Dixie Chicks

[NotAFarm]

Yay, for green grass!!

The oak and hickory trees don't have their leaves yet but our grass is green!
I took this picture just as I turned into the driveway of my flock enjoying some greenery...

 

[BriardChickens]

Woke up to that, the dog is really excited.

The girls dont seem to mind.

The sheep just get the rest of their winter hair dirty.

But if you ask me, i think its just depressing

 

[vehve]

Yeah, that's depressing. Hope it melts quickly.

 

[BriardChickens]

Its wet and heavy snow, so chances are it won't last until the afternoon.

 

[NotAFarm]

Its wet and heavy snow, so chances are it won't last until the afternoon.

Ugh! We've had snow in May but not enough to make things white.

that is melts quickly!

 

[Beer can]

That a Welsummer BC? Mine might loose her head soon, hasn't laid a egg in six weeks maybe more. Everyone else is laying great, she has no excuse. She laid at least a few dozen this nasty winter. It's warm, she isn't broody and she isn't moulting, heck their just a year old this month.

 

[BriardChickens]

Nope, partridge chantecler.

Half of that snow is now gone. They say snow is a likely possibility until may long weekend. Right now they are predicting 30c for may 18th!

 

[chickisoup]

WOW!!! Someone besides me has snow! Sorry, just couldn't pass that up. We are actually into the 70's F already and supposed to hit 80o before the storms move in. Nothing like the poor folks in Oklahoma and Kansas tho. Can't believe what rotten luck they've had in the recent times with horrible weather. Think I might not complain so much about our snow anymore.

We've been super dry here too and living literally in the edge of thousands of acres state and federal forest, AND with all the city common sense challenged folk up here with all their motorized "toys", it makes you keep your head on a swivel looking for smoke. We spotted one a couple years ago before it got too far. Some kid running an overheated ATV across a dry field and his muffler set it on fire. We just happened to be coming home and called it in right away, thank the Lord, because he was afraid he would get in trouble (yep, you bet!) so he was trying to put it out himself and it was already burning a couple acres and heading for the woods that would have burned streight to us. We already had somebody else's stupidity burn within feet of our gardens and take out 300 hand planted BY US pines put in as a property marker/wind break. That one too was caught before the forest lit up, just. Our field next to the house was burning but the forest service made a full on attack and stopped it. Neighbor wasn't as lucky. Didn't lose his house but it burnt right up to his back door and he lost every one of his beautiful trees that lined his drive right up to his garage. That one was started by a makeshift fire pit not put out after the party the night before. At least we were able wreak havoc with that guys insurance company for our lost trees

 

[Beer can]

Ahh, partridge chantecler! Pretty bird, the one in front has the colors of a wellie. I don't think I've ever saw pics of the hens, only roos. Missing comb should have been a giveaway, but my wellie girl has a rather small comb.

 

[Beer can]

Me and the wife and kids went on a walk last week while one of the girls was at softball practice. There was a goose sitting on eggs on top of a old railroad tressle. I thought what a smart bird no predators. Now I'm thinking it seems like it could get to hot, and how are the babies going to get down?
Terrible pics but she is on the top left, and wouldn't put her head back up after she saw us.

You can almost see her in this blur, she's been there for a week so I'd say definitely setting, crazy goose.