December 10, 2025

As I let the chicks out, I noticed another one who had not roosted in the coop along with the one who roosts in the tree. I knew I was missing my one who lived in the tree. I could not find her. Then I see her. She is stuck behind the chicken coop. Like stuck. She did move some and then moved some more, in the wrong direction, of course. I am crying and throwing myself a tantrum because it is too early in the morning for this nonsense. I am trying to help, but I know she feels my stress and she is trying to get away from me. She is not doing anything that can get her out and I cannot reach her anymore. I texted Ronnie. He said he would be home as soon as he could. I just knew he was going to have to move the whole coop. 

At lunch I went home to check on Ollie. She was in the same position she was in when I left, so I knew things were not looking good. She had given up. She was not even fighting to get free anymore. I am sure she was exhausted. I honestly thought she would be able to get out of there if I left. I did not want to leave her. It hurt me to leave her in the first place. I knew if I left again, she would not make it. So, I moved the chicken houses out of the way. I am in a panic at this point. I snapped the zip ties off of the coop and I removed the wooden stakes holding up the chicken wire. One of the stakes I could not get up and ended up just breaking it. I guess you can have superhuman strength when you have adrenaline rushing through you. I then found a wrench and took some of the brackets off to at least get some wiggle room for Ollie. I finally got all of that done and got her out of there. She was definitely stressed and weak, but she was happy for me to be holding her. She felt better being free. Poor girl. I would have never forgiven myself had I left her there again and she did not make it. There is a lesson in there somewhere. I am thinking when we get stuck in life, we have 2 options; fight to get out of the situation we are in or give up. I told Ronnie not to be mad when he saw the mess I made. It was a big mess. He was not mad; he was proud of me for getting her out of there with any means necessary. The donkeys were wondering what I was doing while I was taking the coop apart. That was funny. 

I did see all the cats today. 

When I was finishing up and about to go in at dusk, I did see the chick who was stuck in her tree where she roosts and there was another one with her. Sometimes after a bad day, we just need a friend. I hope that was what was happening there. 

Ursula and Oreo were sure snuggled in together in one pet bed. That I do not understand. There are literally two beds side by side. At least they are cute. 

December 9, 2025

The chickens were out of the shop and Yeller was by the hole where they go in and out, so I was guessing Banana had just left for the day. Yeller looked sad. He has been a little sad since Jelly has been gone and that has been a while. I did see Athena before work, too. She was in the shop eating. 

The chicks were happy to be having breakfast. It was cold out this morning. I was missing a chick, so I went looking. I did find her; she was fixing to sit so she could lay an egg. 

The dogs must have listened to be yesterday because they behaved well this morning. That makes my day a little easier than being all angry and stuff before leaving for work. 

Onyx was home when I got home. She was rolling around on the ground looking all cute. That cat is a mess for sure.

Cinnaqueen got up on my shoulder. She is such a pretty girl. She stayed up there for a bit. 

The goats got some chicken feed. They have not had any of that in several days. They do not try to get the feed from Ronnie, just me. Go figure. 

The chickens are sure all eating together again. That is a good sign. Maybe those chicks will finally go roost with them at some point. They are going to have to eventually when I get more chicks. We will cross that bridge when it comes through. 

Spots and Jeb have become close. Chief likes to break them up. It is hard when 2 are close, the third one gets left out. I remember that from way back when and I guess animals are not much different. 

The sheep are both still eating well. 

Little miss Snowflake was beating up May to get to her spot and get May off of her roosting area. May jumped down to get away from her. I stepped in and moved Snowflake off that roost and May immediately got back up in her spot. 

The sunset was pretty. I had a rough day again, so seeing something beautiful does help. 

Willow was trying to get to Chief's food. Chief did not like that and let her know it. 

I am glad Alex is up and doing well. I guess the change in the diet was good for him. I did get to pet him and Jasper. 

The pigs are all doing well. They are just loving life. Loving life is a good thing. 

Jasper started chasing Willow out of the hay. I laughed. I probably shouldn't have, but I thought it was funny. The small little chase did not seem to faze Willow at all. 

Saverine has been taking advantage of the horses eating their food and her going over and getting some mineral. She did not get any feed today because she was getting the mineral. I know she will be fine, but she needs to eat, too. 

December 8, 2025

I woke up in a bad mood. The cats were scratching on the door. The dogs refused to listen to me. I had to get onto them, and I hate doing that. I feel like they do understand me. They were tired from all that misbehaving and laid down. When we do things in life we shouldn't, it does make us tired. 

The cats were all home this evening. 

The donkeys were all near the pig pens. That makes the pigs crazy. The pigs were yelling and hollering and making such a fuss about it. I had to look to see what was going on. 

Alex was up eating again. I am glad he is starting to feel better. 

The chickens have all decided they are good to be all together and they are all able to have a meal together. I am glad to see that. Once you get to know someone, it is easier to be around them, so give those people you do not know well a chance. 

I watched Bella chasing one of the chicks. I could not believe my eyes. I guess that was entertainment for her. She was not even sorry about it. 

There was such a fuss going on in the shop, May left the shop and got some fresh air. She got back into the shop not long after that. 

I loved on Yeller again. I sure have had a rough day. He makes me feel better with his cuddles. 

I was petting on the hens while they were roosting. I cannot tell you they liked that too much, but you know I did not care about it. 

December 7, 2025

I saw the cats all in the shop eating breakfast and together if you can believe it. Everyone is getting along at the moment. That is good. Fighting with the people you love is never a good thing to go through, its hard on everyone. 

The chickens were excited to get feed in the morning. 

The donkeys were trying to get some hay from the goats and the sheep. The goats and sheep were happy about the hay. I am glad to see Ted eating without any difficulty. 

The chicks were all surrounding the water trough drinking. When chickens drink water, they always look up to the sky. It actually looks like they are thankful for the water. We should all be grateful for what we have. 

The dogs were happy to be outside. 

I saw the sweetest thing; Waldo was loving on Mattie. Mattie was allowing Waldo to be sweet to him. That does not happen often. We have to keep those goats penned up because Mattie does not like them. He will run those goats all around like crazy. I do not really know what would happen if Mattie caught them. I do not want to know honestly. 

I sure did get to love on Yeller. He is just such a sweet cat. I wish I could bring him inside. He would be a good indoor cat. That probably would not be fair to him. He likes to hunt. 

Both cows were up eating. That is good. Must mean Alex is better. 

Noma is not feeling well. You can tell. She is not wanting to get up and move around. She is tired. I am not sure what is going on there. It makes me feel bad for her. The weather change is always hard on her. 

The pigs were happy about getting food. I sure do love those little pigs. They are just happy all the time. We could all take a lesson from the pigs in being happy all the time; being happy takes little effort. 

The horses were eating their hay and the mineral Ronnie put out there. 

The pasture goats were all wondering around. I am not sure where the donkeys were. 

Some of the chicks got past me and into the shop. I am not sure how that happened. I had to run them out of there. 

Noma allowed me to pet her along with Mattie and Willow. That always makes me happy.