The Trip To Cee's And The Chickens Reaction To The New Waterer......

First things first.....the Beast and I went out to check on the chickens this morning and they were running around the barn and enjoying the great weather.  It was bright and sunny and getting warmer by the minute.  For the first time, I saw them gather around the base of the watering jug and it looks like they can all fit around it at the same time.  They then started gathering around our feet and making funny little chirping sounds.  But most of them are still a bit on the skittish side and will dart off when we move.  But, if I put some seed in my hand and hold it down near them, they will come over and eat out of my hand without pecking my skin.  That surprised me a bit.  They are getting so big now.  I've noticed this before but it still surprises me every time I see them.  But there are differences in a few of them.  We seem to have two runts.  I imagine they are ones that haven't gotten as much feed as the others.  I told the Beast that a bigger feeder just might be a good idea.  We can see if they will get a bit bigger if there's more access to the feed without them fighting over the area.

The Beast took a cute picture of the female today.  I'll post it in a minute.  We found the male cat being affectionate to Baron but he moved away before the Beast could take a picture of it.  He was licking Baron's face and kind of snuggling up with him then turning over like he wanted to play.  Baron, however, was just in the mood to relax in the sun.  Here's the picture of the female:

I just love how he caught the eyes so clearly.  She was waiting for him to fill their food dish.  She looks like she has a little smile on her face.  She gets really excited when he puts the dish down after filling it.  He picked up more cat food when he went to the store this afternoon since we were getting low on it.  It would only have lasted us another couple days and we can't let them go hungry, right?

I sometimes watch these detective shows where they have psychiatrists and criminal profilers on to give the reasons that some killers do what they do.  This one man that killed his mother and father-in-laws was an abusive husband to their daughter and her children.  He killed them in front of them AND the couple's other children (all grown).  Then he grabbed all the cash out of his mother-in-law's purse and fled.  When he was finally caught, he said he killed them because they made up lies about him, stole all his money and took his wife and children away from him.  He blamed them for his being put in jail when it was the wife that had called the police after he attacked her and then started for the children because they were crying.  

The psychiatrist said that his blaming the in-laws was typical of an abusive person.  It's always about them and they are never wrong.  They will lie to try to get the wife and children back under his control (saying it will never happen again) but the whole thing is that they are only thinking about what THEY want and no one else really matters to them.  I thought, *Shit!  I could have told them that!*   Of course, I kind of blamed it on narcissism but I'm not a psychiatrist.  I just lived with it.  Unfortunately, because I was raised a Catholic, I truly believed that *marriage is forever*.  How dumb was that?  A lot of religions, however, do not condone divorce or even separations.  But I DO believe in karma and, when the Beast had his strokes, I thought, *There IS a God!*  He's never been physical to me since that time (I think I can take him now...lol) but there is sometimes that little bit of his trying to emotionally abuse me.  

But, all-in-all, I just do what I want to do (like my telling him I WAS going to go to Chicago this summer) and he didn't try to argue with me on that one.  I didn't have to worry about him going with me now that we have the chickens.  They can only go a few days without someone being here to make sure they have food and water, which is the only reason we can make a trip to Smoky Mountain National Park this Spring.  We will only be gone 2-1/2 days for that...just a short jaunt.  It's only a 5-6 hour drive from us.  He said to me, *We can't both be gone for any long trip*  I'll be gone for about 10 days (Cee and I are driving up with one stop in both directions to spend the night).  We aren't going to try to make it in one day.

I want to ask those that believe in the power of prayer to say some for Bratfink's bbf (best bionic friend....she called her bionic because she had an implant in her brain to help control her Parkinson's).  She bonked her head...hard...on a satellite dish and a few days later ended up in the hospital because one side of her head had swollen on her.  They ended up removing the implant due to a brain infection.  That's not a good thing since the implant really helped her control the shaking symptoms.  At this point, we still don't know her prognosis but she is a wonderful gal and a talented nature photographer.  So prayers will be appreciated.  Her name is Betty and I am sure that the Lord will know who is meant even without a last name.  Thank you.

Time to close for now.  Love you all.  Be good.  Be happy.  Stay healthy.  ***Hugs***