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[aart]

DH got a fantastic "score" at work. One of their clients was throwing out 10' posts. 25 heavy duty, -\_/- shaped posts. They are going to be holding up fence to protect my garden soon. I have a post pounder, gonna need a ladder to reach the top!

CoolBeans!! Definitely a big score!
Hope they are really heavy duty to hold up to a post hammer.
The thought of using one on a ladder makes anxiety level soar and my knees hurt.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee. A beautiful day is on tap here.

 

[bruceha2000]

My cats throw clothes off the bed i intend to wear later.

DD1's cat sleeps on the clothes on the drying racks

CoolBeans!! Definitely a big score!
Hope they are really heavy duty to hold up to a post hammer.
The thought of using one on a ladder makes anxiety level soar and my knees hurt.

Me too. Need a REALLY sturdy ladder to pound on a 10' T-post. I sure hope the top 3' of ground aren't too hard and are rock free!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Cafe send cup been had ... I have 20 eggs in the incubator .. if I get another white pullet I will keep it .
All the rest go to auction when they feather.

 

[Sally PB]

Hope they are really heavy duty to hold up to a post hammer.

Oh, they are. They're like sign posts. Maybe they are sign posts...? I think that's what they used them as. No "T" on the bottom, just the U shape all the down.

I sure hope the top 3' of ground aren't too hard and are rock free!

Fortunately, the soil around that garden is sand. S.A.N.D. Though there are some rocks down there. There's one spot in the garden where I can't plant any potatoes because there's a BIG rock about a foot down. If I could uncover it, I wouldn't be able to get it out. So I left it there, and usually have squash in that area.

 

[DobieLover]

When I released the flock this morning, Remi was sitting on the edge of the door frame out of the run with a blood scabbed head and her right eye crusted shut with blood. I tried to catch her to treat her but I only managed to grab her tail and she freaked out screaming and all the hens sent up an alarm call and in came Fabio. I had to flick him away and lost my grip on her and she took off under the chicken bush.
I got her tonight, soaked the eye with a paper towel soaked in warm saline solution and got enough crud off her eye that it popped open. It looks like she can see out of it and I didn't see any damage. I smeared terramycin ointment in the eye and put her in the maternity ward. She did NOT like that at all so I grabbed Olivia, one of the originals and a top ranking, nice hen, and put her in the ward with her. Olivia happily started eating the food I put in there and Remi continued to pace and try to get out. I hope that she will settle down with her room mate as she will be confined for the next several days to recover and get ointment in her eye twice a day.
I don't know if it was a hen or one of the boys that did this. Remi is an extremely meek hen. She had been making moves to stand up for herself and was doing so much better this year. She's acted extremely submissive in the past. Abnormally so. I had hoped that she would start fitting into the flock better but maybe I need to consider rehoming her into an all female, small flock with timid birds.

 

[bruceha2000]

If I could uncover it, I wouldn't be able to get it out.

Perfect excuse to get a tractor with a backhoe!!!!! You'll need to keep DH busy in retirement.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

 

[LaFleche]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

Just in time for my lunch break, thank you DL!

 

[LaFleche]

When I released the flock this morning, Remi was sitting on the edge of the door frame out of the run with a blood scabbed head and her right eye crusted shut with blood. I tried to catch her to treat her but I only managed to grab her tail and she freaked out screaming and all the hens sent up an alarm call and in came Fabio. I had to flick him away and lost my grip on her and she took off under the chicken bush.
I got her tonight, soaked the eye with a paper towel soaked in warm saline solution and got enough crud off her eye that it popped open. It looks like she can see out of it and I didn't see any damage. I smeared terramycin ointment in the eye and put her in the maternity ward. She did NOT like that at all so I grabbed Olivia, one of the originals and a top ranking, nice hen, and put her in the ward with her. Olivia happily started eating the food I put in there and Remi continued to pace and try to get out. I hope that she will settle down with her room mate as she will be confined for the next several days to recover and get ointment in her eye twice a day.
I don't know if it was a hen or one of the boys that did this. Remi is an extremely meek hen. She had been making moves to stand up for herself and was doing so much better this year. She's acted extremely submissive in the past. Abnormally so. I had hoped that she would start fitting into the flock better but maybe I need to consider rehoming her into an all female, small flock with timid birds.

Could she have been attacked by a predator? Or is she beginning to cluck = getting broody? Sometimes this will tick the others off.

I don't remember who she is, could you post a picture of her?