Great job on the exams, especially trying to study when you feel like crap! Been fighting a cold here also; haven't had one this bad in years, so I can certainly sympathize.
Yeah, it has been a particularly rough one. I finally have my voice back from it, though, so at least it's on its way out! Hope you feel better, too!
What I do when I'm sick is take a cap of night quile and sleep late into the day
I only wish the chickens would let me sleep in.
[COLOR=333333]Question & story for anyone who has or had Sebrights: Did you ever have a Sebright that converses? Ours prefers to be treated like a parrot. If we offer her a finger, she'll jump on. I often talk to her, and she makes eye contact. When I pause, she makes gentle little conversation noises in response. I amuse myself (& others if they hear us) by pretending to understand the Sebright and make up silly conversations.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]Just wondering if this is common. I think I read somewhere that these were chatty birds, but I never thought she actually would try to mimic conversation. I have a talkative Sussex mix. Of course all of her conversations are merely begging for treats. She simply follows me around with a long, low grumbly "Baaaaaaaaawk." The Sebright is completely different.[/COLOR]
I've had a few hens that are or were chatty like that, always had a response for anything I say. My gold Sebright mostly scolds me for talking out of line, though.
The silvers I own didn't come from a happy home, so they don't tend to stick around when humans are nearby, sadly. :/
As a side note, it's a Sussex thing.
I call my two the walking stomachs. If food might be involved, they're ahead of the pack to get to it.
Has anyone looked at the forecast?!?!?!? The big chill is going to hit us between the eyes this week! They are predicting highs in the 40's and lows in the 20's around Indy this weekend! Eek! I still have chores on my list!! I've gotten 500 feet of fencing up, 2 gates in, 2 trees taken down, 40 tons of aglime delivered and spread, tarps up on the runs and 2 pastured sprayed for weeds. I still need to move 200 bales of hay in for the horses, get heaters in the waterers, burn some stumps, prune my fruit trees, lime the pastures and clear one more garden bed. Having animals is exhausting! Luckily I am working from home today so I am hoping to take advantage of some extra daylight hours today!
After processing I am down to 19 birds, which is a number I am VERY happy with going into winter! My birds have been protesting the tarps on the runs. They hate change! Hope all is well with everyone else!
Shhhh, we're still pretending that isn't coming!
Sigh... At least winterizing for me isn't very difficult. Just need to get a shower curtain for the big door in the coop. I'm thinking installing a pop door in that side of the coop might be pushed toward the top of my summer to-do list next year.
On the topic of winterizing, I've already seen several coop fires from heat use in the past couple weeks. One in Indiana was posted a couple days ago on one of the chicken groups I'm in on Facebook and it hasn't even really gotten cold here yet.
Be careful, y'all!
If you're in Warsaw as your profile says, I can't be more than 30 or 40 miles.
Not far from me, either.
I'm northeast of Columbia City.
