Icelandic Chickens

[The Sheriff]

Well she looks as sweet as sugar sitting there! I talked to Frida today and she copped an attitude about laying. Dang blue chickens!

BTW, you better get ready. Snow level down to 2,000 tomorrow and Sunday!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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At least I don't have to go anywhere. Have to clean my house for guests on Thanksgiving.

 

[Chickielady]

Snow level dropped to 500 here.......

It is blowing a hurricane outside.
And supposed to rain up to 1" !!!!!!!
Yesterday it was so nice & sunny & about 55...I let all the birds out & was able to get a few pics, and notice the nice straight tails!!

Well that is all I could get as they moved away after that & I cannot go after them..on these dang crutches.
Now, 12 hrs later it is 37 & seriously nasty here!

The big spruce & firs here are just bending over....gusts to 60 mph Yikes, glad I have a generator.

 

[Jake Levi]

Kathy thats just a little bit of stray weather that slipped on down there, but you can keep it, compost those leaves ! Dont burn them! Gardens are starving all over the world.

We are forcasted to have a several day winter storm, I am hoping it holds off til tomorrow night as I need to drive over the mtn tomorrow for a VA appointment. Already got snow up there, and its crept down here. Tis the season !

CL you got green grass !!! What a concept !!

Those are some very nice looking Icees !!

Totalcolor you could pack a whole studio on 2-3 goats, and they'd browse while you were painting ! So cool !

Life is good, and better with Icelandic Chickens and Pack Goats !

 

[kathyinmo]

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Do you have any idea how many leaves I have? ha! In some places they are up to my knees! No way I can compost all these leaves. They are a pain in the butt to deal with. Not to mention all the little acorns from the Oak trees to slip on. Those darn things are like a bunch of little marbles rolling around. The chicken runs that are not covered are deep in leaves. We rake and remove them several times before the snow flies. If we don't, we can't even open the doors to the coops! Deep, I tell ya.... very deep! The chickens love it when we are raking, too. They are alot of help. We rake into piles and they come along and scatter it all out.

You be careful traveling in that weather, Jake!

 

[thebirdguy]

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Do you have any idea how many leaves I have? ha! In some places they are up to my knees! No way I can compost all these leaves. They are a pain in the butt to deal with. Not to mention all the little acorns from the Oak trees to slip on. Those darn things are like a bunch of little marbles rolling around. The chicken runs that are not covered are deep in leaves. We rake and remove them several times before the snow flies. If we don't, we can't even open the doors to the coops! Deep, I tell ya.... very deep! The chickens love it when we are raking, too. They are alot of help. We rake into piles and they come along and scatter it all out.

You be careful traveling in that weather, Jake!

Kathy, You need a pig!!! Seriously, a large black hog... heritage breed.. would clean up all those acorns in nothing flat and acorn fed pork is Delicious!!!

 

[NotAFarm]

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Do you have any idea how many leaves I have? ha! In some places they are up to my knees! No way I can compost all these leaves. They are a pain in the butt to deal with. Not to mention all the little acorns from the Oak trees to slip on. Those darn things are like a bunch of little marbles rolling around. The chicken runs that are not covered are deep in leaves. We rake and remove them several times before the snow flies. If we don't, we can't even open the doors to the coops! Deep, I tell ya.... very deep! The chickens love it when we are raking, too. They are alot of help. We rake into piles and they come along and scatter it all out.

You be careful traveling in that weather, Jake!

Kathy, You need a pig!!! Seriously, a large black hog... heritage breed.. would clean up all those acorns in nothing flat and acorn fed pork is Delicious!!!

X2 on this!! Pork fed on nuts (also known as mast) is HIGHLY sought after.

As far as the leaves are concerned, vacuum them up with a leaf vac like I do and put them in your coops for bedding.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Do you have any idea how many leaves I have? ha! In some places they are up to my knees! No way I can compost all these leaves. They are a pain in the butt to deal with. Not to mention all the little acorns from the Oak trees to slip on. Those darn things are like a bunch of little marbles rolling around. The chicken runs that are not covered are deep in leaves. We rake and remove them several times before the snow flies. If we don't, we can't even open the doors to the coops! Deep, I tell ya.... very deep! The chickens love it when we are raking, too. They are alot of help. We rake into piles and they come along and scatter it all out.

You be careful traveling in that weather, Jake!

Kathy, You need a pig!!! Seriously, a large black hog... heritage breed.. would clean up all those acorns in nothing flat and acorn fed pork is Delicious!!!

Really?

Hmmmm, I love pork chops!

 

[kathyinmo]

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Kathy, You need a pig!!! Seriously, a large black hog... heritage breed.. would clean up all those acorns in nothing flat and acorn fed pork is Delicious!!!

X2 on this!! Pork fed on nuts (also known as mast) is HIGHLY sought after.

As far as the leaves are concerned, vacuum them up with a leaf vac like I do and put them in your coops for bedding.

I just might do that! Leaves instead of pine shavings? They wouldn't be very absorbent would they? Do you leave them all winter or change them out? It would take a gazillion bags to bag these up. Maybe I will try it.

 

[NotAFarm]

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Chickielady, Your cockerel in this pic looks like my Boi!