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[pennyJo1960]

Probably. I was swinging the hammer pretty hard. I'm just glad I didn't damage my hand any worse. I can't afford to put myself out of commission.

Damn is about all I can say that crap bet it does hurt like the dickens

 

[pennyJo1960]

Here is a shelter that is being built from local trees...
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what is the shelter suppose to be for ?

 

[Perris]

hope that heals fast DL; looks painful

love the shelter Margie - really sturdy! I guess everything round your parts has to be able to cope with a couple of ton of snow on the roof...here it would be being waterproof

 

[Perris]

I’m sorry for your loss

thanks @room onthebroom ; she was the only one of the four with SFH plumage and a pea comb, of course... The chief suspect is doing jail time now, in hope of a change of attitude, and to give the other 3 some relief.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is on.
It's a bit warmer this morning than yesterday was and is expected to approach 90 today.
I'll tackle the rest of the deck first thing this morning before it starts getting really hot. Also hoping to finish installing the dishwasher. And microwave so I can get the backsplash finished and grouted.

 

[DobieLover]

These frickin chickens are driving me nuts!!
Last night when I went out just before roost time to move things out of the way to cut the grass, I can see Max, one of the cockerels, is in the brooder run. I can hear Astrid in the maternity ward clucking away. He now has no way out except to try to get past her. He makes two attempts and all I hear is a big ruckus in there, him screaming and then see him shoot out the pop door into the brooder run like a greased pig. I had to lift the roofs on the dust bath area and the run to get his dingy butt out of there.
When I finished cutting the grass and did lock up, head count and pullet/cockerel removal from nest boxes, one of the "cockerels" was HUGE!! And cluck-cluck-clucking at me... That CUCKOO Kerrie thinks she's making another play on motherhood!
I'm sell both of the Cuckoo Marans. Neither is laying. One is in full blown molt and the other is broody! Nice selling features.
But one fun thing to observe yesterday after I lobbed grape tomatoes (and accidentally pegged 3 birds with them ) was a show down between 5.5# Trudi and two two tiny 5 week old d'Uccle chicks!! Those little buggers where NOT going to give up their piece of tomato. And they didn't! Trudi walked away.

 

[Shadrach]

Flagstone and tableView attachment 2301770

I guess that won't be blowing away any time soon. Hard to find large solid woodwork like that now.

 

[Shadrach]

Here is a shelter that is being built from local trees...
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What type of wood is that Margie?

 

[Mtn Margie]

Morning! Snow and wind sturdy for the shelter from lightning and hail and also, wind. LOL!
We can get some sudden storms that can wreck an outdoor picnic pretty quickly.
That does look painful, DL! Ice and arnica!

 

[aart]

I've decided to keep one of the cockerels with little sister.
The one with the smallest comb that hangs out with her most the time,
while the other 2 boys seem to stick together. Interesting.

Feed mill owner said he'd sell them for me....yeah...we'll see if and how that works out.
Guys kinda shady, but a hell of salesman, his eyes briefly lit up when I called them Olive Eggers. He sold the OE pullet chicks for me last year at 10 a pop, this year he got his own to sell, not sure how that worked out....none to very few straight answers from this guy.
Will see, next week when it cools down again.

Hot days but cool nights.....pretty boring around here.