Granny's gone and done it again

[ChickenLady2014]

Thanks! How long do you harden them off? They’ve gotten their second sets of leaves and I’m getting impatient! But the NOMADS will be here in a week, and I could really just have everything ready by then. I have to remember that I’m still farther ahead than last year.

Sorry @campingshaws just saw this post. I would wait the week until Nomads are there. By then maybe your night temps will be in the 50's. During the week you hardening them off. Bring them out to a partial shaded area, like under a tree. Shoot for an area that isn't too breezy. Then after a couple of days introduce them to longer periods of sunlight. New plants really don't like lots of wind so hoping for that mother nature cooperates for you. If you have some black plastic or even black garbage bags. Put some on your pallet planting areas, hold it down with something heavy. The black plastic will help warm the soil faster.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

where did ya go Lisa ?

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have a tree blooming. pretty yellow thing. I forget what its called but its a cherry thats really in the dogwood family

Forsythia?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Forsythia?

nope, its a tree. called cherry but is really a dogwood.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Golden chain tree?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

nope, its a tree. called cherry but is really a dogwood.

Cornelian Cherry-dogwood tree

 

[CapricornFarm]

Cornelian Cherry-dogwood tree

Very pretty! I need to go throw wood on the fire.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

What projects are you going to ask them to do?


I like the plastic cover to prevent the poop piles on top.


dill pickle time!


you mean bless her heart?


I think that was a young one.

Yes the cover on top does look like a improvement, but I can't tell you the amount of fun them chicks have fly off of the top of the plate. Plus as I added different ages of chicks in the week or 2 older chicks spent more time on top of it getting less heat & the younger ones were under it. Tried to put different things on mine to make it easier to clean the top, but have found since I brood everything & also have sand in all my coops I just sprinkle a little sand on the top, then just run a scraper over it to clean the poop off. Then I just add fresh sand on top again. This has wirked the best for me.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

There it is ! Beautiful. mine isnt that big. Yet

 

[h2oratt]

Wow, she will be big. My pup is 11 weeks. 15 lbs I think.

Oops correction. 16.5