BYC Café

[DobieLover]

Good morning, Cafe.



Good luck. Here in NJ the DMV is still a mess with people getting there early AM and still not accomplishing their goals.

In and out in 12 minutes.
Excellent service and a very pleasant rep! He did comment that he was very pleased that I came with my form filled out and all the proper documents.

 

[aart]

I did not release the flock this morning at feeding time. They are quite confused about this. The fog is extraordinarily heavy this morning and I haven't weed wacked the back of the fence line so I've lost a lot of punch in the fence. I'll take care of that tonight. When the fog burns off a bit more, I'll let them out.
But I did let Astrid out for her 90 second break. She never dooped before the kids started in and she raced back to them. It's funny. She goes zooming into the brooder room and starts softly clucking to the chicks as she climbs back onto the nest. They quiet right down as soon as they see her again.
I reached in to give the chicks a few clumps of feed on the edge of the kick board in front of Astrid where they had piled up. They screeched a little when my hand was that close to them and ignored the food. Astrid could see it so she started doing the "here's something good to eat" cluck and they stood up and started eating it! It's amazing how she is mothering them with no contact and still working on her clutch of eggs.

Hopefully she will get off nest to poop, she has room there, right?
This scenario is fascinating, thanks for sharing the journey.

 

[DobieLover]

Hopefully she will get off nest to poop, she has room there, right?
This scenario is fascinating, thanks for sharing the journey.

Uh... yeah. There's room. But she sure does stink up the joint when she lets one loose in front of the door into the coop.

 

[sourland]

In and out in 12 minutes.
Excellent service and a very pleasant rep! He did comment that he was very pleased that I came with my form filled out and all the proper documents.

Well done !

 

[aart]

Uh... yeah. There's room. But she sure does stink up the joint when she lets one loose in front of the door into the coop.

True Dat!!
But better than in the nest!
Why I'm glad my coop partition has it's own run attached.
Was pretty surprised they go outside to poop if at all possible.
After chicks hatched tho had to leave pop door closed for a few days,
she was not happy to poop in the coop, but did go to a far corner to do so.

 

[DobieLover]

Why I'm glad my coop partition has it's own run attached.

My maternity ward has its own run too. But this weird situation has my sitting hen in the brooder room, formerly designated "Chicken Free Zone".
That's the main reason I toss her off the nest each morning. It was working fine until she adopted Mommy Dearest's brood. Now she doesn't want to leave them.

 

[DobieLover]

Some of the incredible 200+ year old homes of River Row in Owego.

And the Coup de grâce. The socially conscientious mansion owners that put face masks on their stone lions.

 

[Perris]

Good morning Cafe and thanks for the coffee Shad.
I am going in to renew my drivers license this morning. When the DMV started opening for limited business, you had to make an appointment to renew your license. It took 2 months for me to get an appointment. My license expired 4 days after the lockdown when I was waiting for a copy of my birth certificate to arrive.

Glad to hear it went smoothly and sweetly. I still have my original paper driving license, and it's valid for another 10 years. But my kids, because the licence carries a photo now, have to renew theirs every 10 years. They call it progress

 

[CapricornFarm]

Some of the incredible 200+ year old homes of River Row in Owego.
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And the Coup de grâce. The socially conscientious mansion owners that put face masks on their stone lions.
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Drooling over that red one!

 

[DobieLover]

Drooling over that red one!

IKR. Those windows, fascia and landscaping are so beautiful. They used to have a walking tour of River Row and the owners would invite the public in for tours. I never went. I don't know if they'll resume.