I did enjoy it! Nice story telling with great pics too.
Daisy had a magnificent comb, didn't she? :love
One day in the future, I'll have chicken stories to tell (they are my first bunch and only 11 weeks old)...and maybe more importantly I'll work from my laptop vs the phone...not easy to get a bunch of sentences out tapping away with two thumbs 😂

Your magnolia tree is stunning. I have one too...but a single flower white bloom. It is deliciously fragrant!
Very pretty! I have a pink one...just waiting for it to fully open up! :)
 
Ha...years ago I got lessons for DH as a gift certificate so he could start up. He always wanted to get his license and I knew he wouldn't do it for himself.
At purchase, I asked how long before they expire... 7 years. Jokingly I said, pretty sure we can get him in by then.

Guess what expired 3 years ago...unused. :rant:hit

So now we just have a lot to tease him about! :idunno:lau
I laughed, but that is so sad! I would have said get out of my way, clear my calendar, I'm learning to fly! 🛩️
 
You're welcome! The layout of your 5 acres sounds quite different from mine, but I wanted to share what we had done! It's nice as we don't have to move a chicken tractor around. We had a small one with our first flock...IMO it's a pain, but it works well for some! I hope you can come up with a good solution for your flock! 💗
Thanks! Tractors are a pain, but I don't mind at this point & appreciate the workout. I considered this aspect when I got this setup because I've been laid up in the past. I also wasn't sure where we would want things placed anyway if I did some permanent structure, so this allows some experimentation. The various parts and accessories can be configured several different ways, such as the coop without the tractor placed inside a larger run structure, either their expandable one or one you make, or attached from outside with or without it's little coop run. Lots of people do that, place it permanently, especially if they have a tiny yard.
 
Chicken Situation Falling Apart
So Creamsicle is looking pretty cockrel... Roosters are illegal here. I can't return Cream to my producer because he will 100% eat my child. If the time comes I don't want to sell to someone who will eat. Today I'm thinking of asking for another bird. But it still will be difficult because Cinna and Cream are so close. So this is my current mental natural disaster.
Oh no! You might consider rehoming them together.
 
Time to Fire Up the Way-Back Machine

It has been a while since we have made a trip back and visited some old friends. Let's take a trip back in time for some April Memories!

Mr. Peabody, let's set the way-back machine for April of 2019.

Back then, Aurora and Maleficent had only been with us a month but they had settled right in. I could tell already that Mal was special. When she wasn't mugging for the camera with her sister.....
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.........she was getting caught between the run and the outer fence! :eek:

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How about we go a little further back. Mr. Peabody, set the way-back machine for April of 2016.

This will be brief stop but there is one photo from this time that I just have to share. Here is the Fluffy Butt Acres brain trust planning their next move for the day.
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Let's jump forward a little bit. Mr Peabody, let's set the way-back machine for April of last year, 2020.

They say April showers bring May flowers. Luckily they were right and this ratty looking group really blossomed when May arrived. :gig

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And of course, Poor Phyllis.
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Let's see if we can find some better weather Mr. Peabody. How about April of 2018? Let's set the way-back machine for then.

OOPS! I forgot what a month that was! First it started with this! :eek:
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On top of that, Daisy, the greatest hen ever, was nearing the end. She never stopped fighting. This photo would be one of the last times she was able to sprint accross the yard.

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She had started going to bed early and had stopped roosting. This photo was taken at 7:15 pm as I went to clean the coop. Daisy was already in bed. She would make it into May but no further.

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Let's try and remember happier times. Mr. Peabody, please set the way-back machine for 1 year prior to this, April 2017.

Here is Daisy in all her glory trying to mooch some potato chips from Mrs. BY Bob. She was the queen of squeezing food from humans! :D

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That's better. Now for one last trip. I warned you Mr. Peabody, did you oil all the gears, lubricate all the levers, and upgrade the processors and RAM like I asked?

OK, Good!

We are going back further than we ever have before. All the way back to BC. You know, the days "Before Chickens"! ;)

Set the way-back machine for 5 BC (2008).

chumma chumma chumma, hufft hufft, falump, chumma chumma chumma, hufft hufft, falump, chumma chumma chumma, hufft hufft, falump

I thought everyone could appreciate the back yard 6 years after the pool was put in and long before the feathered friends entered out lives. Check out this photo from April of 2008.
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Look how small the trees were. There were no grape vines. Frankly, hawks would have enjoyed dining on chickens in this environment.

Well Mr. Peabody, do you think think the way-back machine will be able to bring us home?

I guess we have no choice really. Set the way-back machine for April 2021.

chumma chumma chumma, hufft hufft, falump, chumma chumma chumma, hufft hufft, falump, screeee, chumma chumma chumma, hufft hufft, crunch, crunch, falump, screeee, chumma, glorp, chumma, crunch, chumma, hufft, screeeeeeee, hufft, falump, ssssssssss

Whoa! That was rough! Are we all the way back?

Looks like. Check out the backyard now!
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I think we are going to have to do some work on the way-back machine before we are ready for another trip. I hope everyone has enjoyed this one.
That was fun!

And so special with dear Mal and Daisy, TGHE.
 
Hey Peggy, Phyllis says she likes your hair do as well. She's going to look you up on beakbook tomorrow around lunchtime. You should try and "borrow" a computer of phone.
Oh boy... I'm not at all sure we want the Pegasaurus on the web, she'll be doing shady deals in crypoto currency in no time.

But it's ok if she keeps to beakbook.
 

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