Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Jenn, I was thinking if you still had the flock how they would've fared in the temps you are now having. Any weatherproofing ideas for your new incoming flock? You snow country guys have such a short window for good weather either for building things or growing gardens. I can basically do stuff year-round like plant gardens as early as February that grow stuff into December or we can enlist construction repairs any month. I can't imagine the smaller window snow people are limited in to do projects. One good thing being snow people ~ you don't have our drought State !

You can still have drought. A lack of depth on the snow (especially in the heights) usually leads to excessively low water in lakes and streams in mid/late summer.

 

[featherhead007]

You can still have drought. A lack of depth on the snow (especially in the heights) usually leads to excessively low water in lakes and streams in mid/late summer.

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Rural mouse = Debbie Downer

 

[featherhead007]

You should have saved that fact for an October post

I’m sure the ghosts will still be there in October

 

[notabitail]

You can still have drought. A lack of depth on the snow (especially in the heights) usually leads to excessively low water in lakes and streams in mid/late summer.

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[featherhead007]

What am I to do with Dakota? She’s had her snacks, treats and drinks. Now all she wants to do is sit flat perched on my leg. I might have to get up sometime. I would hate to disturb Her Royal Worthlessness!

 

[featherhead007]

What am I to do with Dakota? She’s had her snacks, treats and drinks. Now all she wants to do is sit flat perched on my leg. I might have to get up sometime. I would hate to disturb Her Royal Worthlessness!

You’d like her @notabitail she’s a redhead

 

[featherhead007]

It really was hilarious. She jumped up on my desk and saw my two last cans of corn. She immediately started to squawk. I opened one can and said “just shut up and eat!”

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Twofer Tuesday

 

[SimpleJenn]

Jenn, I was thinking if you still had the flock how they would've fared in the temps you are now having. Any weatherproofing ideas for your new incoming flock? You snow country guys have such a short window for good weather either for building things or growing gardens. I can basically do stuff year-round like plant gardens as early as February that grow stuff into December or we can enlist construction repairs any month. I can't imagine the smaller window snow people are limited in to do projects. One good thing being snow people ~ you don't have our drought State !

I live near the big lake. Droughts don't hurt us as badly as inland, but we had one in 2023 that made dad's garden struggle. Deep wells and lots of shade trees help make summer...less bad for the garden.
As for weatherproofing, we have foil bubblewrap insulation in the coops, and some covered runs we can wrap in tarps and feed bags.
I have a de-icer for the waterer and it is a nipple system. My growout coop is going to be insulated and have a larger sized brooder plate to help with late winter/early spring temps. It will also be closed to the run until the chicks are bigger.

Michigan has droughts. Bad ones, which is strange considering we're nearly surrounded by water. This past summer we hardly got any rain in my area. Lots of red flag warnings from late spring to mid autumn, even on the lakeshore.

Basically, we have about 5 or 6 months of good Doing Stuff Outside weather. Idk about Jenn but for us, spring and autumn are the biggest GET IT DONE times! Milder weather and temps.

Yes! Summer I'm pretty sick the whole time, I am super sensitive to heat. I do better in winter, but then again there isn't anything to do outside during. We did have a few weeks with burning bans.
We also do as much as possible in spring and fall, and summer mornings before the bugs get too bad.
Central air conditioning and a nice rollout canopy for the back porch definitely help.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Had a tooth pulled this morning. Almost had an accident on the way home, it was slick and visibility was low. Van in front of us was not from the area and driving poorly.

This was during a MORE clear part of my ride this morning, visibility was pretty much less the whole drive there and back.