BYC Café

[DobieLover]

Is that why I've had so many broodies this year?

He's sneaky that way...

 

[DobieLover]

Need a little spell cast?

NOOOOOOO!!!!
The last time you did that half the flock got hit!

 

[sourland]

Is that why I've had so many broodies this year?

I plead the Fifth.

He's sneaky that way...

Not.

 

[DobieLover]

I think she's ready.
I'll keep an eye on her throughout the day and if she holds tight, I'll give her the 4 eggs tonight.

I'll need to remove the towel. It'll be pushing 90 tomorrow and will pass 90 on Sunday.
This will be my first run using a bantam. The flock is at 23 head with one other bantam. Should be interesting.

 

[Shadrach]

Got the new fence up and attached. I had been holding up fence pieces with wooden stakes. I probably have half of the anti-dig apron installed. Taking a break for lunch.

Later today, I want to chip up a pile of brush. I'm waiting for that area to be in the shade first.

I think one of my 2 yo hens has stopped laying. Her eggs are distinctive, and I have seen one in about a week now. Anyone have a hen stop so early in the season? I was thinking they'd lay until August.

How deep are you burying the anti dig apron?

 

[Shadrach]

Good evening Cafe.
I'll join the broody club with one Cream Legbar.
Mulling over the prospect of having to build a hoop run for the new coop we bought recently.
Had a decent week weatherwise. It's getting colder and wetter for the weekend.

 

[Sally PB]

How deep are you burying the anti dig apron?

It might not be deep enough everywhere, but the materials are free. 6-12" depending on what I have to work with. Some of it is metal roofing, some will be pieces of the really trashed fence that I took down.

 

[Shadrach]

It might not be deep enough everywhere, but the materials are free. 6-12" depending on what I have to work with. Some of it is metal roofing, some will be pieces of the really trashed fence that I took down.

The last one I dug in was six inches deep.Maybe I should have dug to twelve inches.

 

[DobieLover]

Fire in the hole. She's got her eggs.

 

[Shadrach]

Fire in the hole. She's got her eggs.

Nothing even remotely broody looking about her is there.