Hudson Valley NY *chat thread*

[LSzajko]

GOOD Afternoon Hudson Valley Peeps~

Thank you. We're all relieved we found Mizz Dingbat the Easter Egger too. I still want to know how she got into that window well with all the juniper covering it but she's not talkin'.

So I cleaned out The Girls' coop today. This winter was my first time using the deep litter method. The bedding was wet and smelly on the very bottom; I should have turned it more often this winter. After I finished, I sat in the run and inspected all the chickens~nobody has frostbite or mites so the DLM worked out well, although the clean up wasn't pretty.

Just sat down with a glass of wine. I'm glad I made a pot of beef stew and started a loaf of bread in the bread oven earlier or we'd be ordering pizza or Chinese food! I'm tired and hungry.

carousel86...Congratulations on the hatch!
chickengirl1193...I just joined a Facebook group called Hudson Valley Farm Swap (or something like that). There's a lot of people selling chickens. You might find something there.

Happy Funday Sunday

After the winter we had, we deserve this beautiful day!

Ciao for now~
Lisa

 

[LSzajko]

Our deep litter w straw is going to be tilled straight into the garden. I will not be harvesting anything from that garden til Summer.

Question to the public...Where do you get your organic mash?

Hi Joanmcm,

I know zip, zero, zilch about organic mash, sorry!

If there was a market for dirty deep litter I think we'd all be millionaires. DH tilled a bunch into the garden Thursday and dumped 3 big loads into the woods across the road today...we'll scoop it out as we need it. I didn't want it piled on our property in case it started to smell, attract flies or entice our Rottweiler puppy to snack on it.

 

[Coupe]

The ducks are so happy to have their pool back!!!

 

[LSzajko]

The ducks are so happy to have their pool back!!!

The ducks are so happy to have their pool back!!!

Adorable!!!

 

[charlie14]

Oh my goodness such exciting stuff this weekend! Carousel congrats on the chicks, I'm holding my breath for next weekend. Lost EE found, yippy! I actually lost my cat overnight, he got himself locked in the garden shed and I got a few more gray hairs. Overhauled coop and chicken yard today my rooster seems back to normal after a very nasty spell. So.....happy happy happy

 

[LSzajko]

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Glad you found your cat charlie14 and that your rooster cooled his jets. I wish mine would... It has been a weekend of good things, yay! Let's hope the week goes smoothly...I have enough gray hair!

 

[carousel86]

So happy for you Charlie. So far 5 hatched, I'm so excited! One died at zipping One is pipping and 8 not doing anything ! I am happy with 6 for my first hatch.

 

[LSzajko]

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Six is an Awesome hatch !!! Congratulations~ !!! Can't wait to see pictures We have some eggs in the incubator; due to hatch Saturday 4/12. It's our first attempt..we have NO IDEA what we're doing...(talk about winging it!) lol

 

[LSzajko]

Is anybody going to this next weekend?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/862042/south-salem-ny-spring-chicken-event#post_13154446

 

[chickengirl1193]

Do you know what kind of chickens will be for sale there?