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[CapricornFarm]

Got to be better than owl droppings and pellets

Yeah, but i have 2 toms and 4 hens...

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Yeah, but i have 2 toms and 4 hens...

Yep you win. I only deal with one owl at a time

 

[007Sean]

Well, that's fine but do they have to crap all over my tools and lumber??

Yeah, that can be a 'downside'!

 

[007Sean]

My ducklings like to crap up the side of the wall.

Ducks are known for doing that....filthy little critters. And taking a single drop of water and making a mudhole.

 

[007Sean]

Got to be better than owl droppings and pellets

X2

 

[Shadrach]

Thaw break.
MN is really off Her meds today. One minute it's sunny, the next it's blowing frozen rain at me.
The chickens are being a major pain. I have spent a large portion of the day tossing them out of the work site. Fabio and I have had words. He flogged me for pushing him out of the way. I just stood there looking at him and he eventually gave up the bravado and walked off but he's got his knickers in a twist today because of all the activity and me tossing his girls out.
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I had young Mag fly at me in a rage fit yesterday.
He was in the middle of having a scrap with Notch and he seemed to be winning. He was not impressed when I split them up. Punch, his dad, who had been watching the fight, told him off afterwards.He was very contrite afterwards and hung around the edges when I gave the rest of his tribe their supper. It's always a risk when splitting up fights and I don't tell them off.
I wouldn't normally have split them up but Notch already had a very bloody wattle and I didn't want to spend any more time than necessary patching notch up.

 

[DobieLover]

I had young Mag fly at me in a rage fit yesterday.
He was in the middle of having a scrap with Notch and he seemed to be winning. He was not impressed when I split them up. Punch, his dad, who had been watching the fight, told him off afterwards.He was very contrite afterwards and hung around the edges when I gave the rest of his tribe their supper. It's always a risk when splitting up fights and I don't tell them off.
I wouldn't normally have split them up but Notch already had a very bloody wattle and I didn't want to spend any more time than necessary patching notch up.

He'd been doing okay during the construction. He didn't like it and crowed his little head off. But I couldn't keep them out of the coop yesterday because I'd taken a piece of siding and the doors off the front so in they came.

You should have seen the mess they made on the mess I made when I went back out after lunch! That is when they received their final eviction and were escorted out of the building. He, Barb and Rhoda just wouldn't stop coming back in. All I did was give him a very light shove to encourage him to jump out and he snapped. He really didn't know quite what to make of me just standing there looking at him as if to say "is that the best you've got little man?" I'm hoping for better behavior today. At least I got the siding and doors back on.

 

[Shadrach]

They are big in the curiosity dept.
While it can be quite endearing to have a group of chickens around while you work it can also slow things up rather a lot and as you've probably noticed, they don't understand the bit about having clean tool handles.

 

[Shadrach]

Good morning Cafe.
Coffee is made.
It's getting warm here. Everyone has taken cover in the shade.
I'm away to the village to meet a couple of friends for coffee.

 

[DobieLover]

Thanks for the coffee, Shad.
Anyone have any plans for today? I'll be heading back out to the new coop to get the snow off everything and keep going. But first, COFFEE!