Illinois...

[Justso]

More chicks hatched yesterday .

Remind me what kind they are again?

 

[SnootyHen]

OMG this muckity mud!!! I don't know which is worse, heaps of snow or mucking around in the swamp in between the snow heaps. LOL!! Someone remind me again why we live here?

 

[jdragonwings]

OMG this muckity mud!!! I don't know which is worse, heaps of snow or mucking around in the swamp in between the snow heaps. LOL!! Someone remind me again why we live here?

My husband wants to leave this state so badly... But all our family is here and with young kids, we feel that's important, but I dream of owning some acres in the foothills somewhere less corrupt and less expensive

 

[jdragonwings]

Well off to work on the second wall of my new (and first coop)! Wall is upside-down. This is my first time ever building anything like this

 

[jerryse]

Remind me what kind they are again?

Red layer pullets coved by blue laced red cocks .

 

[BReeder!]

Well off to work on the second wall of my new (and first coop)! Wall is upside-down. This is my first time ever building anything like this

Looks like you are going big. Do it!

 

[BReeder!]

Those around Naperville, I just found a new (to me) store that I love. It's Garden Fresh on 75th near Naperville Plainfield Rd. It's right by the DMV license service facility. We were over there because DW went and got her license. Which should have been the highlight of the trip. However, my inner foodie fell in love at the grocery store as I bummed around with DS waiting for DW to finish her driving test. I came home with all sorts of goodies: pickled tomatoes and baby dills, lamb kabob fresh off the skewers, fresh made pita, fresh sushi, fresh made humus, and several other things. Good prices on produce too and a wide variety. It's a 25 min drive for me, but I will be back.

 

[BReeder!]

More snow and ice thawing.
Poop board cleaned.
Birds fed.
2 eggs today with a 3rd on the way I think since our brown leghorn was singing an egg song and sitting above the nest boxes.
I need to clean out both the duck and chicken runs. Both are pretty mucky. I'm thinking about switching to mulch in both of runs as well. I've added some mulch in the past, but I'm thinking about a compete layer of 2-3 inches.

 

[WhyDoILikeChickens]

Did I just walk into thousands of hatching ticks?

 

[BReeder!]

Did I just walk into thousands of hatching ticks?
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You better do something about those ASAP. I don't mess with ticks.