BYC Café

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

Our first night of the season to drop into the high 20s. It's a crunchy frost out there.

The youngest batch of pullets/cockerels (Astrid's kids) are in their kung fu stage. That little dom white pullet is a pisser. She has been taking NO crap from one of the ermine cockerels.

I have fallen madly in love with Sarah, one of Astrid's black pullets. She has the most mischievous and endearing personality. She and her sister, Allison, has been really warming up to me lately. Two other pullets from the hatch are Cosima and Rachel. The lone black pullet from Astrid is named Mika. Who can guess where their names came from?

I have 3 hens in HARD molts. They are miserable although Tink looks to be over the hump. Two of my 7 year olds have not started yet. I hate it when they wait until the snow flies and the wind is howling to drop most of their feathers.

Today's plan is to rip out all the dead plants from my flower pots/window boxes and at least 2 of the 4 garden beds. I will also be making a roasted butternut squash soup with squash from my garden. If the weather cooperates, I need to run the tractor over the leaves to mulch them up and spread them around the yard.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee.

 

[Sally PB]

I plan to put up the solid windbreak panels today. I might get the shower curtains up on the west side too; there is a light breeze and if it gets stronger, it's a real struggle to get the curtains up.

 

[DobieLover]

I plan to put up the solid windbreak panels today. I might get the shower curtains up on the west side too; there is a light breeze and if it gets stronger, it's a real struggle to get the curtains up.

How do the shower curtains hold up?
I installed snaps to attach my reinforced poly sheeting to the framing and hold it in place. That gives me time to go back over it and screw on ripped down deck boards over all the vertical supports to pin them in place.
The sheets are going into their 6th year of service. I have a few torn out snaps and an area of one sheet that a determined squirrel chewed through but they are otherwise doing great. I have a bunch of material still left on the roll along with some seaming tape should I need or want to replace any.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Good morning and thanks for the hot coffee! We are supposed to have a low 20 something freeze tonight.
Hugs, Sky... It sounds like you have a bit of work to do with coop roof repair and general clean-up. I wish we could pop on over and help!