Today is Day #6 for the incubation of my button quail. On Day #13 I’ll remove the eggs from the auto-rotator and put them on the flat, wire mesh bottom of the incubator. On Day #16, they could start hatching!! Yipppeee! In the meantime, I keep checking the humidity level, which should be 40-60%, and…Read more Cheerful chickens
animals and healing
Stay Tuned for Eggs-citing Developments
There's nothing like new life to lift one's spirits. Some people find it in gardening, others find it working with kids. For me, this lift comes from incubating Button quail eggs. My breeding couple are Edwin and Zooey. Edwin, on the left, is 4 years old, and Zooey is about 18 months. She lays a little, cream-colored, spotted egg every…Read more Stay Tuned for Eggs-citing Developments
Dogged Hope
Anyone living with a physical or mental illness knows how easy it is to lose hope. I have an immune deficiency disease and colitis, which have made me dependent on a feeding tube, and I battle depression and anorexia, so I often feel hopeless. But over the years I have discovered things that lift me out of the abyss, the most important being my animal family. Currently I have 4 turtles, 4 quail and 3 dogs, one of whom is my service dog, Henry. My experience with Henry inspired me to write my second book, GIVING PAWS: Having a Service Dog for a Hidden Disability, due in October 2017. Martha Thompson
Dogged Hope 