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Howdy! I just wanted to start my own random thread that I could simply update and throw my thoughts into without worrying about having tons of random posts about different things, with that being said, welcome to my Horror Show! I will end up posting my art, chickens and I guess any other projects I'm working on here.
I'll probably end up venting here as well as I have no where or person to output to so I apologize for subjecting you to that.

Introduction, I am Grei but everyone calls me Jamie, I was christian homeschooled most my life and lived in a travel trailer traveling the US due to my parents financial situation. I am 23 now living on my in laws land trying my best to keep things together and have my own flock.
I used to do digital art I do more sketching and painting now, I make masks and models of gore in paper mache. It would be my dream to do visual effects in movies but that is just a dream. I'm autistic and struggle to function in my daily life, I love to solve problems but I often get overwhelmed (Like trying to write all this right now!). That's me I guess, thanks for reading!


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With it being winter not much is going on outside currently, I have been working on my coop and refortifying it although with the weather and my health I haven't been able to do a whole lot. I am hoping to have it all finished by the end of the month as to get my chickens into their coop, safe this time. I would like to breed my frizzle rooster with the rest of my EE flock, to sell eggs and chicks and to be able to feed my family. The town I live in has little to no job opportunity so I am doing my best to take care of everything with no income. I am trying my best to make sure everything is safe for the chickens, I'm considering sleeping out there with them although I know that's insane I CANNOT afford to lose these ones too.

-vent part, feel free to ignore!-
When we had moved down here we had many plans, and the information we were fed had put said plans on a pedestal, it was the perfect idea and there was very few downsides. Unfortunately we were lied to and things were not nearly as set up as we were told, and at that point we had spent every dime to get down here thinking we had a place to live. If any of you are autistic you understand how troubling this would be for an autist. My plans fell through, I now live under someone else house and simply panicking every day as I cannot self regulate in these conditions. I won't get into living conditions but I know my health is already bad enough that I cannot live here for much longer. Either my brain will collapse or my body will first, I'm trying my hardest to make it my body. I am not asking for help but I just need someone to know, we can't afford heating, we live off two peoples food stamps which isn't enough for 4 people and many animals, and the land I live on hasn't been paid for in 10+ years. I moved here thinking it was taken care of but I moved into a mess. I spent hours, days cleaning up the trash that was left and barely made a dent. We're struggling every day and I am only one person. I am blessed that the mess included a barn of wood but I am simply too exhausted to fix this land. I don't want to live here anymore, I want to move, I want too much.
I am slowly losing myself living like this, maybe this is why I felt the need to make this post, I cry for help in the most silent way possible but I know there is no help to be had, it is a struggle I myself must push through, a part of my life I will have to look back at and shrug, because there is truly nothing else for me to do here beside wait. I am sorry and I am tired.
 
Just found out my mig welder and crossbow were stolen. Going to be looking around the pawnshops Tomorrow but I think they've been gone for a while now. I can't afford things like this to happen and I feel utterly stupid for allowing it to happen.
If anyone in the Manchester KY area knows anything please let me know, that was how I made money and I can't keep doing this.
I want so desperately for all this to work, I do not know why bad things follow me constantly. I simply want to live.
 
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Bit cold this week to move the chicks out so I'll be giving them another few days until the weather settles down and warms up. I think I'll put some kind of box inside the coop so they have a covered area while its still chilly out. They're peeping unhappily but making it through the nights, I give them warm water and mashed food with electrolytes and a bit of rooster booster and they seem to be doing well. I am a little worried about the drafts inside the coop hence why I want to add the box for now but I'm also worried about them steaming up the box and getting frostbitten. Lots of worries.
 
Attempting to clean and recover my 1940s adjustable sewing mannequin, I was dumb enough to leave it outside not that I really had a choice but now its covered in mold 😞. I'm stripping the old fabric as its been falling off for years and spraying it with tons of vinegar, hoping it doesn't warp or stay moldy. If anyone has any restoration advice let me know!
 
Talked with the police today about my stolen items, we have a good idea who it was but of course they've fled already with my stuff in tow.
 
Ugh I've already been thinking and planning a new section for the coop, I really want to get started with my garden but all my seeds had gone moldy so now I'll have to save up for some new ones.

Today I'll be trying to clean up around outside the coop and making a loose fence to keep the wild dogs away. I would hate to have to shoot one but I'll do whatever I can to keep them away. In the summer time the entirety of the coop area becomes overrun with water reeds so I'm sure the chickens will be hiding in those, its just quite barren right now.
If I can remember I'll take some pictures of the chickens, I already have an idea of who I want to hatch from but of course I'm already thinking about expanding as well. I can't help myself! I would love to make my ideal bird, I think its so fun seeing people hatch their ideal poultry. I think my end goal would be a frizzled jersey giant with orange, black and white. I love the colors and with all the feather projects I do I think a large breed would supply a good amount.
Me rambling, until next time.
 
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Today I'll be cleaning up outside and building a small shed for all the chickens supplies. Not much to update chickens have been doing well inside the coop, they're starting to lose all their little feathers and getting chunky. They don't roost at night yet, still just in their little pile but I have seen them on the roost in the daytime.
No signs of any attempts to break in, I saw what looked like a muddy print trying to push up on the original broken spot but nothing more. I have to add a board or two in the door frame the gaps aren't big but any make me nervous now.
If I have time I'll start on the coop expansion, I won't be able to finish it until the chickens can free range though, so they're not inside while I work on it.
I have a few roof leaks I need to fix for them as well, I'm thinking some sheets of hard plastic I have will slip into the cracks of the tin and push the water down.

Currently doing some art commissions so I can get some extra money, I will take requests here too!
Until next time, Grei!
 

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