Minnesota!

[holm25]

Patience, young grasshopper.

I need to work on patience... Alot!!

 

[scandiafowl]

Found this on a FB page - funny!

CHICKEN MATH (Pullus Mathmatica) A psychological malady of the OCD order primarily within the compulsive hoarding range. Affected individuals feel an irrational compulsion to acquire greater and greater numbers of chickens; offshoots may include ducks, geese, guineas, turkeys, pheasant, quail, and peafowl. It has been known to coexist with and possibly stimulate a similar disorder, Animalis Mathmatica – an irrational compulsion to acquire barnyard animals such as dogs, pigs, goats, cows, or horses. In most instances, sufferers appear to be perfectly normal human beings. In fact, diagnosticians report that afflicted individuals are more settled, content, and happier than their peers. However, sufferers display an array of debilitating symptoms including: (a) computational errors: failure to add simple numbers or misrepresentation of numbers, (d) furtive behavior: secreting animals, trips, or purchases, (c) paranoia: fear that something is out to “get” their animals, (d) fixations: obsessive interest in chicken related products, and (e) hoarding: difficulty discarding or parting with chickens due to a perceived need to save them. Computational errors, furtive behavior, and fixations may result in financial hardship, strained relationships, and spousal conflict. Paranoia may also give rise to fortified enclosures and/or stockpiling of feed and veterinarian supplies.
TREATMENT: No effective treatment is currently available. Familial and professional intervention generally exacerbates difficulties dramatically increasing conflict and furtive behaviors.
PROGNOSIS: Cases of temporary withdrawal have been documented; however, reemergence of the disorder is likely to occur within a few years. In some instances, the disorder may remain in remission for years or even decades.
WARNING: Although a psychological malady, Pullus Mathmatica is considered highly contagious primarily infecting spouses, children, and close associates.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Found this on a FB page - funny!

CHICKEN MATH (Pullus Mathmatica) A psychological malady of the OCD order primarily within the compulsive hoarding range. Affected individuals feel an irrational compulsion to acquire greater and greater numbers of chickens; offshoots may include ducks, geese, guineas, turkeys, pheasant, quail, and peafowl. It has been known to coexist with and possibly stimulate a similar disorder, Animalis Mathmatica – an irrational compulsion to acquire barnyard animals such as dogs, pigs, goats, cows, or horses. In most instances, sufferers appear to be perfectly normal human beings. In fact, diagnosticians report that afflicted individuals are more settled, content, and happier than their peers. However, sufferers display an array of debilitating symptoms including: (a) computational errors: failure to add simple numbers or misrepresentation of numbers, (d) furtive behavior: secreting animals, trips, or purchases, (c) paranoia: fear that something is out to “get” their animals, (d) fixations: obsessive interest in chicken related products, and (e) hoarding: difficulty discarding or parting with chickens due to a perceived need to save them. Computational errors, furtive behavior, and fixations may result in financial hardship, strained relationships, and spousal conflict. Paranoia may also give rise to fortified enclosures and/or stockpiling of feed and veterinarian supplies.
TREATMENT: No effective treatment is currently available. Familial and professional intervention generally exacerbates difficulties dramatically increasing conflict and furtive behaviors.
PROGNOSIS: Cases of temporary withdrawal have been documented; however, reemergence of the disorder is likely to occur within a few years. In some instances, the disorder may remain in remission for years or even decades.
WARNING: Although a psychological malady, Pullus Mathmatica is considered highly contagious primarily infecting spouses, children, and close associates.

Very accurate!

 

[mnbrewdude]

Not necessarily chicken related, but i want to share. So last year, we had our son just before fathers day. What a gift that was! My wife had intended to buy me a chainsaw for around our new property, but never told me and never got around to it. Two kids under 2 years will do that to someone. Well anyways, our acreage is extremely thick woods with a lot of mid sized buckthorn between the larger trees. I have to clear a bit of woods to make room for the run and an area around it, so today I bit the bullet and bought a nice Stihl Chainsaw, without telling her (by tell her i mean ask for permission!). She got home and saw a fancy saw on the counter and I prepared for one of those talks where she makes me feel like my parents did when i was in high school, and instead she says "Happy Fathers Day!" She asked for the receipt and is going to pay for the saw. My fathers day came in mid February, and I'm okay with it!

This weather makes me excited for spring. I have a hankering to bug MinnieChickMama about how her egg incubation is going but I can only imagine how busy she is and I'll hold my tongue and wait patiently for my girls

 

[KlopKlop]

Not necessarily chicken related, but i want to share. So last year, we had our son just before fathers day. What a gift that was! My wife had intended to buy me a chainsaw for around our new property, but never told me and never got around to it. Two kids under 2 years will do that to someone. Well anyways, our acreage is extremely thick woods with a lot of mid sized buckthorn between the larger trees. I have to clear a bit of woods to make room for the run and an area around it, so today I bit the bullet and bought a nice Stihl Chainsaw, without telling her (by tell her i mean ask for permission!). She got home and saw a fancy saw on the counter and I prepared for one of those talks where she makes me feel like my parents did when i was in high school, and instead she says "Happy Fathers Day!" She asked for the receipt and is going to pay for the saw. My fathers day came in mid February, and I'm okay with it!

This weather makes me excited for spring. I have a hankering to bug MinnieChickMama about how her egg incubation is going but I can only imagine how busy she is and I'll hold my tongue and wait patiently for my girls

My DW got me a nice chainsaw for my birthday this past year. I have gotten my money's worth from it and it has only been a year. I went right out and felled 2 dead cottonwoods. 36"+ across and probably 60-70' tall

Isn't it nice when the love of your life knows just what you need

 

[Minniechickmama]

Not necessarily chicken related, but i want to share. So last year, we had our son just before fathers day. What a gift that was! My wife had intended to buy me a chainsaw for around our new property, but never told me and never got around to it. Two kids under 2 years will do that to someone. Well anyways, our acreage is extremely thick woods with a lot of mid sized buckthorn between the larger trees. I have to clear a bit of woods to make room for the run and an area around it, so today I bit the bullet and bought a nice Stihl Chainsaw, without telling her (by tell her i mean ask for permission!). She got home and saw a fancy saw on the counter and I prepared for one of those talks where she makes me feel like my parents did when i was in high school, and instead she says "Happy Fathers Day!" She asked for the receipt and is going to pay for the saw. My fathers day came in mid February, and I'm okay with it!

This weather makes me excited for spring. I have a hankering to bug MinnieChickMama about how her egg incubation is going but I can only imagine how busy she is and I'll hold my tongue and wait patiently for my girls

Yes, I am busy, but since you didn't ask It is coming along. The Buckeyes and New Hampshires are coming on, but the others are slow to the start. With this warmer than normal weather, maybe they will get rolling out better.

If you think you are going to do a lot of cutting, invest in the sharpening equipment and extra chains. It is worth it, and keeping your chain sharp will help a lot in cutting, like any blade. My husband uses Husquavaras and we have a portable saw mill he has used too and that saw has a 36" bar. Men and their toys. We have had our share of trees come down on their own and there has been plenty of wood here, even on our small acreage. We bit the bullet a few years ago and had some professionals come out and take out several big trees that were becoming a liability due to their age. I think DH's Father's Day gift is going to be renting a splitter to get all the logs he has split and stacked. For Mother's Day he usually rents something like a back hoe or a boom lift or some other heavy equipment for him to use out on the property. How thoughtful is he?

And don't worry about getting your birds as soon as they are ready, I don't want to have a bunch of extra beaks to feed LOL

 

[KlopKlop]

Yes, I am busy, but since you didn't ask It is coming along.  The Buckeyes and New Hampshires are coming on, but the others are slow to the start.  With this warmer than normal weather, maybe they will get rolling out better.


If you think you are going to do a lot of cutting, invest in the sharpening equipment and extra chains.  It is worth it, and keeping your chain sharp will help a lot in cutting, like any blade.  My husband uses Husquavaras and we have a portable saw mill he has used too and that saw has a 36" bar.  Men and their toys.  We have had our share of trees come down on their own and there has been plenty of wood here, even on our small acreage.  We bit the bullet a few years ago and had some professionals come out and take out several big trees that were becoming a liability due to their age.  I think DH's Father's Day gift is going to be renting a splitter to get all the logs he has split and stacked.  For Mother's Day he usually rents something like a back hoe or a boom lift or some other heavy equipment for him to use out on the property.  How thoughtful is he? 

And don't worry about getting your birds as soon as they are ready, I don't want to have a bunch of extra beaks to feed LOL

As long as you get to tell him what to use the backhoe for, that sounds like a swell Mother's Day gift
I have a husqvarna too and love it. I second the comment about learning to sharpen the chain and getting an easy to use sharpener/file. It will pay for itself quickly.

Did I tell you guys that I bought a log splitter on Black Friday? I got a little use it out of it last fall but I am looking forward to splitting all the wood from those huge cotton woods this spring. I love splitting wood, even by hand!

 

[FoxyChicken]

The last of my @Minniechickmama babies laid her first egg!
a beautiful Welsummer egg...

Good sized for a first egg!


This scale errs a little on the light side, so this egg is probably closer to large in size

 

[scandiafowl]

The last of my @Minniechickmama babies laid her first egg! a beautiful Welsummer egg... Good sized for a first egg! This scale errs a little on the light side, so this egg is probably closer to large in size

Nice! I'm adding a couple of nesting boxes to ease the traffic jam during the day. Welsummers sure are purty birds. Do many of you lean towards breeds with little/no combs?

 

[KlopKlop]

Nice!
I'm adding a couple of nesting boxes to ease the traffic jam during the day.

Welsummers sure are purty birds.

Do many of you lean towards breeds with little/no combs?

After this winter I can see why people would do that, but I have a mix. My rose combed chickens faired much better in the cold.