Maine

[buckabucka]

Can he come here and help? I have 19 birds in the house. 

He only does constipation

 

[CoopChick719]

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Yesterday was gorgeous. Tell me why it's snowing now?

 

[buckabucka]

Because April is the cruelest month.....

 

[islandgirl82]

Lots of catching up to do on here!

I'm sorry to read about the losses over the Winter, well pump issues, illnesses and surgeries but I hope things are brighter for everyone, especially with Spring finally here!

 

[Widget]

Spring is here. Eighteen Pekins in the brooder along with seven Blk Australorps, one EE and one Domunique. The chickens are mine but the ducks are for a friend who also wants me to raise chickens for her (a dozen Delawares coming in next week plus a few extra Silkies for me). Turkeys are due at the end of the month. None of the breeds I really wanted are available so I made due with what I could get. Not really complaining since I like the Australorps but it is frustrating when everything is already out for the year or not available until fall.

Plus just to add some extra fun to the summer I am going to raise two pigs for the freezer. I have a couple people already lined up who want some locally raised pork. Should be an interesting endeavor.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Plus just to add some extra fun to the summer I am going to raise two pigs for the freezer. I have a couple people already lined up who want some locally raised pork. Should be an interesting endeavor.

I want pigs badly. I had a dream last night that 2 pigs magically appeared on our farm and I was trying to hide them from BF.

 

[lazy gardener]

My trees arrived yesterday. I believe there are 15 of them. What on earth was I thinking? The instructions say that they should be planted right away. I'm totally incapable of processing that information when I look out the window! The best idea I can come up with is to buy an other bale of Pro-Mix, and pot them up. I have 2 huge mountains of slash, that are still buried under snow that need to be burned before I can even think about planting those trees. If the weather had cooperated last fall, we could have burned last fall...

Chicks due to hatch next Saturday. Need to make a basket to rig a bunk bed for hatching in the incubator b/c there are too many eggs for them to be able to lay flat. Then, need to make a chick pen in the big coop.

 

[buckabucka]

Plus just to add some extra fun to the summer I am going to raise two pigs for the freezer. I have a couple people already lined up who want some locally raised pork. Should be an interesting endeavor.

I want pigs badly. I had a dream last night that 2 pigs magically appeared on our farm and I was trying to hide them from BF.

That is a very funny dream!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

My trees arrived yesterday. I believe there are 15 of them. What on earth was I thinking? The instructions say that they should be planted right away. I'm totally incapable of processing that information when I look out the window! The best idea I can come up with is to buy an other bale of Pro-Mix, and pot them up. I have 2 huge mountains of slash, that are still buried under snow that need to be burned before I can even think about planting those trees. If the weather had cooperated last fall, we could have burned last fall...

Chicks due to hatch next Saturday. Need to make a basket to rig a bunk bed for hatching in the incubator b/c there are too many eggs for them to be able to lay flat. Then, need to make a chick pen in the big coop.

Ours arrived at an inopportune time last year. I kept them in the garage where they didn't really get direct sunlight and watered the roots every couple days. I held them captive about 2 weeks or so. Not that I think we're going to be thawed in 2 weeks, but "planted right away" is also unnecessary.