Hen23's Journal~Goodbye

[Henrietta23]

Signs of spring in CT:
red winged blackbirds
bluebirds
turkeys in the bare fields
Canada geese headed back North
daffodil tips peeping out
DS has gone through a growth spurt and nothing from the fall fits!
and Little League season has begun with pregame clinics!

 

[glenolam]

Hen...if you ever want more chicks just let me know. I've got 18 in the bator ready to hatch tomorrow (hopefully! ) and plan on putting more in next week. I'd be happy to supply you with some random mutts!

 

[Henrietta23]

Hen...if you ever want more chicks just let me know. I've got 18 in the bator ready to hatch tomorrow (hopefully! ) and plan on putting more in next week. I'd be happy to supply you with some random mutts!

I will, I will! 4 new pullets chicks will be good for a bit. We'll be one over our limit of 18 (personally set limit that is... it used to be 7) If anything should happen and you have definite non-rooster types I'd be interested. I've got nothing against mutts. I got two white eggs today and I only have two white layers, Angela, my Sicilian Buttercup, and Sasha, my UCONN mutt who is NINE years old!! If it weren't for the rooster issue and my inability to do them in I'd be hatching too. We've done it twice. Once we ended up with three roosters. Then I did it again at school and ended up with 5 pullets but I had hatched for someone else on BYC and gave them all back.

Sad news, the student I've talked about that I've worked so hard to connect with at the beginning of the year has gone back to PA to live with his biological mother. Apparently where she lives it is quite tough and he was involved in a gang there, got beat up twice to the point of brain injury and everyone at school is just horrified that he was sent back there. I was in tears when I was told.

 

[abifae]

Signs of spring in CT:
red winged blackbirds
bluebirds
turkeys in the bare fields
Canada geese headed back North
daffodil tips peeping out
DS has gone through a growth spurt and nothing from the fall fits!
and Little League season has begun with pregame clinics!

SPRING TIME!!!

woot!

snowing here.

 

[MorelCabin]

Glad spring is rolling in for you...we still have at least 6 weeks to wair before chicks will survive here I am envious!

 

[glenolam]

I'm sorry to hear that about your student. Hopefully some of the things you've taught him will stick in his mind.

 

[Henrietta23]

I hope so too. Unfortunately he chose not to come see me most of the time.
And don't get me wrong, we're seeing signs of spring but we're not exactly setting out the plants or anything!!

 

[Henrietta23]

Sure 'nough, in the back corner of the coop, behind the can of food, a small whitish thing lay resting on the floor. I gasped, I tiptoed over, I picked up and gazed in amazement. Something I haven't seen in nearly 5 months. A duck egg! I suspect Pat my Khaki Campbell based on its size, but who knows?
Yet another sign of spring!!
I needed that today. We are in the midst of State testing from 3 rd grade up and while DS is not involved since he's not in the public school this year, both of the schools I work in are. Not fun.

 

[Henrietta23]

Not much to report. 2 more duck eggs. Now I think it might be Edna, one of the Blue Swedish/Runner duck crosses. She stays in with the chickens while the other 6 are hell-bent on getting outta that pen! Everyone is free ranging today. I even had Donki out while I was puttering around. She is so sweet and doesn't wander too far so I don't forget to keep an eye on her. She found some white pine branches that came down in recent winds and enjoyed those for a good long time!
We rescued a dog this morning. It was roaming in a busy intersection near our church. Everyone was slowing down but driving right by. So I did. By the time I got my car safely off the road the dog had wandered into a yard of a family we happen to know. I was able to get him to come to me and grab his collar. He was a cute little red terrier mix. Had a collar but no tags. We knocked on the door to see if our friend recognized him but she didn't. She loaned me a leash and I called the animal control number. Amazingly someone was there on a Sunday and she asked if I wouldn't mind bringing the dog in for her. I had my old wagon with the dog barrier so it was perfect. I did just that and left her my number. I went home and sent out an email to the neighborhood Yahoo group and posted on Facebook. Two hours later the dog was back home! Phew!
I spent the whole day yesterday at the "University of Scouting" doing some mandatory leader training for next year and also taking some fun courses in outdoorsy stuff. I though I did pretty well "out there" but I did learn a few things. For example I did not actually know how to **** in the woods! I have to do another 12 hour day in the next few months so I can take my den hiking with out the Cub Master being with us.
The time change is not agreeing with me. I will be turning in early tonight. Oh wait. It's already too late for that. Phooey~

 

[abifae]

Me too with the time change. *snores*