fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/straw-itch-mite.75561/

I'd already read that and marked it as "informative"...

Can't remember stuff flaring up again, I guess.

 

[kcan2]

For my fellow Americans (USA)

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I had forgotten about this, thank you! Saw your post just moments before noticing the phone clock was an hour behind the rest, saving me a bit of confusion! Time to do some adjusting

 

[Finnie]

Hi @fuzzi

 

[fuzzi]

Hi @fuzzi

Hey there, welcome!

 

[fuzzi]

The molting appears to be winding down, time for a roll call!

Pullets first...they're 5 1/2 months old

Esther

Priscilla

Johanna

Matrons...will be 2 in February:

Martha

Hannah the groupie, Rahab in the back

The "boys"...

Silas

Zacchaeus (and Rahab)

Zack again!

The Dominiques, 19 months

Abigail, the first to molt

Tamar (back) and a miserable looking Naomi, whose tail is gone.

Johanna again!

Pretty girl!

 

[fuzzi]

Remember that cabbage I put in the run?

All gone!

And I switched out a 1" roosting branch with a partial log I found by the back fence.

I have a new shade cloth with grommets that is 16'x20'. I plan to remove the older shade cloths and replace with just this one. It's big enough to cover the entire run, aside from the ends. The smaller shade cloth that I am removing can be folded double then placed over the remaining tarp on the roost end.

I'll post photos once it's done.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

@fuzzi they all look lovely

@kcan2 I wish they would stop changing the time, just pick one and go with it. I don't like changing time 2x a year.

 

[NanaK]

I wish they would stop changing the time, just pick one and go with it. I don't like changing time 2x a year.

Agree! They should have put that on the ballot.

That one hour messes with my sleep. This old body is set in it's ways.

 

[kcan2]

Joanna looking very pretty there at the tail end of the roll call. & That cabbage didn't stand a chance!

@kcan2 I wish they would stop changing the time, just pick one and go with it. I don't like changing time 2x a year.

I don't either, it seems like a crazy thing!

They should have put that on the ballot.

Which time would you vote for - the spring ahead or fall back version? Everytime it gets changed it seems like the previous one was best

 

[fuzzi]

I usually am up by 5:30am, to go into work.

This morning I woke up about 4:30 to a tiny "ting ting" sound. My cat was on the bed (allowed) and playing with the ceiling fan pull chain (NOT allowed!). I sat up in the dark, but we could still see each other. I pointed my finger at her and she took off, leaping to the floor and out the door. I closed the door and went back to sleep for an hour.

I think she knew it was time for me to get up and feed her!