2012 is my year! I am trying to lose 75 lbs before next summer through exercise and healthy eating. I am also attempting to become somewhat sustainable within the city limits by raising backyard hens and starting a vegetable garden, potted herbs, and berry bushes! I'm also going to school to be an elementary teacher, and it is my goal to help every one of my future students recognize their worth and what they are capable of achieving.
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Vote on a name for our new Wyandotte baby! She will look like the picture below when she is full grown. It’s a toss-up between Carolina, Jolene, or Loretta?
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This is new chick #8. We got her yesterday from a local greenhouse. She is a Gold Laced Wyandotte :) We are thinking about naming her Carolina, but we haven’t made a final decision yet. Any suggestions?
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Every time I change their paper towels, which is about 3 or 4 times a day…they go nuts over those pine chips! This is going to have to stop, little ladies. They love pecking at the side of the baby pool too, haha. So much fun.
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185 lbs v. 155 lbs.
I still have 45 more lbs to go before I reach my goal, but I think 30 lbs in 6 months is a huge accomplishment. 1200 net calories a day plus 5-6 one-hour sessions at the gym every week plus at least 64 ounces of water a day equals results!
I forgot to mention that yesterday after Hank and I accepted that there was a good chance our little Faverolle wasn’t going to make it, we decided to stop by our favorite local greenhouse, Eagledove, to see if they got any new babies in. Low and behold, they had Dominiques, Brahmas, Rhode Island Reds, Easter Eggers, Gold Laced Wyandottes, and Barred Rocks. Many of the chicks were older, but he also had some day-olds so we took home a Wyandotte. If you live in the Asheville area, this place is awesome. The owner is extremely helpful with all of your chicken-keeping questions, and they sell organic feed, grit, and oyster shells, as well as other animal feed for rabbits, pigs, cattle, horses, llamas, and alpacas. This girl is going strong, as are the others, so hopefully I will find some emotional strength to post more photos soon. I have a good feeling about the rest of this flock. They are all eating, drinking, and being extremely entertaining. When I remove their paper towels to change them out, the layer of pine shavings is revealed, and they go absolutely nuts. They seem to really like the wood chips, but they are also pecking at them, so I think we need a few more days with the paper towels. I must sound like a crazy person on here, but I swear to you, chickens are cool!
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Georgia Peach died in my hands wrapped in a t-shirt while I fed her drops of Pedialyte off my finger. I never thought I’d cry that way over a chicken, let alone one I’ve only known for 24 hours, but watching her take her last breath while fighting to keep her alive was probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.
(P.S. Thank you all so much for your kind words. It fills my heart to know that people I’ve never even met before can have such sympathy for that sweet little baby.)
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This little sweetie is likely taking her last breaths in my arms right now, and I am a wreck.
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Hank took some photos of the chicks so I thought I’d share them. I’ll take more later! Top left is the Sultan (Jerry Lee Lewis), top right is the Easter Egger (Ladybird), and the bottom is the blue Silkie (Buckbeak). All are very lively and are drinking and eating except for my favorite, the Faverolle. She had some bad pasty butt when she arrived…it was so dried on I had to wash her little booty under warm, running water. She was not a happy camper. Keep her in your thoughts!
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I lost another 2 lbs this week! I don’t know how I did that, but I’m happy. 30 pounds total weight loss so far. I’m less than 10 pounds away from my halfway point, and it feels SO good!
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