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[OneFineAcre]

@Poka_Doodle I was one of those kids that didn't fit in and now I am an adult that doesn't fit in. But I fit in just fine right here. Just because the kids you know and go to school with don't like the same things you do, doesn't make any difference in the overall scope of life. I am saddened that it depresses you. Take a good look at yourself deep inside and make up your mind to be happy. Be happy with who you are, not with what someone else thinks you ought to be. If the kids that are making fun of you for having show chickens don't like you for who you are, you can bet'cher boots they won't like you any better if you try to change into what they think you ought to be. So just don't worry about them.

Put on your Santa hat and go hug a chicken. It will make you feel better.

If it helps, I am passionate about my animals and gardening. I can see peoples eyes glaze over when I gush about my garden or animals. I find it strange that everybody doesn't appreciate a giant pile of horse poop. And I am sure other people think I have lost my little mind. I really don't care, I am happy being me and I suggest you find your way to that place that makes you happy. It makes it really hard for the nay-sayers to bring you down when you are smiling. And while they are being less than kind to you, you can be thinking how sorry you feel for them that they measure themselves by what everybody else thinks about them. Don't be afraid to be different from the other kids. Don't be afraid to stand out from the crowd. You just might inspire some other kid that is getting picked on for being "different". Nothing wrong with being different, celebrate your interests, enjoy what you love and never stop because some group of all-alike-all-the-same-fall-off-a-cliff-together pick on you because they know nothing about what you love to do.

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[OneFineAcre]

Yeah, he was gone for ten days and got back on the eightteenth of November

What was he doing in Alaska? That sounds interesting.
Does he mostly practice with small animals or does he take care of livestock?

 

[Poka_Doodle]

What was he doing in Alaska? That sounds interesting.
Does he mostly practice with small animals or does he take care of livestock?

He was Hunting and fishing off aboat with friends. He has done livestock and takes care of our personal livestock vetenary needs but practices on small animals

 

[Poka_Doodle]

@Poka_Doodle I was one of those kids that didn't fit in and now I am an adult that doesn't fit in. But I fit in just fine right here. Just because the kids you know and go to school with don't like the same things you do, doesn't make any difference in the overall scope of life. I am saddened that it depresses you. Take a good look at yourself deep inside and make up your mind to be happy. Be happy with who you are, not with what someone else thinks you ought to be. If the kids that are making fun of you for having show chickens don't like you for who you are, you can bet'cher boots they won't like you any better if you try to change into what they think you ought to be. So just don't worry about them.

Put on your Santa hat and go hug a chicken. It will make you feel better.

If it helps, I am passionate about my animals and gardening. I can see peoples eyes glaze over when I gush about my garden or animals. I find it strange that everybody doesn't appreciate a giant pile of horse poop. And I am sure other people think I have lost my little mind. I really don't care, I am happy being me and I suggest you find your way to that place that makes you happy. It makes it really hard for the nay-sayers to bring you down when you are smiling. And while they are being less than kind to you, you can be thinking how sorry you feel for them that they measure themselves by what everybody else thinks about them. Don't be afraid to be different from the other kids. Don't be afraid to stand out from the crowd. You just might inspire some other kid that is getting picked on for being "different". Nothing wrong with being different, celebrate your interests, enjoy what you love and never stop because some group of all-alike-all-the-same-fall-off-a-cliff-together pick on you because they know nothing about what you love to do.

Thanks. I think it just is now that Pumpkin has passed that it really got to me. I know what I do is not usual, but those that I talk to respect it. It was a friend that really picked on me this fall that got it going. I have had depression before but was about to ignore it and get through, this time I couldn't with her

 

[OneFineAcre]

He was Hunting and fishing off aboat with friends. He has done livestock and takes care of our personal livestock vetenary needs but practices on small animals

Cool.
Are you interested in being a vet, or doing something with animals?
My daughter Rachel says one day that she wants to be a chef, and the next she says she want's to go to NC State and major in agricultural education.
I want her to do what she wants, but I'm hoping that option 2 is what happens.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Cool.
Are you interested in being a vet, or doing something with animals?
My daughter Rachel says one day that she wants to be a chef, and the next she says she want's to go to NC State and major in agricultural education.
I want her to do what she wants, but I'm hoping that option 2 is what happens.

I want to work with lovestock (or livestock, funny typo) or baking. Cake Decorating has been the other part of my life

 

[OneFineAcre]

I want to work with lovestock (or livestock, funny typo) or baking. Cake Decorating has been the other part of my life

Sounds like you and Rachel have a lot in common. She likes animals but she like to bake too. Do you ever watch the cooking shows on TV? She loves them. She sent a video in to be a contestant on the kid's "Chopped" show. She made an apple pie in the video.
She didn't get picked.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Sounds like you and Rachel have a lot in common. She likes animals but she like to bake too. Do you ever watch the cooking shows on TV? She loves them. She sent a video in to be a contestant on the kid's "Chopped" show. She made an apple pie in the video.
She didn't get picked.

Cool, I think we do. I debated about doing it but didn't. I like watching cooking shows on TV but rarely do. My brothers hogged the remote all sumer and watched NCIS

 

[Goat Whisperer]

@Poka_Doodle

I agree with the other members. If you are really passionate chickens, who cares what the others think. That is what makes people unique. Life would be dual and boring if everyone was the same. I am sorry you are getting picked on, don't let it get you down though.

You stated that it was a "friend" who started it. I personally would not consider someone who picks on me and/or causes me to get depressed a friend. The great thing about friends is that YOU get to choose them

 

[Poka_Doodle]

I don't call her a friend anymore. People don't realize passions, and if mine is livestock it is no different then a sport. I just have a harder time without my bestfriend Pumpkin that passed on halloween from probably genetics