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[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe.
It's bright, cool and crisp here. 47F now. I love it! We are expecting to go into the high 50s.

I have the next potential adopter up on deck. She wants Captain for a breeder rooster for her 5 Ameracauna pullets. He'll have 5 girls to himself if this one goes through. She's a Dobie owner too. She has a male and female. I'll take Cap out Thursday morning if it's going to work out.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Good morning, Cafe. Thanks for the coffee, Shad.

It's fun to watch the chicks dart back and forth between the moms. Somebody starts cooing about something on the ground and they run right over

63° here at 8 o'clock. It got up to 90° yesterday and very humid. Nothing like jumping right in to summer!

Glad to hear you've got another taker for Cap, DL.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

@sourland I thought of your dandelion you talked about a while ago when I took this picture:

And had to laugh at the clique-y chickens. They are always together:

 

[chickadoodles]

Good morning cafe. Thanks for the coffee Shad.
beautiful pics.
i’m drinking coffee on the porch enjoying the singing birds and watching my chicks run around the brooder.
i’s going to be in the mid 90’s here and humid as heck.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Awe, little yellow ones! So cute

 

[chickadoodles]

Awe, little yellow ones! So cute

Thank you.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Cafe, I hope the home works for Captain Dobie
thanks for the coffee Shad

 

[Bunnylady]

Y'all have given me hope. I had 3 Serama hens go broody within about a week of each other. Dumb things kept happening, like other hens laying in the nests of the broodies, eggs getting destroyed or just bumped out of the nest, an entire clutch that evidently were infertile . . .

Anyway, lots of fussing and rearranging (and endless humming of "The Broody Song") later, I have 2 hens with one chick each, and the third just had two hatch this morning. These are tiny little hens (weighing less than a pound each); their chicks are minuscule. Even though these particular hens haven't lived together, I would love to build a run where they can raise their families together, though since even some lizards around here could eat the chicks, I'd have to use fairly small wire to keep them safe. How much space do you think I'd need to give them?

 

[ronott1]

Everythings blooming!
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Nice and sunny day here. Supposed to reach high 80's today and similar tomorrow.

Made a fresh pot, have at it.

Looks good!

 

[ronott1]

The juncos that I tossed out of the run by constantly removing their nest starts finally took the hint.
They started one in the fern hanging right outside the run and under the coop roof overhang. Much better for them.
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And my privacy hedge row is so much better with the dappled willow instead of the holly. The holly kept drowning. The willow are thriving. They've doubled in size since I put them in last summer. They grow so fast!
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They look good!