fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[Wyorp Rock]

The wind had a real bite to it today!
I too was wishing for a Caleb update
My chickens have started a molt as well. Go figure - their little internal clocks seem quite oblivious to the frigid weather. Too bad we can’t cinch a styrofoam protector on all molting chickens as we do the faucets!

Sharing a pic of my little Bindi girl. She turned 19 on October 9 of this year, born 2006. Had to take her in late yesterday and call time on a good long life. She had nary a gray hair on her. I miss her she sure was a good friend!
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Please give Caleb an extra pet from me they sure are special, faithful little critters, dogs.

I'm sorry about Bindi, what a pretty little girl.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm still working, just not getting paid

Caleb is improving, settling in for the most part. He still is triggered by kitties, but is less reactive.
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Watching me cook...

Aww, he's so cute! He's wanting something from the stove.

 

[Molpet]

The wind had a real bite to it today!
I too was wishing for a Caleb update
My chickens have started a molt as well. Go figure - their little internal clocks seem quite oblivious to the frigid weather. Too bad we can’t cinch a styrofoam protector on all molting chickens as we do the faucets!

Sharing a pic of my little Bindi girl. She turned 19 on October 9 of this year, born 2006. Had to take her in late yesterday and call time on a good long life. She had nary a gray hair on her. I miss her she sure was a good friend!
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Please give Caleb an extra pet from me they sure are special, faithful little critters, dogs.

19 is a good long life

 

[NanaK]

The wind had a real bite to it today!
I too was wishing for a Caleb update
My chickens have started a molt as well. Go figure - their little internal clocks seem quite oblivious to the frigid weather. Too bad we can’t cinch a styrofoam protector on all molting chickens as we do the faucets!

Sharing a pic of my little Bindi girl. She turned 19 on October 9 of this year, born 2006. Had to take her in late yesterday and call time on a good long life. She had nary a gray hair on her. I miss her she sure was a good friend!
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Please give Caleb an extra pet from me they sure are special, faithful little critters, dogs.

Such a beautiful pup.

 

[Shadrach]

I'm afraid I'll be losing most of my remaining crops,

That's a shame. We had the opposite problem in the spring with the first heat wave. An awful lot of stuff just bolted.

 

[1muttsfan]

Hey kcan I'm so sorry to hear about your pup. No matter how long you have them it never seems like quite enough.

 

[fuzzi]

It's supposed to warm up in the next few days. If some of the crops survived the extreme cold I might get more growth and be able to get a little harvest.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It's supposed to warm up in the next few days. If some of the crops survived the extreme cold I might get more growth and be able to get a little harvest.

I hope they survived!
Did you have some Collards, usually they will survive...I had some kind of "Cabbage Collard" that I got from Bonnies one year, they survived 3 years and a polar vortex finally got them. The things even kept going during the hot summers, not quite as prolific but just kept on sprouting when I cut leaves. They got very tall and I had to prop them up every which way.

Oh and Siberian Kale does o.k. sometimes too. I didn't plant any winter greens this year but may start some in the house in January in my little grow thingy. Mini Bok Choy and Kale did really well in that. I need to get busy!

 

[fuzzi]

Yes, about 8 collard plants. I've been feeding bottom leaves to the chickens, who love them. I thinned the turnips before the cold hit, have been enjoying the greens and small roots. My cabbage hadn't headed yet, so I'm mostly concerned for those and the carrots.

Carrots, prior to 15°

 

[NanaK]

It's supposed to warm up in the next few days. If some of the crops survived the extreme cold I might get more growth and be able to get a little harvest.

I hope so too! I have about 30 collard plants and a few cabbage. The collards usually do okay. I went ahead and picked a bunch on Saturday. I sent some to my aunt, some for us and bucket of bottom leaves for the chickens.
They helped started helping themselves. They do love greens! DH had also just added a hill of leaves. They were happy about that too!

2 more of the EE pullets have started to lay. The white EE I posted earlier is laying a light blue and another is laying green, I think. I've got to do some more stalking to verify.

I had some kind of "Cabbage Collard" that I got from Bonnies one year, they survived 3 years and a polar vortex finally got them.

Interesting, I wonder if that was a type of perennial tree collard (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)? I've only read about those. Never seen them growing. The collards I grow are biennial. They will grow through the winter and set seed in spring.