We got the chickens moved into their new coop on Monday evening after dark. I have moved chickens from one coop to another many times. We raise replacement pullets in one place and move them to the main coop, when their old enough; it happens every couple years. It is generally only a few, but I am well experienced in how to move chickens without much fuss or muss.
Chickens cannot see well in the dark and if they are familiar with you, i.e. their caregiver, one can generally pick them off the roost one at a time, put them in the carrier, without much trouble.
My first mistake. The chicken that was closest to me was a rooster. I picked him up and he started screaming as only a chicken can do. I put him in the carrier and he continued to complain bitterly. One would swear he was being murdered. Well roosters give warning to the flock. When they are outside and they see a hawk, they give a call and all the other chickens run for cover. So all the chickens cleared the roost and hysteria broke out.
It wasn't going to be the easy job that I anticipated. I went back in the house to let the chickens settle down. Jamie volunteered to go with me. It was clear we were going to have to catch chickens rather than just pick them off the roost. Fortunately, they had settled down when we got out there and we were able to pick five or six off the roost before hysteria broke out again. Chickens are much easier to catch in dim light, so even though we had to chase some down, we were able to catch them rather quickly and we made the move in two trips. This wasn't a big operation. It was only thirty chickens.
It actually went pretty well, it just wasn't what I envisioned sitting in my arm chair creating the event. The chickens are cozy in their new environs. They are adjusting well. I won't be able to let them out for a few days as they will try to get to their old home.
I am thankful the chickens are settled in their new abode and I have to walk less than fifty feet to the coop rather than one hundred yards. It will make Winter much nicer.
What do we have to be thankful for? We can be thankful, that after thousands of years, we see that we have been kept apart so that a small group could have power over us. We have been carefully taught that people are higher and lower. That some deserve more. That some deserve less. That some groups are dangerous; that some are our natural enemies. We have been taught that our wonderful Mother Earth is limited in abundance and not trustworthy. We have been taught that we have to fight and compete for everything worthwhile. We have been taught that everything is limited.
We can be thankful that everything we have learned about fear and divisiveness is untrue. We can be thankful that we are beginning to see through the age old manipulations and that we are individually sovereign but 'one'.
We can be thankful that we are seeing that the media attempts to keep our attention on fear. Fear is the method of control.
We can be thankful that we see, that any attention to fear, takes our attention away from the our innate love for each other.
We can be thankful for the love that is flooding the Earth, thinning the illusion and helping us awaken.
We can be thankful that we know all humanity is one. We know that our natural state is to be in love with each other and all we have to do is to quit listening to fear to make the transformation.
We can be thankful that the vast majority of the Earth's population knows that love is the only answer and it is only a few folks who have garnered power for themselves that attempt to keep us in darkness.
We can be thankful that one person who awakens has many times the power of one who stays in darkness. One person who holds his light high illuminates the hearts and minds of hundreds or even thousands in dim light.
We can be thankful that love cannot be limited. Love cannot be squelched. Love can only expand. Love cannot be denied. Love is the solution for everything.
We can be thankful that we are realizing we must give up our war with nature and must give in to our love for Mother Earth. We are at our core in-love with Nature. Nature is Love. It is only fear that has alienated us from the Earth.
We can be thankful that we are recognizing the Earth is a Being. A being as we are beings, created by Source. The Earth is the Mother of our Physicality and shares our Spirituality. She loves us absolutely and unconditionally. She gives us everything we need. We only need to give up our fear induced learning to see this clearly.
This Thanksgiving let us raise our voices and glasses to ONENESS. Oneness is Love. Isn't it wonderful to be in-love with Mother Earth and Each Other?!
Love and Peace, Gregg
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