Dixie Chicks

[vehve]

Hah Sam. We're below freezing here at the moment, but should warm up towards the end of the week, and long time prognosis is that no winter in sight yet. Haven't even changed tyres yet.

 

[Alaskan]

Close your eyes..... Hide under your blanket... Come back out in May.

 

[hennible]

Yeah I may hibernate
Snow tires are not on yet. I'm totally stuck for the mean time.

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

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Bread puddin' does sound good, but NO RAISINS!

love raisins and nuts in mine

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

Good luck @BriardChickens
.  On the bright side, you have lots of time to prepare, but it will fly by!  I'd have to agree with vehve on reduction of numbers.  Specifically in the duck dept.

Contractors are coming back here today.  Delivery of kitchen cabinets, DISHWASHERe , and other misc stuff coming later this week.   Today, the existing floor boards have dried from them spraying the mold with bleach.  Now they get painted with Kilz.  Then that will dry and they can start on the floors.  So far, all plumbing fittings have been replaced, a water shut off valve has been installed on the hot water heater, lots of demo, lots of packing up, moving stuff from one room to another so they can work without barriers.  I REALLY hope they are done by Thanksgiving. 
We are having a very hard time finding a countertop to replace the old and match the existing.  We've been to every store around, searched the net.  Idk .  It's just laminate butcherblock look countertops.  I know they are not "in style", but that's what we have on the 2 other spots.  No way we can afford all new tops for the whole kitchen. 

In chicken news, the deaths had stopped, at least for a couple weeks.  Then yesterday i had a little SS cockerel die.  He had been treated with Duramycin, got better, started coughing, treated him again, got better, over and over.  The other day when they were free ranging, I got home from work and DH told me I had at least 2 sick ones.  I went out to feed and pull the sick ones out of the batch. Little SS was one and the other was a crested cream legbar mix pullet. Isolated them, but didn't medicate them.  The SS was bad off.  It's been getting really cold at night, so I'd expect I will loose a few of the weaker ones.

 Got to get ready for work, you all have a great day!   

Before you loose them all could you put a dead one in the freezer and get it to your local county ag guy? They will be able to tell you everything you need

 

[Ravynscroft]

Blah!!

Sam, that's a 4 letter word! ****!!

 

[hennible]

Lol!
Yup...

 

[Ravynscroft]

I'm so sorry, Sam...

Update in crazy news... the Calls I got from minihorse are now laying up a storm... seems the move didn't faze them and looks like they are happy here...

3 eggs this morn...

And then found a hidden stash of 7 more, lol... so glad we got these from her, could not be happier!!

 

[Outpost JWB]

I'm so sorry, Sam...

Update in crazy news... the Calls I got from minihorse are now laying up a storm... seems the move didn't faze them and looks like they are happy here...

3 eggs this morn...

And then found a hidden stash of 7 more, lol... so glad we got these from her, could not be happier!!

That's awesome! I didn't realize some ducks laid green eggs.

Lol! I've seen white, brownish and even the black duck eggs. But never green. Looks like they are happy!

 

[Ravynscroft]

That's awesome! I didn't realize some ducks laid green eggs.

Lol! I've seen white, brownish and even the black duck eggs. But never green. Looks like they are happy!

lol... Thanks, Outpost... yep, think they're happy... she said the Snowy should lay an even greener egg too, but she hasn't started laying yet... still young...