Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[AK Michelle]

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That's what housedogs are for or for some people, house chickens.

There is no five second rule around here. With four large dogs in the house, anything dropped is caught in mid-air. And if for some reason they do miss something, like they were in a coma, you just point with your toe and it's GONE.

Deb

My dog actually responds to "Clean Up on Aisle 3"

DH's dog will eat meat or cheese, my dog (a lab) will eat anything and everything (go figure)

 

[AK Michelle]

I don't watch tv, I don't listen to the news or read the paper. And I don't have the weather app on my ipad. When I want a weather report I just look out the window.




I'm guessing double digits, maybe 15 or 18 above, with about 3 " of new snow and it's still coming down. I guess I'll be playing with the plow again tonight.

I'm sooooooooooo glad I have nothing of that kind in my yard. I really don't mind snow, because if it has to be freaking cold it may as well be pretty...and I love driving in it. BUT I can't stand cold. My aversion to it is compounded by having Raynaud's Syndrome, and it HURTS me. SO...you folks can keep it and I'll keep my 100*+ summer days and pterodactyl mosquitoes. We never even got a whole inch of snow this year. Last year we had 60", so it's a bit weird. I'm not complaining!!

Although part of me is excited for spring, the other part of me is excited that I get to go out and play iwth the plow and the snow blower. I actually like to do the snow removal, and mow the lawn, I'm sure I must have faulty wiring

Tonight is DH's night to play WOW with his best friend in Pheonix, I think they spend more time just gabbing than they do actually playing but it keeps him happy so I don't mind.

I'm hoping that I can get a path cleared to the compost bins so I can get the barn cleaned out this weekend. That layer pen is uck-EE

 

[debs_flock]

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My dog actually responds to "Clean Up on Aisle 3"

DH's dog will eat meat or cheese, my dog (a lab) will eat anything and everything (go figure)

LOL, on the cleanup

I don't think mine stop to consider what it was. It's just enough to know that someone else wants it, it MUST mean it's good. I am careful to yell LEAVE IT if it's something they shouldn't eat, like onion. But anything else is down the hatch.

One of their favorites (and good for them) is carrots. Any peels I don't save for the chicken scrap bucket, goes to whoever is standing by me waiting (the kitchen gets crowded). All the ends cut off get tossed to the dogs.

Deb

 

[Spangled]

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I whispered in her ear that I thought it was prolly time for spring, and wouldn't you know it--she pitched a fit and sent 2.5 ft of snow your way. Sorry.

Next time I'll keep my mouth shut. Promise.

I feel like death.

No Daylight Savings here.

Urg. Sorry you feel death-like. Yup. You and Hawaii ... no Daylight Savings. I don't think I actually mind DST, but it's a shock to the system for about a week. And in the Spring it's so very dark in the morning. I'm just glad that the chickens don't even notice.

NEED TO MARK MY PLACE, AND CAN DO IT WITH HAPPY NEWS. MY FIRST CORONATION CHICK HATCHED LAST NIGHT.

Oh, wow, nice. Congratulations. They are such a pretty bird. I bet your Coronation Sussex chickens are all a flutter and ready to celebrate the 60th anniversary of QEII's coronation this year. Wow, makes me wonder if anyone has a secret coronation project chicken waiting in the wings ready to be unveiled for Charles's Coronation sometime in the next 20 years. Charles really likes chickens and even keeps his own up at Highgrove. (Is that one word or two? I think that's where he keeps his chickens.) Maybe he has already commissioned a chicken breed or variety to commemorate his coronation. Somebody with connections should get HRH Prince Charles to join Mahonri's 3rd Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long before it's too late!

 

[Razadia]

Caught up for the day. Now, I'm off to try and get those pics.

 

[LarryPQ]

[COLOR=4B0082]Why don't you have Laree come answer the phones for ya?  [/COLOR]

I was going to offer, but I know nothing about teeth. I have a scary phone voice too.

 

[Razadia]

Ok, here they are. The one with white pin feathers is a roo.



Yes, those are indeed my PJs.

 

[Arielle]

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My dog actually responds to "Clean Up on Aisle 3"

DH's dog will eat meat or cheese, my dog (a lab) will eat anything and everything (go figure)

I miss my lab that ate EVERYTHING ! Nothing refused. Great to have with kids who don't finish all their food. At least once a day I would say "give it to the dogs" and now it's "give it to the chickens" !

 

[ChooksChick]

That's what housedogs are for or for some people, house chickens.

There is no five second rule around here. With four large dogs in the house, anything dropped is caught in mid-air. And if for some reason they do miss something, like they were in a coma, you just point with your toe and it's GONE.

Deb

I'm so accustomed to that sort of wagging vacuum that when we go to the in-laws or my mom's house for the holidays it's always such an anomaly that when I drop something, or hubby/kids do, we just kind of stop and look at it...like, "Is that still there?"

We have a chocolate lab that is VERY bad and gets up onto the counter or shelves or wherever something edible is stored and eats everything her can when we leave. He's opened cans of sardines and tuna with his teeth, chewed through lids of glass peanut butter jars, eaten countless loaves of bread and bagels, etc...and there's nothing we can do about it because our house is only ~1200 sq. ft and there's nowhere to put a kennel to lock him up. It's an old Victorian with windows down to the floor everywhere and no walls longer than 4' because of all the 10' doorways. It's TINY. I can't lock him outside because he barks and whines and yodels to come in...there isn't a couch out there on which to sleep on his back, you see. He's as tall as me when he stands on his hind legs, and weighs 105#...too much dog for this little place, but as long as we can remember to put everything away, it's safe. Nothing hits the floor when Henry is nearby. If it's not chasing him, it's game...except chickens, which he protects.

Well the high is supposed to be in the 50's today but yesterday it certainly did not look like spring at the big coop on the hill.


The chickens in the big coop were not impressed . . .


Nor were the ones in the Keeneland coop . . .


Tobasco, the rooster, finally talked his girls into coming out - after he fell out the door trying to dance for them while standing in the doorway! Wish I could have gotten a pic of that, lol!


This was the only girl at the big coop brave enough to check out the snow and it didn't take her long to decide that it wasn't very interesting.


My favorite kind of snow though, as it will be all gone tomorrow with highs in the 60's - yahoo!

I collect a hundred bags of leaves off of the curbs in the fall so that I can dump them on the snow in the winter. They make a fabulous windbreak along the fences until I need them, and when everything melts, they keep it from getting slick. I toss millet, alfalfa, clover and grass seeds in when it's time to grow, and the litter allows some of it to hide until it sprouts so they have greens.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Snowing here too this morning. Supposed to keep snowing most of the day. I can't get the dogs to come in out of it! They think it is great fun.

On the plus side I woke up to pips in three of my eggs that are due late tonight!