autumnprairie
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ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal
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elevan
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And it just keeps getting better (big sarcasm emoticon here).
Went out to close up the poultry and do my head count and there were 7 adult guineas in the coop. Had K rush to the last remaining guinea nest outside and sure enough she had abandoned her nest...with one week to go! So I had K collect the eggs and we put them under some broody chickens. It's a Hail Mary, don't know if they're still viable or how long she's been off the nest today.
AND guinea mama was on a roost...where are her 2 keets. I got to looking and found 1 in a nest box shivering by itself and couldn't find the other. K found the other one - trampled. So I took the remaining keet and put her with one of the chicken mamas who is caring for keets. She tucked the baby right under her.
B is devastated by all of the "baby" losses in the past 2 days. No amount of me telling him that sometimes things just happen or that sometimes the mamas aren't good at their jobs or sometimes babies aren't strong enough to survive matter much when you're 6 and you love the babies the most.
Went out to close up the poultry and do my head count and there were 7 adult guineas in the coop. Had K rush to the last remaining guinea nest outside and sure enough she had abandoned her nest...with one week to go! So I had K collect the eggs and we put them under some broody chickens. It's a Hail Mary, don't know if they're still viable or how long she's been off the nest today.
AND guinea mama was on a roost...where are her 2 keets. I got to looking and found 1 in a nest box shivering by itself and couldn't find the other. K found the other one - trampled. So I took the remaining keet and put her with one of the chicken mamas who is caring for keets. She tucked the baby right under her.
B is devastated by all of the "baby" losses in the past 2 days. No amount of me telling him that sometimes things just happen or that sometimes the mamas aren't good at their jobs or sometimes babies aren't strong enough to survive matter much when you're 6 and you love the babies the most.
jodief100
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I wish I could do more. You are an amazing mother Em.
Vickir73
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and more . My kids take the losses very hard too (although the loss of my hen had me very upset). They (mine, at least) seem to have a hard time understanding how I can seemingly shrug off the death of things. It's not that it doesn't upset me - but I was raised in this environment - none of this is new to me and I forget sometimes that this is new to them. All I know to do to help mine are to give plenty of hugs - and I let them bury the animals if they want to. That seems to help. Me - I have a different opinion as to what to do with the dead birds/animals, but if it helps them, I let them do it. We have our own little "cemetery" full of dead animals. Including a little cemetery under the tree immediately out of the back door where my DD buries all of her fish because someone told her that flushing the fish down the toilet will clog up the drains 
I've discovered that as a mom there is never enough time in the day and now that I've decided to get back into the "farm life" it's even worse - but in the long run, I feel it's so worth it.
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elevan
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Thank you.
B always helps DH bury the dead critters. It hurts him so much because his "bio mom" was not a good mother at all and he knows that she almost killed him. So when a mama (animal) doesn't take good care of her babies it brings that hurt back for him as well.
K had a follow up today for her mole removal. They didn't have the results of the biopsy back yet but the dr told me that it's usually good that I didn't hear from them by now. So we're 99% sure that there was no problem.
Today the mama guinea was looking for her babies. The one remaining started calling to her so now mama guinea and her mate are patrolling outside the one broody pen. Mama chicken is not a bit happy about it. It might take a few days but I hope that mama guinea gives up. If I hadn't pulled that keet last night it wouldn't have made it through the night.
I'm hoping to share some amazing news with y'all soon. It might take a few months though, so be patient...
B always helps DH bury the dead critters. It hurts him so much because his "bio mom" was not a good mother at all and he knows that she almost killed him. So when a mama (animal) doesn't take good care of her babies it brings that hurt back for him as well.
K had a follow up today for her mole removal. They didn't have the results of the biopsy back yet but the dr told me that it's usually good that I didn't hear from them by now. So we're 99% sure that there was no problem.
Today the mama guinea was looking for her babies. The one remaining started calling to her so now mama guinea and her mate are patrolling outside the one broody pen. Mama chicken is not a bit happy about it. It might take a few days but I hope that mama guinea gives up. If I hadn't pulled that keet last night it wouldn't have made it through the night.
I'm hoping to share some amazing news with y'all soon. It might take a few months though, so be patient...
autumnprairie
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News what News and you tell us to be patient 
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elevan
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It'll be worth the wait...I promise 
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We have a new keet! It's from the abandoned 2nd guinea nest. I went out to lock the chickens up and collect the evening eggs and there was this cute baby. 
It's fully dry and fluffy so it must have happened early afternoon.
It's fully dry and fluffy so it must have happened early afternoon.
autumnprairie
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elevan said:We have a new keet! It's from the abandoned 2nd guinea nest. I went out to lock the chickens up and collect the evening eggs and there was this cute baby.
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elevan
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I'm all baked out. I added a Zucchini Chia Muffin to my line up this week. My kitchen table is full of stuff that I must fit into the car tomorrow morning...along with 2 boys. I need an SUV, I think.
