BYC Café

[featherhead007]

Don't worry, They went to take a dust bath, then shake'd all over me just now!

 

[Shadrach]

It’s sunny but chilly here, getting a little late in the day for coffee so I’ve got a pot of cider simmering on the stove...plenty for all!View attachment 2007221

I've got to ask now. Black and Tan is a Scottish beverage to the best of my knowledge. They call it something else further South. Now you've got cider on the stove. That's from Southern England. Are you British?

 

[ValerieJ]

I think maybe my hens are mad at me. I had to travel out of town for the weekend, and left the peeps in the coop/run during my absence. I let them free range today. But they sure had some squawking at me to say.

Poor babies. They though you would never come back and let them out.

 

[Building Bridges]

Don't worry, They went to take a dust bath, then shake'd all over me just now!

 

[igorsMistress]

And, while we're talking about food...
Something I had hoped never to see here happened a few days ago, McDonald opened one of their fast food outlets in a nearby town. I've been told that some of the locals smashed the place up one night.
I doubt they will pack up and take their garbage elsewhere unfortunately but it was good to see that some resistance is being shown.

 

[ronott1]

And, while we're talking about food...
Something I had hoped never to see here happened a few days ago, McDonald opened one of their fast food outlets in a nearby town. I've been told that some of the locals smashed the place up one night.
I doubt they will pack up and take their garbage elsewhere unfortunately but it was good to see that some resistance is being shown.

Now I want fries!

Their fries are good for about 10 minutes and then they go weird! What do they do to them?

 

[ronott1]

I don't know what our record low was but it got close a couple years ago when it hit -19F/-28C. It was 14F this morning.
The chickens did fine except for some frostbite on roosters' huge combs and wattles. No interruption of egg production.

St. Louis was -18F in 1985. In 2018 it was -10F. I did not see Ferguson on the list

https://www.currentresults.com/Year...s/extreme-annual-st-louis-low-temperature.php
There are likely better sources though

 

[blackandtan]

I've got to ask now. Black and Tan is a Scottish beverage to the best of my knowledge. They call it something else further South. Now you've got cider on the stove. That's from Southern England. Are you British?

It is. It’s also a hound dog. And my last name. And the name of my business, I do leather tanning, thus, “Black & Tan”....I thought it was catchy

 

[Building Bridges]

It is. It’s also a hound dog. And my last name. And the name of my business, I do leather tanning, thus, “Black & Tan”....I thought it was catchy

Creative!!! I like it.

 

[ValerieJ]

Now I want fries!

Their fries are good for about 10 minutes and then they go weird! What do they do to them?

I'm not sure they are sliced potatoes. They may be a reconstructed dried potato of some sort. And I read they add sugar. So there's that.