FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

[Red Banks]

Quote: I had about 10 Whistling Ducks every summer when I lived in Texas. They were usually the first to arrive, then Barn Swallows (what a mess). I also had nesting buzzards and watched the young fledglings. It was all so different than my Florida experience.... each unique and equally wonderful. My sister has two Whistling Ducks come to her Florida pond each year but just for a couple of days. The neatest birds that she gets are the Wood Storks, very prehistoric looking and big!

 

[Wyandotte Blue]

I am so excited Martha's first chick! They were in a brooding box hung on the wall of the coop - 12 inches from floor - and I knew a chick had hatched this morning when I heard a very loud cheep cheep because the chick had gotten out of the brooding box and was on the coop floor! Martha didn't have a clue she was sitting on her other four eggs like nothing had happened. I moved the operation to the crate I kept my four baby chicks in when I brought them home and they are separated from rooster and other two hens right now while Martha figures out how to be a Momma! I had to put the chick under her wing 4 times before I left for work but when I got home tonight and the chick moved out from under her, she pecked at it until it ran back under. Not hard pecks. I hope that is ok. I have a tiny waterer and chick feeder in the crate. Martha obviously left the crate to poop on the coop floor a couple of times today, so all is going ok so far now to try to sleep tonight! Thank goodness no T.C. Colin, I have the other chickens in the outside pen it has a roof but if the rain were blowing sideways, it would be awful for them. I hope everyone else is doing ok with the storm.

 

[AuntNomi]

I am so excited Martha's first chick! They were in a brooding box hung on the wall of the coop - 12 inches from floor - and I knew a chick had hatched this morning when I heard a very loud cheep cheep because the chick had gotten out of the brooding box and was on the coop floor! Martha didn't have a clue she was sitting on her other four eggs like nothing had happened. I moved the operation to the crate I kept my four baby chicks in when I brought them home and they are separated from rooster and other two hens right now while Martha figures out how to be a Momma! I had to put the chick under her wing 4 times before I left for work but when I got home tonight and the chick moved out from under her, she pecked at it until it ran back under. Not hard pecks. I hope that is ok. I have a tiny waterer and chick feeder in the crate. Martha obviously left the crate to poop on the coop floor a couple of times today, so all is going ok so far now to try to sleep tonight! Thank goodness no T.C. Colin, I have the other chickens in the outside pen it has a roof but if the rain were blowing sideways, it would be awful for them. I hope everyone else is doing ok with the storm.

Congrats!! We are awaiting ours now. They should hatch tomorrow if I figured correct.

 

[cmom]

My last hatch for this year should be in just over a week. These will make around 300 chicks hatched this season. I will grow them all out and in the fall decide who to keep and who to sell. I will keep some for next seasons breeding.

 

[chickrunfun]

Our place looks a a disaster area. We got a gust this AM around 3 and it sounded like a train was milling by. My truck, the drive, and the road had palm fronds all over the place. Lost power, shop got some water from the back screen door, one cat was MIA for awhile, found her hiding in a very hard to reach spot. Must have gotten the catnip scared right out of her. We're about 2.5 miles from Gandy Bridge so...yea we got a lot of the storm but my mini barn took it like a champ. ONE tiny teeny leak hardly worth mention. My chicken friends got through it dry and safe. All in all we're solid. A few of our neighbors...not so much. Couple trees took a couple fences down. How is everyone else doing? Got your bug out kits and bad weather buckets set? Better to get set and have them and not need them...stead of need them and not have them. Stay safe

 

[cmom]

Our place looks a a disaster area. We got a gust this AM around 3 and it sounded like a train was milling by. My truck, the drive, and the road had palm fronds all over the place. Lost power, shop got some water from the back screen door, one cat was MIA for awhile, found her hiding in a very hard to reach spot. Must have gotten the catnip scared right out of her. We're about 2.5 miles from Gandy Bridge so...yea we got a lot of the storm but my mini barn took it like a champ. ONE tiny teeny leak hardly worth mention. My chicken friends got through it dry and safe. All in all we're solid. A few of our neighbors...not so much. Couple trees took a couple fences down. How is everyone else doing? Got your bug out kits and bad weather buckets set? Better to get set and have them and not need them...stead of need them and not have them. Stay safe

I'm up by Ocala. We got some good gusts of wind but had buttoned everything up good. We didn't loose power but had a couple of hiccups. One coop got partly soaked inside but the others are ok. Trying to get it to dry out some and tomorrow I'll clean it out. We are going to modify it, probably in the fall when it's cooler out. We have some of the coops with rolled roofing and some with metal roofs. I did go up and nail and seal the roof with the rolled roofing as some of it had started coming up in a previous storm. At least all of the feeders stayed dry. All in all we fared good.

 

[Wyandotte Blue]

Congrats!! We are awaiting ours now. They should hatch tomorrow if I figured correct.

Any luck today? : )

My last hatch for this year should be in just over a week. These will make around 300 chicks hatched this season. I will grow them all out and in the fall decide who to keep and who to sell. I will keep some for next seasons breeding.

Wowzer . . .I have to laugh, I do not think I could come up with 300 names. : )

Our place looks a a disaster area. We got a gust this AM around 3 and it sounded like a train was milling by. My truck, the drive, and the road had palm fronds all over the place. Lost power, shop got some water from the back screen door, one cat was MIA for awhile, found her hiding in a very hard to reach spot. Must have gotten the catnip scared right out of her. We're about 2.5 miles from Gandy Bridge so...yea we got a lot of the storm but my mini barn took it like a champ. ONE tiny teeny leak hardly worth mention. My chicken friends got through it dry and safe. All in all we're solid. A few of our neighbors...not so much. Couple trees took a couple fences down. How is everyone else doing? Got your bug out kits and bad weather buckets set? Better to get set and have them and not need them...stead of need them and not have them. Stay safe

: ( Thank the good Lord all is well . . . that train sound is the scariest thing in the world and you cannot even move when you hear it. : (

I'm up by Ocala. We got some good gusts of wind but had buttoned everything up good. We didn't loose power but had a couple of hiccups. One coop got partly soaked inside but the others are ok. Trying to get it to dry out some and tomorrow I'll clean it out. We are going to modify it, probably in the fall when it's cooler out. We have some of the coops with rolled roofing and some with metal roofs. I did go up and nail and seal the roof with the rolled roofing as some of it had started coming up in a previous storm. At least all of the feeders stayed dry. All in all we fared good.

My coop has been modified since the '04/'05 hurricanes and I know for sure it would NOT hold up to a hurricane. It has a metal roof on it but I have so few chickens they all will come into the house anyway which I pray will always hold up!

 

[cmom]

Quote: I remember those storms. The only damage I had luckily, was a large tree limb fell onto my fence but surprisingly the birds didn't try to get out. I closed the coops up because the wind was so strong and driving the rain sideways. I had quite a few limbs come down but no trees came down.

This is Patty. She loves my husband and will look for him when she is out. He gives her treats and if he is sitting in his chair she will peck at him for treats just to remind him she is there.

 

[LaurelTree]

Hey y'all! I feel a little awkward just jumping in here randomly, but I'm just trying to get myself inserted somewhere, lol.

I'm in the Clermont area, and I think we got the least of the storm. I mean, the wind got pretty crazy and we certainly got rain, but I haven't seen any severe damage. I'm really glad to hear everyone else seems to be doing alright for the most part, I just hope those without electricity get that back on soon.

 

[chickrunfun]

I remember those storms. The only damage I had luckily, was a large tree limb fell onto my fence but surprisingly the birds didn't try to get out. I closed the coops up because the wind was so strong and driving the rain sideways. I had quite a few limbs come down but no trees came down.

This is Patty. She loves my husband and will look for him when she is out. He gives her treats and if he is sitting in his chair she will peck at him for treats just to remind him she is there.

This is a great photo! I love when my chicks hang out with me. My little helpers.

On that storm that blew through last night, I kept waking up and eyeballing the ceiling for leaks, cause not a year ago we had terrible leak problems and had to get work done. I mean it was terrible! Hasn't leaked since but every time we get hard wind or rain...no sleep for me. Been here in Tampa for going on 8 years now but the whole annual hurricane tornado and all that still make my hackles rise up. And me being me with my paramilitary history...the first of every June marks my "kids gather your 3 day packs" and my turning the family room into "the great gathering of supplies and evacuation maps" campagne. Neighbors think I'm a doomsday nut, I just think it's smarter to hope for the best...but prepare for the worst.. ya know?
Side, back in Texas there was a few flash flood times left me not so high or dry. I ain't going through that again...no mam.