I hate cats, and I really hate New Orleans

[Scooter]

Please have that cat spayed or neutered. Bringing him/her to Seaside is a great idea! I love cats and I love New Orleans!!!!

 

[Miss Kitty]

...I am sorry to laugh rapunzy, but that picture of the chickens is just too much. You are a good citizen of the world.

 

[Mermaid]

SJ, you make me homesick!

First things first, Skunky is a liar. He did not take out the trash. He was working the 12pm-12am shift in the ER last night. But even if he had been here he wouldn't have taken out the trash because he is one of those men that only empties the trash when the can will no longer shut even when he sits on the lid.

Second, the chickens were not doing just fine. They were scrawny and bedraggled and they did have to fight with the cats for the cat food. The rooster had no problems, but they'd chase the baby rooster and the hens off. It was a sad thing to see. I bought a 25 lb. bag of feed for $5, and it lasted them three months. In those three months, they have turned into shiny, healthy chickens and the roosters have beautiful red combs now. It is facsinating to watch them sort out the pecking order. Two new roosters and two new hens have joined the group that used to be four hens, a baby rooster, and a rooster. They all sleep in a big oak tree across the street at night, and they even have a certain order they have to follow about who gets in the tree first. As far as eggs go, I haven't seen any. I think roosting in a tree is probably going to present a problem as far as egg laying goes. Plus, they need ground oyster shell and things, and I haven't gotten that into poultry-rearing...yet.

As for the cat, he was nowhere to be seen this morning. Skunky probably took him to the LASP gas chamber last night.

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Oh goodness, this reminds me of my childhood in New Hampshire! Our backyard looked just like the photo, thanks to the "adorable and fluffy" poultry creatures my brother brought home from the feed store one spring. He promised my mother that all 24 of them were going to turn into fine, upstanding, egg-laying chickens and whaddya know, every damn one of them turned out to be roosters.

They all had happy lives until my parents got annoyed that roosters weren't on daylight savings time. Being crowed awake at an ungodly hour sealed their fate and my father chopped their heads off.

We once had four cats in our house because I'm too tender-hearted when it comes to little furry waifs, so Rapunzey, you have my full sympathy (and you too Dr. Skunky).

 

[Teresa]

what an interesting thread - cats and chickens in the city of NO, skunky said he took out the garbage but lied about it, punzy is fattening up roosters and stray cats but hates NO. well, at least you two get to have some time together... enjoy

 

[Kimmifunn]

Dear Punzy,

Can you get rid of the cats when we come for Mardi Gras? I'm terribly allergic. My sneezing over and over is super annoying. Maybe I'll pay to have them boarded?

Always looking out for number one,
Kfunn

 

[audie]

Dear Punzy,

Can you get rid of the cats when we come for Mardi Gras? I'm terribly allergic. My sneezing over and over is super annoying. Maybe I'll pay to have them boarded?

Always looking out for number one,
Kfunn

plus it might interfere with your drinking, right ??

 

[rapunzel]

Still no sign of the cat, but three of the four roosters are crowing. I'm afraid the neighbors are going to pull a Mermaid Dad soon. It's not even dawn!

 

[Mango]

Still no sign of the cat, but three of the four roosters are crowing. I'm afraid the neighbors are going to pull a Mermaid Dad soon. It's not even dawn!

I can hear them from here. They woke me up. ;-)

 

[DD]

I can hear them from here. They woke me up. ;-)

I was just gonna ask what you were doing up so early!

 

[Mango]

I was just gonna ask what you were doing up so early!

The Mr. calls me it the Morning Mango. I often clean the house, feed the cats etc. I do not remember any of it later. Kind of like sleep walking. He says its quite funny and he has a list of morning Mangoisms. :funn: