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[DobieLover]

Way I see it. What have you got to loose if it is a pond area?

Nothing. But what if Goose Math hits me??

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well then your up a creek not a pond?

 

[aart]

The amount of rip rap that would be required to fill the moat in would be astronomical.

Had it rip rap before?
I'd just dig it out and leave it open.

 

[DobieLover]

Had it rip rap before?

No.
It was left open and filled in with silt over the years.

 

[aart]

No.
It was left open and filled in with silt over the years.

How long sine it was last dug/cleared?
Rip rap would start to fill it sooner, right?

 

[ronott1]

Not squatting really, but they come running and talk and hang around me, looking for guidance and company in the coop and nesting boxes.
As soon as I start to clean the poop boards, they come to sit in the nest boxes and talk to me.

With the noticeable shortening of daylight and the nasty grey weather and all the rain, they might need a vitamin D boost to get started.

It is the hours of daylight and not vitamin D level. You can give them supplemental light in the winter to make them lay eggs but that is not usually necessary for first year pullets.

They will usually still start laying eggs but later than normal.

 

[DobieLover]

How long sine it was last dug/cleared?
Rip rap would start to fill it sooner, right?

I don't know... On either account.

 

[aart]

I don't know... On either account.

Filling a trench with anything takes up volume.
He can't bring his digger around on the roads?

 

[bruceha2000]

This is where it was stuck.

Looks like she sank in pretty deep! Glad you got it out.

It was left open and filled in with silt over the years.

I'm sure it took quite a few years unless it was really shallow. I can see why you would want it cleaned out, you are ground zero for water coming from that pond.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.
It's a nippy 44 out with a drizzly rain. It isn't going to get much warmer either. High is expected to be 48 today.