Changing goals and speed

[AClark]

I hope so too. I spent a week and a half on painkillers for that tooth. It's been out for 2 days and I haven't taken one since yesterday afternoon and feel just fine. It's only a little tender where they stitched it up.

It feels so good to be back to the farm. I went and let the chickens out this morning and they are happily running around the yard and under the neighboring pasture trees doing chicken things. Our dogs decided to attack Foghorn yesterday while we were out watering. The dogs are in a load of trouble for that, they've never shown any interest in the chickens until then. DH's dog was shaking Foghorn when I got them off of him, and he was completely limp. I brought Foghorn in the house, and honestly thought he was a goner. He doesn't have any punctures, but some ripped out feathers and was just laying there gasping. He recovered over night and was perky this morning and is back out today.
It was scary, Foghorn is my favorite rooster by far, he's very friendly and gentle. One of the other roosters is a mean SOB and is going to be chicken pot pie this weekend. I've had enough of trying to move him and dealing with him.

 

[Bruce]

Let the other one flog the dogs a bit before he gets put in the pot pie

 

[Baymule]

What did you do to the dogs? I caught one of mine playing with a rooster one day and like to beat him to death--with a NEWSPAPER. I yelled at him for hours, because he hid under the deck and wouldn't come out. I beat the deck with NEWSPAPER and scolded him. When my husband came home, he went to the back yard and the dog ran to him, just glad to see someone that wasn't bent on murdering him with NEWSPAPER. My husband grabbed his collar, I shoved the rooster under his nose and beat him with that awful, terrible, scary NEWSPAPER. I put the rooster away and continued to beat the dog with NEWSPAPER, he almost dragged my husband off the deck. I put feathers under his nose and clobbered him with NEWSPAPER and yelled at him some more. That dog has never shown any interest in a chicken again.

 

[animalmom]

@Baymule, remind me to never aggravate you.

 

[Baymule]

@Baymule, remind me to never aggravate you.

As long as you don't bite my rooster, we'll be ok.

 

[Bruce]

What if she bites one of your hens?

 

[Baymule]

What if she bites one of your hens?

Then she might get smacked with the deadly NEWSPAPER.

 

[animalmom]

Oh no, not the...... dreaded ...... deadly...... newspaper! Oh the humanity!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I thought newspapers were extinct! Glad you've given some of the remaining ones a job!!

 

[CntryBoy777]

They sure are rare these days and times.....no more "Routes" to throw for young guys to make some pocket change....