Hey all. Once again I'm MIA. The husband is having surgery tomorrow for a herniated disk in his neck, so we've been busy getting things that require heavy lifting done!
It's cold, snowy, and generally nasty out in Missouri! Thank heavens I mostly work remote! Just went out, fluffed the coop bedding and put out a heated dog bowl so the chooks will have unfrozen water as it's about to drop below freezing and stay that way. We have to be at the hospital (2 hours away) by 8:30 a.m. so they'll be totally neglected tomorrow as we leave before light. But they have food, good litter, and dry bedding. They'll have to do.
I'm a tad concerned that I never got any mulch in the run, so it's pretty much wet ground and snow. They won't get access tomorrow. We'll not open any of the coop doors since we won't be home and it's just the one day. I have 5 chickens in about 50 sq feet of coop for that reason!
Should I be too worried about wet feet? They'll likely get them wet outside, and possibly where they get the water in the corner...but the rest of the floor is dry. It's actually much dryer than last winter...I'm worrying for nothing I suspect.
Everyone is doing well. Tres is not yet rehomed, although my husband says he's going rename him "Randy" since he's taken to grabbing the closest hen for a little loving every time he sees my husband come in the coop! Men.
I have at least three ladies laying, but I can't tell who exactly. We get different amounts different days, so our only girl who's regular is Sheba.
And with that quick update, I need to get back to work! Stay warm and stay safe friends!
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I did a swapperoo today and stuck harassers Whiskey and Albert in the separate integration run for a few hours, and let Perry out with the others. It could have gone better. Becky felt like sharing neither the food nor the coop (which they all wanted in on due to the wind storm).
