Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[rjohns39]

got my winter kale going pretty good, along with some spinach, broccoli and Brussels sprouts. I hope to start my own plants in the spring, but I need to replace all my seed. It pretty much got cooked last spring/summer.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Morning all ya'll!

I think Sesame knows her name. I spotted a hawk today and the last time I saw Sesame she was free ranging. I was running around looking for her, shouting her name and she answered me, TWICE. Maybe coincidence, but I won’t change my story.

They can totally learn their names.
I have ones that will look at me when I say their name while everyone else ignore it.

I recorded a fox screaming incase you have never heard one.

Totally creepy! Especially at 2am!!

It is creepy. I remember when I heard it a couple years ago, I had to do internet searching to figure out what it was.

Question: Is there less waste with pellet food? How do they eat it? Whole or break it up?

Mine waste less of it. They would fling crumbles everywhere. I don't think they liked the powdery part of it at all, I know I didn't.
They swallow it whole. Mine get some wet mash every morning too. I know they are eating the pellets too since I see them eat it and I have to refill feeders.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Already lockdown! That is eggciting @Smuvers Farm!!
I am looking forward to seeing all your fluffy babies!


@rjohns39 Darned forecast! What a let down to lose the last mater plant to surprise frost.
I am going to try again to sprout seeds in the spring.
I seem to be good at getting them started to early and lose them waiting for decent weather to plant.

 

[Sassysouth]

Good morning! My project has slowly killed me this week. The intensity of nerve pain down legs and arms is almost unbearable. I will definitely take something tonight.

My son started breaking out with a rash, hoping it was from the strep instead of the antibiotic, it was the antibiotic. Add another allergy to the list.

This makes me mad. Food guarding. If you are done, be done. She hears Maddie ready to come in from outside and is currently growling. She is such a turd.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

My little furry black alarm clock woke me way before I was ready. Under year old cat playing like a lunatic at 7am is not how I wanted to start my day. (something else to thank the ex for)

But everyone is fed, flock is out, furnace refilled. Might be nap time already.

 

[staceyj]

Mornin peeps. I got up at 5:14 then said the heck with it and rolled over!

Happy to report to sun is OUT AND SHINING here after 21/2 solid days that looked like twilight.
Seasonal depression gets me really down.
I need sun.
Like NEED. IT.
that's why we live in a southern state.

@Anansi ...sweetypie.
I have told you before, you are one of us. Is it that you think you don't "have anything to contribute to the class"?
YES. YOU. DO. !
Tell us something.
What did you eat for breakfast?
What's the weather at your house?
Ever have your coffee go down the wrong pipe and cough it out your nose? (Happened to me
This morning!)
You too??!!
No way!!!!!
See how easy that is?
An-y-thing!

Foxes: thanks for that!
Used to hear them all the time when we lived in Virginia near the blue ridge mountains. Sometimes they sounded like kids screaming.
Scared the dickens out of me til we figured out what it was.

Pellets:
It's not like the pellets are huge.
That's what mine eat. In a hanging feeder. I take it away and lock it up at night.
I never see any on the ground and I have to refill it, so they must be eating it.

Morning mash:
Yup me too.
I fill a small dog bowl halfway with pellets throw some warm water on there and let it "cook" while I make coffee.
Remember Guilty party?
Well he is a weird cat and always comes running. I don't know why but he thinks that stuff is deeeee-licious.
I gets a blob of plain no fat yogert on top and out it goes. Those girls love it. They always empty the bowl.

@rjohns39 so sorry about your tomatoes!
I have a comeback plant I let go to see what it'd do and have 6 good sized green tomatoes on it ( only 1 starting to blush a little).
I'll have to pick them today and bring them inside because I'm forecasted to get your weather tonight.

I still have okra growing too.
-they are the plant that keeps on giving. One of the plants is not like the others and has reached a height of about 15 feet.
Watching it grow this season has been like watching jack's beanstalk grow.

I have collards in but something's eating it and it's too much trouble to
Try to figure it out. After I pull the okra I'll have to let the girls work over that little garden space.

Everything else is herbs and such growing in half barrels.

Hmmm what to do with all that ginger ? It's such a pretty plant. Yet another thing I propagated from a chunk of storebought.
Any suggestions are welcome.

Except for the sweet potatoes.


Never did harvest the herbs the other day.
Need to.
I have a lovely barrel just bursting at the seams with dill. Had to put hardware cloth around it because dill is one of the chickens
F A V O R I T E Things to hijack here.

It's amazing when you dry herbs. It seems like you have enough to last a lifetime when you bring it inside, then after it's dried all you have is a tiny little jar of it!

That's all from me.

Note to self. Get a dang
Flu shot.

 

[staceyj]

@Smuvers Farm how many babies are you expecting?

I used a giant rectangular Rubbermaid tote for my brooder box.

 

[rjohns39]

This was a volunteer cherry tomato. I've kept it alive through two foretasted frosts and it was loaded with little green jewels. My ginger is going into the greenhouse in hopes it will come back in spring. A recipe I want to try, when I get the ginger. Take a whole lemon and cut slits all around it. Slice up some garlic and ginger. Put all three in the cavity of a whole chicken. Give it a rubdown with your favorite rub and roast it. After its done, squeeze the remaining lemon juice over the bird.

 

[staceyj]

My little furry black alarm clock woke me way before I was ready. Under year old cat playing like a lunatic at 7am is not how I wanted to start my day. (something else to thank the ex for)

But everyone is fed, flock is out, furnace refilled. Might be nap time already.

My cat is like the one on the old flintstones show. I toss him out into the hallway and close the door on him. If I'm
Lucky he'll go play with something and leave me alone but most times he tries and tries until he turns the doorknob and lets himself back in.

 

[Sassysouth]

I wish I enjoyed gardening, I just don’t. I do enjoy growing tomatoes, basil and jalapeños. Our household is difficult. We all like different foods, so to cook for even 2 is limited for variety. Sigh.
The sun is up, so maybe the chill is gone and my body is loosened up enough to work.