It was getting dark by the time I got the ducks in tonight because I had to get the Lavender Orps all moved & set up in their new pen. I seemed to be missing a duck, but maybe she was already roosting on top of something & I didn't see her. Hopefully she will be there in the morning when I go out. They're having a lot of fun free ranging out with the chickens during the day & stay around really well.
I worked all afternoon on getting my door hung & the wire back up on the back pen in the hoop coop & just got it all finished in time to start feeding birds & animals. I put straw down in there to soak up the mud so even if it rains tomorrow, which looking at the radar is going to get here in the night again, the birds should stay clean. I don't have very many birds left right now in the growout pen & there will be fewer when the peafowl/guinea pen dries up some & I move the 4 young guineas in there. I don't want to move them until it's not so muddy, they will probably just get stuck in that awful mess in there. I guess I'm going to have to use a bale of straw & soak up that pen too, it's just awful. I hate to use up all my straw soaking up mud, but I just feel bad for all the birds that have had to stand in mud for so long. I thought after tomorrow it was supposed to stop for awhile & now it's showing more rain later in the week. We just can't catch a break here. Lizzy, I wish I could send it to you instead right now.
Danz, I'm sorry for your storm mess, I'm glad it didn't completely destroy your hoop coop, hopefully you can straighten it out some. We really didn't get any wind or anything, just quite a bit of rain again, enough to make a muddy mess. I'm so tired of wading in mud I could scream. The ducks have been really happy, but it makes me cranky. I come in after being out there doing chores looking like I played in it & all I did was walk through it & go in & out of pens. I come in & my clothes are so wet I could wring the water out of them with the humidity out there, I just hate it.
Well I guess since they have passed the first trimester now I can tell you my news, my son & his fiancee are expecting a baby boy Feb. 15th. So far so good with the progress, Dana is considered a high risk due to her medical history & problems so she has to have a special OB Dr. They're keeping a close eye on things though. I think my son is excited to be having a boy this time. I think my granddaughter has mixed feelings about it. I'm trying to stay optimistic about the outcome, I sure hope it all turns out well in the end. They're planning to get married after the baby is born, it's too much stress for her right now to think about planning a wedding while she's pregnant. Keep them in your prayers that things continue to go well. For those who are new & don't know, Dana had thyroid cancer awhile back & has had two surgeries & radioactive iodine treatment. She wasn't supposed to be able to get pregnant at all, but surprise surprise.
dwink2, where are you located, I can't remember. I am hatching for a couple people right now. I can hatch chicks for orders, but am not doing big hatches right now like I do in the spring. Some of my hens are in molt right now & aren't laying much & due to the weather I have had to put the light back in the main coop as well because we haven't had nearly enough sun lately. My other pens & breeder coop don't have lights, so they're just not laying much.
