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Monday, March 30, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Farewell to my friend, but never goodbye
Dream as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die tomorrow.
To my friend Re
on your new adventure away from home
~Home is where ever you are loved
and now you have one near and far.
I'll be seeing you.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Mother Hen "Chicken"
You can't see all 4 eggs, but it sure is hard to get them all under her belly now.
1, 2, 3, 4 what are we all waiting for...
Chicken to lay more eggs. 4th egg has arrived. Anymore? Only time will tell!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Surprise...Egg #2
Well well well, now it would seem my little "Chicken" has laid her 2nd egg. First one on Thursday, March 26th and one last night Friday, March 27th. I'm not sure if she will lay anymore, but for the moment she is tenderly taking care of them both and trying to be a good mommie. Nope they still won't produce baby birdies, but at least I'm learning what I can do the help her and hopefully not produce anymore. Wish me luck.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
News from the Chicken Coop...
Well it seems my little “Chicken” has laid her first egg, at least while in my care. After weeks of doing her little mating call (and dance), she produced what I feared she would—one little white egg.
My first thought was to pull the egg out of her cage, but after doing a little research (reliable online sources) I’ve found that it is best to allow her as much time with the egg until she decided not to incubate it (sit on it) anymore. See, she has no mate to fertilize the egg and it will not produce any little birdies (of course there was that time I allowed her and Tweeter Bird to share Millets…Humm…just kidding). This could be a few days or up to a month before she is willing to leave the egg, but once she grows tired of sitting on it and a baby doesn’t hatch, she will move away. Then I get the pleasure of snatching the little gem and hope she won’t feel the need to replace it. Hence this is why I wait, otherwise they will feel lose and try to reproduce for what is missing.
I’m happy that I checked about this before just rushing into the cage for the egg, as it also stresses the importance of allowing the hen the time to nest. And that if I were to remove the egg now, she will miss it and produce another one. This would be bad, especially if I did this more than twice, as producing the egg internally is very taxing on the bird and requires a lot of calcium. If the bird keeps producing eggs and doesn’t have the adequate health or nutrient daily, the calcium will be drawn from the bird’s bones and this would end up putting a bird in distress and eventually killing them.
So I wait, pray it won’t take her long to realized no baby bird will appear and she will return to a more normal state of habits. Until then, I just keep her comfortable and I watch to make sure she doesn’t have any more or when she grows tired of waiting…bam that little sucker is coming out. Pictures later, but right now my little hissing hen is nesting and trying to be a really good mommy to a little white egg.
My first thought was to pull the egg out of her cage, but after doing a little research (reliable online sources) I’ve found that it is best to allow her as much time with the egg until she decided not to incubate it (sit on it) anymore. See, she has no mate to fertilize the egg and it will not produce any little birdies (of course there was that time I allowed her and Tweeter Bird to share Millets…Humm…just kidding). This could be a few days or up to a month before she is willing to leave the egg, but once she grows tired of sitting on it and a baby doesn’t hatch, she will move away. Then I get the pleasure of snatching the little gem and hope she won’t feel the need to replace it. Hence this is why I wait, otherwise they will feel lose and try to reproduce for what is missing.
I’m happy that I checked about this before just rushing into the cage for the egg, as it also stresses the importance of allowing the hen the time to nest. And that if I were to remove the egg now, she will miss it and produce another one. This would be bad, especially if I did this more than twice, as producing the egg internally is very taxing on the bird and requires a lot of calcium. If the bird keeps producing eggs and doesn’t have the adequate health or nutrient daily, the calcium will be drawn from the bird’s bones and this would end up putting a bird in distress and eventually killing them.
So I wait, pray it won’t take her long to realized no baby bird will appear and she will return to a more normal state of habits. Until then, I just keep her comfortable and I watch to make sure she doesn’t have any more or when she grows tired of waiting…bam that little sucker is coming out. Pictures later, but right now my little hissing hen is nesting and trying to be a really good mommy to a little white egg.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Imagine
I keep playing this song over and over in my head, in my car, on my ipod and everywhere…can you “IMAGINE?”
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say
I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say
I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
Imagine by John Lennon
I can Imagine and I pray for peace.
All we need is Love...and then maybe this world can live in PEACE.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
To My Grandma
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in Heaven
where the love of our lost ones
pour through and shine down upon us
to let us know they are happy.
~Eskimo Legend
I believe my grandma is happy now that she is with my grandpa and her daughter. I can only image the reunion that was bestowed to her on Christmas night. And even though I feel like I needed to say more to her, tell her that "I Loved Her" one more time, I know that she knows I did and still do. I'll be talking to her and I know that she will be listening, I'll just need to watch for the signs to tell me she heard me. And even if I don't see them, I know she will always be watching over me.
Miss you and I'll see you again one day. Love your granddaughter.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Missing you...
Today I heard the Lord called for my Aunt to come home...and I remembered this pray:
"God's Garden"
God looked around His Garden
And found an empty place.
He then looked down upon the earth
And saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He always take the best.
He knew that you were suffering,
He knew that you were in pain,
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough
and the hills too hard to climb.
So, He closed your weary eyelids
And whispered "Peace be thine."
It broke our hearts to lose you,
But you didn't go alone,
For part of us went with you,
The day God called you home.
I am grateful for the time I was able to spend with my Aunt this past summer. I know must have weighted heavy on her heart to say goodbye to her beloved family, but she had greater work to be done in Heaven.
To my uncle and cousins that have lost someone so special...my heart goes out to all of you and I pray for you all to find comfort in all the greatness that she is and know that she will be forever by your side. Don't forget to keep talking to her, she will listen.
Love, Katie
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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