Green. I wish I could find the pictures of when he was a baby they were cute. It was the Wheel barrel that we used to clean stalls and He would rest on a bunch of saddle blankets so he never touched the metal, and the incline was enough to help him sit up and watch. He was protected by the wind, the dogs and he had a round pen side seat. I could watch him and work with the horses at the same time. He was never close enough for the dirt to hit him.. He loves to ride in them now..
That is so cute Rosie! I love that picture.. well, both of them.. The wheelbarrow picture looks like one of those wicker chairs with the huge backs? Like to call those the queen chair.. so that looks like a King's chair which I think is appropriate..
Thanks a million for sharing the pics. You have great windows. I'll bet you could grow a garden in the sun from those windows.
I love Billy and the turkey watching TV. Looks for all the world like the turkey is engrossed in the show.
You are making a great life for Billy. He will never foreget his childhood.
love the wheelbarrow seat. Billy is so cute
Didn't even know it was a wheelbarrow until it was pointed out LOL, it just looks like a big comfy chair! Love the pics, thanks for sharing Billy with us!
Tell him we want to see a pic of him reading his favorite book to the turkeys! OMG I would love that video!!! :)
It would be a classic for sure!!