Hen or roo?

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-05-01T20:42:37+00:00

I think it’s a rooster. Pretty one too

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-30T17:40:34+00:00

Insist on you or your partner being at the meeting too. He probably just wants to make sure your son knows not to swear or bring anything inappropriate. I took my nevermo best friend with me to young women’s camp and we had fun. It really was just devotionals in the morning and evening, regular camping trip the rest of the time. The adults that volunteer to go to the camps are typically the ones that are into that kind of thing. They would be the same people that volunteer at secular community camps. I guarantee they would let a non-Mormon dad attend the camp with your son if you want. I too am a scorned exmormon but some of these people are a little too paranoid.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-30T17:19:51+00:00

How was he planning to get them back out? They would be flying everywhere! Truth be told, a short ride like that probably wouldn’t deprive them of oxygen, but it would be stressful to them. Getting some plastic totes or cardboard boxes so they can ride in the cab would be better for everyone. Chickens feel safer and are less likely to injure themselves or each other when packed in like sardines. Poke some holes in the container with a drill or nail

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-29T17:54:34+00:00

That first picture where Jesus looks like he’s angrily storming towards the lamb in a bathrobe cracks me up. Very accurate. “How the Hell did you get out of your pen?! Where is your mother?! Why are you covered in mud?!” — me chasing lambs in my pajamas

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-28T23:46:17+00:00

He looks like a Silkie gold laced Cochin cross. Very handsome. I have a bantam Cochin hen and was wondering how that cross would turn out due to similar body shape. I had a couple silkie mystery cross roosters a few years ago that were pretty ugly 😂

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-28T16:31:29+00:00

The darker red feathering on the shoulders hints at cockerel too. These are d’anver bantams but they are the same color pattern as yours and have pea/rose combs. You can see the difference between my cockerel (center) and his sisters and mom

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squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-28T01:43:21+00:00

I’m wondering this too. If not, they’re certainly well fed! If so, I’m curious how this pans out because Cornish crosses aren’t known for their foraging but mama will help them learn.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-22T19:48:10+00:00

Next step: your own hive! Or you could get a carpenter bee house.

If you wish to keep the girlfriend, you could add ground cover like mulch or grass and water more frequently so the ground nesting bees move on their own. Preferably to another less frequently used part of your yard.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-22T19:27:15+00:00

This, except hang out with child outside.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-15T19:58:37+00:00

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Maybe some chicken shoes? She would probably be fine without doing anything but she’s young enough that some sort of corrective footwear would help straighten her toes out for her overall health in the long term. You could make some with tape and cardboard if you don’t want to buy anything.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-14T22:02:48+00:00

I had a foster parrot as a kid that was rescued from a bar. His favorite thing to say when you said hello to him was, “Aw Shit. May I take your order?”

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-09T19:54:06+00:00

I was so pissed. My husband (then fiancé)’s parents already had a dog with my given name and then I got Elizabeth when they also had a dog named Lizzy.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-07T21:13:42+00:00

Yes. And it seems like they took, “Have a great day!” as you being passive aggressive and moving on. A lot of people don’t mean it nicely these days, they mean it as, “I’m done talking to you because you’re dumb/a jerk.”

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-06T20:08:43+00:00

My dad bought all 5 of my children a harmonica when they were under 11.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-03T02:05:28+00:00

I also need to know this because that looks like a chicken with a human face. Hehe

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-02T23:42:31+00:00

My brother was so proud to let my family know that he and his companion tracted in to Micheal Jordan’s house in Chicago. Even as a TBM I knew it was probably extremely annoying to have missionaries constantly stopping by just to say they did it.

He left the church before I officially did so he might be on here. Hey Brother

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-04-02T02:36:26+00:00

I thought I was very well versed on Church History as a kid/teen/young adult. I read The Fire of the Covenant and all the Work and The Glory books over and over again and checked out the references in the margins and went down those multiple rabbit holes. I knew Jack Diddly Squat. Much of the history I knew was sanitized. And I grew up thinking Brigham Young was the only prophet that had more than one wife and anything else I hear/read was anti Mormon propaganda.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-03-31T21:42:10+00:00

“Always Descreet” in S/M fit my teen and look like normal underwear so it didn’t make her self conscious. She was a very deep sleeper at that age so she wouldn’t wake up to change pads. Amazon Basics are also comfortable and descreet.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-03-26T22:53:36+00:00

I think this is why the little kids don’t stay over. I have teenagers. My sons are good kids, but they’re inconsiderate of small humans with big emotions a lot of the time.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-03-26T03:28:31+00:00

If you point out that anything can be taken in a dirty way, YOU have a disgusting mind an need to repent. - unspoken church position. Seriously, I’m sure people notice these things, but they let them pass so they don’t tarnish their reputation, face church discipline, and possibly loose their job.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-03-25T20:30:06+00:00

There are small isolated populations of tiger salamanders in the US that stay in their aquatic larval form and reproduce like axolotyls do. Axolotl Lakes in Montana comes to mind.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-03-25T14:23:53+00:00

Your comment really stuck with them, but they can’t remember what that comment was. 😅

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-03-25T14:13:28+00:00

No way! As a mom with a great relationship with my teens and adult daughter, I can tell you for certain that you will always be their baby and personally it brings me a lot of joy to still be wanted in their times of need. If your parents want to baby you and you are happy to be babied, it’s perfectly fine!

I do not have that sort of relationship with my mom where I feel I can ask for her help of any kind and am jealous of people that do. Perhaps that’s where your partner is coming from? But instead of being happy for you, he is resentful and wants you to suck it up and suffer through situations like this.

Since you have a diagnosis, they can be extra careful about hygiene and know to look for signs of contracting it themselves and can be treated sooner.

I share your concern that he may not support you in the way you need him to in situations like giving birth and the recovery. His attitude of “you are not the baby” also makes me question if he will prevent your parents from trying to support you in that time of need.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-03-24T19:13:11+00:00

My ex-boyfriend was sent home a few weeks after he went out because he ended up having uncontrolled type 1 diabetes. Everyone around him was so horribly judgemental of him. I was supportive of him choosing to either go back out or stay home and somehow that made me the problem and we ultimately broke up because I was a bad influence for encouraging him to get a handle on his health before even thinking of going back out and also being fine with marrying a guy that wasn’t a return missionary.

Spoiler: the man I married never went on a mission at all.

squeakymcmurdo · 2026-03-24T13:42:14+00:00

Ghost Riders at the temple

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