My Heart's on Fire for Elvira

[JBun]

I feel so bad for your little blue chicks. The momma hen is so mean to them. I hope the coop building goes well. I used to get into projects like that, but they always seemed to take a lot longer to do then I originally planned for. But that's just me cause I'm such a perfectionist. I spend too much time on things that sometimes don't matter all that much. Oh, and make sure to take pics

Ellie, Ellie, Ellie! Bad bunny, spraying the poor little kitty, haha. That always does it for me. I think I'm about on the verge of getting Riley and Toby neutered. They always make such a mess when I let them play. And they are old enough now. Plus they used to be best buddies as babies, so I may even try and bond them. Not sure though. While you are waiting on a spay, keeping kitty away from her may at least stop the spraying, may stop the peeing and pooping on the floor too. I don't know how possible that is though. And her having a little timeout, won't be the end of the world. My buns have them too, when they decide it's too much fun to get into trouble.

Reese's, oh I wish I could have them. I'm allergic to peanuts now

Love a really good burger and fries! I'm always on the search for the perfect burger.

 

[Katielovesleo3]

I am sorry you have to get Ellie spayed. She's being SOOO bad! Buster was never too bad but he didnt have free reign of the house at the time either.

Oh and I checked out that tumblr blog, stuff on my rabbit. I got a kick out of it. But I wish really bad right now that I could have a rabbit that at least likes to be petted every now and then or one who actually wants to hang out with me in the LIVING room! Sheesh! Not like I'm asking for the moon!

 

[Chrisdoc]

That poor little chick, glad you managed to find her. And your hen is a real star...fresh eggs again, lovely.

I love a good burger as well, something homemade and with everything. I do make my own burgers and love them with cheese and bacon and fried onions...now it´s making me hungry. They do a good burger at the place I go with my friend for pizza, their pizzas are great too. But the burgers are enormous so if we go, we both have to share as I can´t eat one on my own.

 

[PaGal]

I can't use a sewing machine so I only hand sew. I used to sew stuffed animals for my kids. It was fun for me especially since it never took that long to sew and my kids enjoyed them. I also made my husband at the time a teddy bear wearing sweats and a head band and a dragon that I embroidered the name Smaug on as we were huge Tolkien fans.

My husband makes a mean bacon barbeque cheese burger. He of course cooks them on a grill and makes his own sauce. We bought him a new grill last year and have been cooking out more plus even in the winter. He puts the grill near the one garage door. We have the best smelling garage. It smells like cook out when he uses the grill and smells like fresh, clean clothes when I do laundry which is a lot.

Definitely post pics of the chicken coop!

 

[whitelop]

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It smells like cook out when he uses the grill.

Like A cook out or 'cook out' the restaurant? If its cook out the restaurant, I just ate that last night! I LOVE cook out!

 

[whitelop]

It rained a lot yesterday and it made it hard to do anything with the coop, but I got some stuff done.
But today...jeez it just won't stop raining at all! I'm going to have to go out there and do some stuff in the rain because I have chickens in cages and all over the place, its not fair for them to be cooped up in too small cages for such a long time.
I got all the poop and hay and bedding cleaned out of the chicken house and I swear, I smelled like chicken poop AFTER I got out of the shower. I was like up to my knees in the poop. hahaha. I should have probably cleaned that out sooner!

I have to tell you guys about the shower I took. Because my whole house fell apart when I came in from outside yesterday. I walked in and my cat peed in the floor. My husband broke the mop bucket like last week, so I've been using the tub to mop my floor. So I filled the tun with a little water and some stuff. I mopped the floor, it was fine. So I waited a while and then went to take a shower. My tub hadn't drained in like the 30 minutes that I waited because I was doing other stuff. So I go in to take a shower, the tub still has some water in it, with chemicals in it. I poured some vinegar down the drain, that didn't work. So after like another 30 minutes of not draining and the smell of chicken poop taking over my nostrils, I said f-it and took a shower anyway! I stood in the back corner of the tub that didn't have any chemical water and took like a 3 minute shower. Then got out and washed my feet because I was scared I touched the Mr. Clean floor cleaner. I was pissed when I got out, I was so mad that the stupid shower wouldn't drain! I was so mad about everything that happened from the time I walked in the door until I left later to go to a friends house to drop off mason jars. UGH! Sorry if that was kind of an over share about the shower, but a slow draining drain is the worst thing I've ever encountered, especially when you've been ass deep in chicken poop for the majority of the day and all you really want to do is take a shower!

Now to go out in the rain and finish my chicken coop, to get them out of the small cages.

I'll share what happened with one of my chicks later, she's okay, but she gave us quite the scare.

 

[agnesthelion]

Oh Morgan yeah that shower experience does not sound like fun! And smelling like chicken poop doesnt sound fun either.
It's snowing here again today. I would love some rain. Spring is slow to start here. I think punkxatawney (sp?) Phil was wrong.

 

[PaGal]

I meant cook out as in cooking on the grill outside. I have never heard of that particular restaurant, maybe we are not far enough south to have them.

I have a piece of my hubby's welding rod which he bent at the end so it a hook. When our drains back up I use the hook to grab out all of the hair that gets wrapped around the stopper in the drain. That's what the problem for us always is...hair. The girls and I all have long thick hair so it doesn't take long. It's gross work but only takes minutes and it is so much better having a tub/shower that drains quickly.

Another scare with a chick? Good night! I don't know if I could survive all those scares with chicks, not being the worry wart I am.

 

[holtzchick]

Awh poor you! It sounds like you've been having an annoying couple of days! I just read about Ellie and her hormones! The thing is too that she's young so her hormones are coming on raging but she would probably settle down a few months to a year later... I still think spaying would be best though, it helps alot

 

[Chrisdoc]

Yuk, smelling of chicken poop and a blocked drain...sounds like a very stressful day for you. Hope the little chick is OK and hope you sort out your drain...you can some stuff over here that you pour down to unblock it. Hair is the worst thing, I hate having to pull it all out of the drains....yuk.

 

[Katielovesleo3]

I think Seymour is clogging your drain....

 

[whitelop]

I just watched this episode of "my strange addiction" where this guy was obsessed with pulling hair out of drains. *gags* He would go to peoples houses and do it, people he'd only met once and pull the hair out of the drain and touch it. haha. EWW! The ONLY good thing about knowing that guy is that your drains are always clean!

I just put some stuff in the drain to hopefully help it. Unfortunately the thing about the old house is the drainage system isn't great. We need to re-model our bathroom, since 1972 called and it wants it bathroom back. That is on my list of things to do, but that will take some time.

Chicken coop is almost done! Its done enough to put them chickens in and they are in it. I'll take pictures tomorrow, I'm cold and still kind of wet and pretty tired. Now I have to mop my floors because we tracked mud in from outside. We were working in the rain and it wasn't fun. Thank god I had a waterproof jacket on.
So coop cost. I'll include everything we have.
house-$30, two years ago.
pen-free.
chicken wire-$63
zip ties-$12
tarp-$14
sand-$16
so grand total:$135
Thats pretty good! I think I'm going to get some ivy to grow over a part of the coop, I'll show you guys tomorrow with the pictures. That way, they will be sheltered from the sun in the summer and they will be protected from the hawks and stuff. Plus, I think it will look pretty cool. We still have more to add to it, to make the run bigger, but for right now its done!

The thing that happened with the chick was, yesterday they were in the shed in the rabbit cage. I opened the top and stuck some food in there, two of them flew out. My hub got one of them and then the cat decided to help the hunt, scared the other one off. She was in a freezer we have in the shed, in the bottom where the motor is. She stayed there for a few hours, we let her cool down enough to come back out. She came out, I chased her to a corner of the fence, she got stuck between some horse grade fencing and chicken wire, I had to pull the fences apart to get her out. She's fine! I put her back and all is well. That part of the fence is the old fence that we didn't put up. The people before us had goats or something, so they put up a double layer of fence. Who knows.

Anyway, all is well with the chickens. New home for them! They all seem to like it. I'll take pictures tomorrow, like I've said like 4 times!

I am so sick of the rain! My floors are so gross right now. I just had to buy a new mop bucket, so I'll mop after we eat. Stupid mud.

 

[whitelop]

I think Seymour is clogging my drain too.. stupid hair. Shhh don't tell him I said that, I would like to make it through the night! lmao!

 

[Katielovesleo3]

That is a good grand total for your coop! good job! I love the idea of ivy. My personal favorite is wisteria I keep seeing it around and I just wanna yell "PULL OVER HERE!" and jump out and grab a bunch hehe.
That's a close call with Ms. chick! Glad shes okay.

Hey! weren't you supposed to take pictures of your hair for us?

 

[Chrisdoc]

Well, ýou´ve had quite a day and in the rain...that´s great at that price, I can´t wait to see pictures and the ivy sounds like a great idea to keep it shaded.

That poor little chick, so glad you found her in the end and bet she was glad to go back home.

Having to mop the floors after all that work...at least you could try out your new bucket.

 

[whitelop]

Thankfully it wasn't the blue chick! haha. It was a white one. That poor little blue baby, she's doing well though!

 

[lyndym]

I find My Strange Addiction so oddly fascinating!! The weirdest ones I've seen include a girl who ate foam out of couch cushions, a girl who ate dryer sheets, a girl who ate plastic, a guy who ate raw meat.. Man people eat weird stuff. One of my friends and I like to grab a bottle of wine and just watch anything that's on TLC. That channel has got the craziest stuff.

I can't wait to see the finished chicken coop!

 

[Azerane]

Thats pretty good! I think I'm going to get some ivy to grow over a part of the coop, I'll show you guys tomorrow with the pictures. That way, they will be sheltered from the sun in the summer and they will be protected from the hawks and stuff. Plus, I think it will look pretty cool. We still have more to add to it, to make the run bigger, but for right now its done!

Correct me if I'm misunderstanding, are you not covering the top of the coop? Only with Ivy that you're going to grow over it? If not, I would definitely recommend doing so or you might get foxes/cats climbing in.

 

[Chrisdoc]

I´ve seen strange addiction as well and they do the weirdest things. I remember the one who ate the foam from the cushions but I remember another who ate the plaster from the walls and one who used to drink gasoline, one who took her soft toys everywhere and another who used to dress and live like a baby. There are some funny people about.

 

[agnesthelion]

Oh yes My Strange Addiction......I'm oddly fascinated too! Some of them are hard to watch. Ever see the one where she drank her own pee? Gag. She drank it, bathed in it, put it in her eyes.........freakin WEIRD!

Oh and there was one where the guy was in love with his car and he had sex with it. No joke. He would get under it and kinda, make love to it.......?

That show makes me feel waaaaaay normal.