BYC Café

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Cafe birds getting moved here this morning
But had one cup of coffee so far

 

[Mtn Margie]

Okay, now I am tired! Shoveled and then shoveled some more. I am officially ready for Monday's snow. Somehow, I don't think they will be wrong on this one.

• Monday
  
  
  
  
  Chance Snow
  then Heavy
  Snow
  High: 29 °F
• Monday
  Night
  
  
  
  Heavy Snow
  Low: 11 °F
  

 

[pennyJo1960]

Just Wow Margie suppose to be 80 today .. We will get

 

[LaFleche]

Grandbaby is getting big, as well. Look at those great big eyes! What a peach

So precious!

 

[LaFleche]

Good evening everyone!

I went out and checked my porch to see if it was here. Maybe you'll get my friggin' couch!

Well, in that case at least I would know the dishwasher to be in good hands.

And my poor lower back would surely rest well on your new couch after weeding common sorrel for hours.

 

[LaFleche]

Okay, now I am tired! Shoveled and then shoveled some more. I am officially ready for Monday's snow. Somehow, I don't think they will be wrong on this one.

• Monday
  
  
  
  
  Chance Snow
  then Heavy
  Snow
  High: 29 °F
• Monday
  Night
  
  
  
  Heavy Snow
  Low: 11 °F

Margie, make sure no Yeti steps by. With this weather forecast he might feel comfortable enough to pay a visit.

 

[pennyJo1960]

So cleaned coops then made peanut butter cookies but have photos of all the herd here and my 6 year old silkie broodie they are

the best

 

[LaFleche]

I'm curious about others' experiences with "chicken sitters." My neighbor (the one who got 16 chicks a week ago) will be chicken sitting while we're on vacation in a month. No one, not even my husband, has taken care of the chickens but me. Hubby has gone into the run a few times, but I'm the one who feeds them and cleans the coop.

We'll be gone for a week. All I'm going to ask her to do is: open the pop door, and put out fresh feed and water in the run in the morning. Evening will be take out the food and close the pop door. If it's before sunrise/after sunset, the chickens will be in the coop.

Opinions and suggestions from y'all about any of this:

1) If she gets up later and it's daylight and the chickens are out... I'm thinking the hens will run away, but the rooster may come at her. Incentive to get up early...? I'll tell her to wear jeans.

2) Poop management will be poop boards clean and fresh before I leave, and I'll deal with the poop when I get back. I'll remind her to watch her step in the run.

3) Bio security. She now has week old chicks, but they'll be 5 1/2 weeks old by then. I don't know if they'll still be in her house, or if they'll be outside. I can ask her to change her shoes, and if she says she will, I will trust her to do so. Anything else I should request?

4) Will my chickens remember me...? They aren't lap chickens (though if I didn't have a roo, the girls might be or might be allowed to be friendlier), but they will come up to me for treats, and they talk to me through the fence.

I didn't realize I'd gotten so attached to them. I'm going to miss them while I'm gone.

But I'll get to sleep past dawn...

How about installing an automatic coop door?

 

[Sally PB]

How about installing an automatic coop door?

I've thought about it. But it's not going to happen this year.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Not going to bother with one here either Sally
would be there anyways so close the darn thing or open it.