[Ag-eq] almost melted!

[Laurie Porter]

Yum, I love pullet eggs.
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From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
To: <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 11:22 AM
Subject: [Ag-eq] almost melted!


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> Hello All:
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> Yes, we almost melted here; it has been an extremely hot summer.  It has 
> reached
> 115 several days.  We have gotten a couple of really good rains, which is 
> always
> welcome in the desert.  About 3 weeks ago it rained so hard the irrigation 
> canal
> bank broke and the water ran down my street like a river.  My street dead 
> ends
> at the canal.  The water washed across the front of my property moving my 
> trash
> bin and a hay feeder.  It washed dirt and rocks over my drive way and side 
> walk.
> Some of my neighbors had quite a lot of damage.  I had a couple of spots 
> of
> standing water for almost a week!  It has rained a couple times since, but
> nothing like that!
>
> The exciting news is that my chickens started laying.  I got 1 egg last 
> Friday
> and they have been laying ever since.  I have a toatal of 1 dozen eggs 
> now.
> They are small and a couple had very thin shells.  I really didn't expect 
> the
> girls to start laying in this heat!
>
> The summer has been very hard on my poor old goat.  I really thought I was 
> going
> to lose her one day, but she pulled through.  I've been giving her 
> electrolites,
> which seem to help.  I hope she can hold on until the weather cools down.
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> I got a new baby goat, who is about 6 months old.  She is very lively and 
> has
> more energy than me and all the other animals put together.  Her name is
> Lollypop and she is very cute and a lot of fun.  I'm teaching her to shake
> hands like a dog and walk on a leash.  I hope to be able to do some 
> therapy
> work with her some day.
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> 2 weeks ago I had to have my old female GSD put down.  She had cancer and 
> had
> stopped eating and had no interest in life.  I knew it was time, but it 
> was
> still hard.  She had been fighting it for a year; we never thought she 
> would
> make it as long as she did.
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> All the other animals are doing well considering the long hot summer.  I 
> haven't
> been riding much; it's just to hot!  We did take the horses up north and 
> camped
> for a weekend.  We rode a lot and had a good time.  We are going again 
> next
> weekend.
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> I start school next week, so am getting ready for that.  I left my job 
> July 30
> and have been completing projects around the house.  I've applied for a 
> few
> part time jobs, but haven't started looking real hard yet.  I do have a 
> couple
> of leads and have been doing a few massages.  It feels strange to be 
> returning
> to school at age 40!
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> I hope everyone will write and update us all.  Take care.
>
> Nella
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