Colorado

[lomine]

@COChix I'm sorry about the lose of your dog Diego. Sounds like you gave him a wonderful life and he gave you lots of love.

@21hens-incharge I hope your husband recovers quickly and will feel better soon. As an HR person who has had to deal with injured workers returning to work, it is in everyone's best interest if he doesn't return to work until he is safely able to do so. If in doubt return to the doctor with a list of his job responsibilities and make sure he can actually perform these duties without hurting himself. The doctor can also recommend restrictions that will prevent further injury. The last thing anyone wants is for him to return to work too soon and hurt himself further.

ETA- Oops. Sorry I tagged the wrong person. I'll blame it on it being Monday morning.

 

[coop410silkies]

@COChix
I'm sorry about the lose of your dog Diego. Sounds like you gave him a wonderful life and he gave you lots of love.

@coop410silkies
I hope your husband recovers quickly and will feel better soon. As an HR person who has had to deal with injured workers returning to work, it is in everyone's best interest if he doesn't return to work until he is safely able to do so. If in doubt return to the doctor with a list of his job responsibilities and make sure he can actually perform these duties without hurting himself. The doctor can also recommend restrictions that will prevent further injury. The last thing anyone wants is for him to return to work too soon and hurt himself further.

Good information.

@21 hens: I cannot visualize your husband driving around a tow truck on meds and with a head injury in crazy hectic weather like we're having. Thank goodness he has a wonderful employer.

 

[Latestarter]

@Percheron chick Love the cute new puppy! What breed? M/F?

 

[Percheron chick]

F Akbash. Parents are working dogs so I'm counting on some natural instincts. Scared of the chickens. Hope she keeps a healthy respect for them.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Thank you everyone. I took hubby in for a follow up and made it clear to the doctor what his job includes as responsibilities. He is on a no driving and light duty restriction now. They said he can go back to work and do office work...... UM what part of he is a tow truck operator for a very small company did they not understand. His employer is funny... he said "ok so no driving and exactly how do they expect you to get to the office". Boss told him to stay home until he has NO more dizzy spells.

Snowing all day here and about 9 inches in the middle of the yard. It had melted off there last week so that is all new icky white stuff. I shoveled out twice and am sure I will be doing so again in the morning.

Cute puppy PC! I hope he lives up to standard. He looks like he has some good potential.

One naughty broody is very mad at me and taking it out on the super mellow Brahmas. She may find herself in the garage if she keeps it up much longer. I went to gather eggs and she was harassing the Light Brahma to the point Jasmine decided the safest place was on my back. Man can that tiny chicken throw a temper tantrum.

Stay dry ya'll. Oh and be careful shoveling. There is ice and slush under that stuff. Made my driveway slicker after I shoveled.

 

[shortgrass]

How's everyone's snow total this morning?

I can't get my front door open and there's a 5' drift right in front of the gate to the coops.

No school; kids are going to be driving me batty all day

Getting ready to call mom and make sure she survived the night; there were 2 cows calving last I knew, poor mom got stuck out there in the calving barn, I'm afraid

I'm trying to remember the last time we've had this much snow on the plains; of course, its so hard to measure when it always blows away ha-ha

Be careful out there, its nippy and slick, where roads are actually open.

 

[21hens-incharge]

We have 14 inches in the non drifted areas. I dug the coop door out and decided the run can wait for more light before I go digging there.
Not going to work due to lack of interest in wrecking my car.

A friend of ours has cows calving now too. One left to give birth so I think she will do so today or tomorrow.
Not a fun place to get stuck in a storm. I hope your mom made it out of the calving barn.

 

[COChix]

Just for Trish. Your puppy fix for the day. Coyotes are getting so bad I needed an understudy for Levi.

Aww thanks and what a cutie. Hopefully he/she will be a great guardian for you and yours. How did Levi react? Probably happy to have some company....I hear you on the coyotes. It is the middle of the winter and they are in full force in this area that is for sure, seen track across the road. Starting to come in closers and closer now.

Woke up to a foot of snow maybe more, hard to tell. Seems like a day for staying in your pjs and watching movies. Stay warm....our girls are out in the run and seem unaffected.

@shortgrass glad you made it to the Colorado thread, I see you a lot in the FF thread. Hope your mom, cow and calf are all safe and sound.

 

[shortgrass]

Yeah, I figured I'd bumble across this thread eventually ha-ha Can't stop and not say hi

Yeah, finally got a hold of mom; she was indeed stuck in the barn lol; calf fine but neighbor is on the way to scoop her bronco out of the drift in front of the gate

I tried to coax my 10 year old out to feed for me, but she had no interest in going out there. I'll remember that next time she wants to go to her friends' house lol

A couple of nice 3' drifts to cut through, and had to cut a trail for the ducks, and I now have no intention of going back out there until sundown

 

[COChix]

e. We had a record egg day with 9 eggs two days ago. We also have two layers in Boulder laying consistently again, yeah. Funny one of the girls in Boulder that has laid all winter was miss Mamacita (our dark Cornish broody) last year she was broody all winter and I battled her all season. She was hell bent to hatch, I am wondering why it is different this year. What I have concluded is that maybe it was too crowded last year with 28 birds, she didn't lay all winter and was continually on the nests. This winter she is with a roo and two other layers and she is the only one who laid all winter. Go figure...