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WHOA -- life in the fast lane!;)

Hello again, all! I haven't been able to indulge in BYC time for almost 2 months due to my old computer being on its last gasp, and especially with our peaceful retirement life being blown to smithereens by our daughter and her two littles (age 7 months and 3 years) moving in with us...

After so many months of soggy weather, spring has sprung here on the Redwood Coast, so I replaced the old nasty straw bale in the chicken yard with a brand new one. The girls are enthralled -- it needs lots of scratching, pecking and pooping-upon to make it livable.

Hello again, all! Yes, we're having sunny days and chilly nights here on the Redwood Coast, finally not too soggy to get out and garden a bit (mostly battling spring weeds, but the chooks love weed piles.) I haven't had any time to hang out on BYC for over a month, since our daughter and...

Still here, and my 8 pullets from last spring have now all "graduated" to full hen-dom! I've had no time lately to hang out on BYC since our daughter and 2 very small kids moved in with us in March... The 3 year old loves the chickens and is learning how to gently pet them and give treats. So...

Ohhhh, no! What a shock, so sad... 😲 Was she an old girl? Obviously she'd seemed fine before; so sorry you've lost your sweet girl.😢

Loved, loved LOVED the Carol Burnett Show! Our family watched it faithfully and still quote some favorite bits from skits like "Went With The Wind" (her "Scarlet" in the velvet curtain fabric gown with the curtain rod still in it: "Ah saw it in the window and Ah just had to have it!"), soap...

Both of my grandmothers LOVED Lawrence Welk's show! And, oddly, wrestling and roller derby...🤔 Mom joked that no one could marry into "The King Family Singers" without passing an audition...😂

Ohhh, man, kurby, that's heartbreaking!🥺😢 I'm so sorry you lost several of your flock especially when you're trying so hard to protect and heal them, and the elements are against you. I feel your frustration, we've been clobbered with one atmospheric river storm after another since January (I...

Wheeee! Party time! 😁 They're so much fun, and easy to please...

"Scram!!! We're busted!" 😄😆😂

Lua looks just like our Barred Rock Xenobia (aka "Xena the Warrior Princess" jokingly, because she's such a sweet & mellow big floof!) She's one of my friendly favorites in the flock.🤗 Oh, right - just 4 eggs out of 8 girls today: Martha's blue, Edna's green, Xena's tan and a big brown (Rhonda...

You're much more organized than I am! Eggshells just get tossed in a box near the woodstove, and when I need to crush more for the girls' enjoyment, I just dig out a bunch from the bottom of the pile. ☺️😁 But I only have 8 girls so it's not that overwhelming to keep up with. My 3-yr-old...

Cue the music: "Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match..." Legs is a very lucky boy! (And so handsome, too.)

I think we're in the path of the same storm systems. Lovely sunny day today but rain's supposed to start tonight (Friday) and continue through Tuesday. Three sunny days -- sure was nice while it lasted! (Sorry, chooks, back under cover tomorrow...)

Woo-Hoo!!! So cute, and so exciting!:love:weeYou have quite the assortment there! I need to enjoy everyone else's chicks this year as I have no room for more chickens (and we're overwhelmed with eggs just from our 8 young girls). So YES, bring on the chick pics!😍

Not to mention the Poo Factor! 💩😜Definitely don't want to step in cecal poop with open shoes...

Maybe carry a squirt bottle with you and give her a face-full of water when she tries to peck your shoes? I've used sprayed water to derail a number of unwanted chicken behaviors - unless it's too cold outside, of course.

That's mighty bold of your raccoon to be "casing the joint" like that in broad daylight!😳 I use heavy duty carabiners to lock the gate into our chicken yard, and on all the latches to their coop -- main door, nest box lids, access doors to the hardware cloth-covered covered run inside the...

Wow, you gave them an afternoon in chicken paradise! Happy, lucky chooks - they look like they're having a grand time!😍