BYC Café

[Shadrach]

good morning Shad - thanks for the coffee.
They are forecasting temps into the mid-high 40s for parts of the southern US!

Mid 50's in Baghdad. I don't expect BYC gets many contributors from there though.

 

[Bunnylady]

Mid 50's in Baghdad. I don't expect BYC gets many contributors from there though.

Somehow, I think you are probably right about that.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Thanks for the coffee Shad. Do be careful if it's that hot out.

 

[Shadrach]

Just been out to do the water rounds. The main house weather station unit reads 42C with 46% humidity. It feels hotter than that. Not a lot is moving around out there.
Thankfully the afternoon breeze has started up. It's a real life saver here. The topography of the valley catches wind from the South and the North and funnels it up and down the valley.

 

[DobieLover]

Just been out to do the water rounds. The main house weather station unit reads 42C with 46% humidity. It feels hotter than that. Not a lot is moving around out there.
Thankfully the afternoon breeze has started up. It's a real life saver here. The topography of the valley catches wind from the South and the North and funnels it up and down the valley.

How do the chickens tolerate this weather?

 

[Shadrach]

How do the chickens tolerate this weather?

They do very well. They know all the best shade spots. They do their early morning forage and head to the shade spots before it gets seriously hot. If I could get under the bushes they can I would be there with them. Despite having had temperatures here of 45C max no chicken has died of the heat here. It's a bout shade quality I think.
Notch and his hens are in the bamboo at the moment. They'll move to a large bush sheltering a large thyme patch in the afternoon to catch the breeze.
Tribe 2 head for the donkey stable in the morning and go under the grass and vines on the bank behind the stable. They move up to the bushes beside the vegetable garden and on the steps that lead to it in the afternoon.
I encouraged some blackthorn bushes to grow just outside my house and cut away the lower branches as it grew. This is Tribe 1's morning spot. At around mid day they come into my house for a while. As soon as the sun moves West enough to provide a bit of shade outside my house they go onto the bank outside my house a bit further South than the blackthorn bushes. This place catches the breeze and provides deep shade from a few trees and various grasses and bushes.
Chickens should do well in the heat if they are given decent shade. They are after all jungle creatures and not even deep jungle; their ancestors live on the outskirts. Jungle temps are in the high thirties centigrade most of the year.

I'll take some more picture.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Some of the incredible 200+ year old homes of River Row in Owego.
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And the Coup de grâce. The socially conscientious mansion owners that put face masks on their stone lions.
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Wow, they're beauties! Like giant dollhouses

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Registration is annual though you can choose to get a 2 year for less than it would cost if you do 1 year at a time. No eye test for the license even when they do tell you to come in for a new picture. Otherwise you just sign the form and mail it with a check.

Annual vehicle inspections. They have gotten expensive - $65 now. Used to be a lot cheaper when it was paper but the state went with some computerized system a year or so back. The mechanics have to buy the computer thing, must have internet. The company takes a bite out of every inspection paid.

Our registrations are annual, as well. Not sure if you can do the two year deal, but a vehicle 7yrs(10?) or older you can buy permanent plates for.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Morning, all! Thanks for the coffee, Shad.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Pretty girls enjoying the morning. Actually... Following me around wondering where the treats are