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[pennyJo1960]

AHHH hear that here also Sour

 

[drumstick diva]

me too!

 

[drumstick diva]

BTW 13.6F at 12:31 am Tues.

 

[drumstick diva]

now 11.1F heading for bed and a ton of blankets. Actually the upstairs is 80F, so don't need all the blankets.

 

[Shadrach]

Good morning Cafe.
Coffee is one the stove.
The sun is shining and the sky is cobalt blue. It looks like it's going to be a lovely day.
My youngest daughter and her son have finally been housed after spending the last couple of months living out of her car basically. It's hard to understand if you don't know how the state housing system works, or rather doesn't, in the UK. If you stay with relatives, or friends (she had plenty of offers including coming here) the housing dept no longer considers you homeless.
Anyway, she sent me pictures of her new accommodation so that's a great start for my day.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe.
Coffee is one the stove.
The sun is shining and the sky is cobalt blue. It looks like it's going to be a lovely day.
My youngest daughter and her son have finally been housed after spending the last couple of months living out of her car basically. It's hard to understand if you don't know how the state housing system works, or rather doesn't, in the UK. If you stay with relatives, or friends (she had plenty of offers including coming here) the housing dept no longer considers you homeless.
Anyway, she sent me pictures of her new accommodation so that's a great start for my day.

That's a tough way to prove you need housing. Live out of your car.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning, Cafe.
Freezing rain on the road surfaces covered by about 2 inches of snow. Temp is 25F and almost as warm as it will get today. Should be a fun drive in to work this morning.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[N F C]

Morning Cafe folks

Shad, that's good news for your daughter & g-son!

Dobie, have a safe trip to work

 

[drumstick diva]

well it's 9F here now, so I really will go to bed. Morning folks

 

[Shadrach]

I was hoping to avoid this stage with the chicks from Tribe 1. At the moment they are staying within earshot of the rest of the tribe but In the past, this has been the stage where chicks get predated. This lot a pretty clued in compared to some in the past and they keep a fairly tight group.
Treacle is doing what he can and did escort them to the house for food this morning. He does go and check on them from time to time. Mel's job as mum is finished now. She's back with the tribe and back in her usual place in the hierarchy. She's currently on my floor nest to Cillin and Fat Bird. She's third from the top in the hierarchy and despite what some say about removing a hen means they start at the bottom again when reintroduced I haven't seen any evidence of that here under any removal circumstances.
There is nothing I can do about the chicks. This is how chickens manage their tribes. In the past usually they experience a predator strike and that's what encourages them to stick with the tribe even f they get a few social order pecks in the process.
Hurry, being a single chick sticks close to mum still if she can. Fortunately Ruffles has got along with all her offspring after she's stopped caring for them.
It's cross fingers time and hope when it comes to the chicks.

Here they are, just outside the house while the rest of the tribe is in the house.

This is earlier when Treacle escorted them to the house to eat. They were about 100 metres away before they headed for the house.