Hello everyone!!
all of you that are new that I missed welcoming!
to those of you who have lost precious ones!!
Things have been CRAZY here. My DD finally had 6 of her 10 teeth cut through and are starting to drop; however, during this time she was in extra clingy mode and I had to do everything one handed (good practice for additions?? hehe...no announcement there). The chickens have been doing well. We are going to build the final set of doors tomorrow, just in time...they can certainly use the extra ventilation, especially with all of this hot and humid weather!! DH laughed at me for carrying out a bowl of ice cubes to put into their water.
I wanted them to stay hydrated and as cool as possible. I tried the well they need the other set of doors for air circulation, but I didn't want to press my luck!! I also froze a few bottles of water for them to sit on, lay near, something...nope. I think I have the only flock of standards that REFUSES to roost. They prefer to lay in a heap - even in this weather. How one of them hasn't keeled over from the heat is beyond me. Mopsy is notorious for wanting to be underneath EVERYONE!! Weird girl.
So I am perplexed. Out of my 3 roos, Jeremy actually CROWS, Cotton-tail clucks and Timmy...Timmy is a mute. He makes no sound whatsoever: doesn't crow, doesn't coo, doesn't make any noise that I have heard. Is it possible for chickens to be "mute"?? Maybe because "he" is a LO he is not a he, or is just extra slow to develop?!? I saw HT's post a few pages back about how it's hard to tell what sex a LO is until it lays or crows...I will say, "IT" is the largest of the flock. Still...Jeremy & Jemimah are my FAVORITES!! They are the first to come up to me to see if I have any treats for them...to race me outside, etc.
They also follow me around and will stop what they are doing to come to me.
I am TEMPTED to let them loose, but I also know that the farmer down the lane (my that sounds like an old song
) lets his dogs run free, and I am not willing to risk it... although his dogs are quite small...I think my roos could take them.
Well, now that summer is almost here, we're going to be busy with the farm and tons of weddings! Why is it everyone feels the need to get married in the summer...why not "off season" when it's cooler and carrying around a baby who is clingy isn't so much torture.
sorry if any of you were married in the summer. My mother in law is still trying to buy us a sheep which means even MORE work, and I have so much catch up work that needs to be done in the garden.
I love being outside...just not in this heat/humidity.
Hey canners: Any suggestions on Honeysuckle Jelly when it's growing hear poison ivy and you're HIGHLY allergic to the poison ivy?? My DH told me to get in yard working gear (long pants, long sleeved shirt, mask, etc...) and pick some to make jelly. I was afraid that I might ingest the poison ivy with the jelly - don't laugh, I did it once as a kid, not the jelly part but eating poison ivy part!!
SCM- Now that you have a cochin...when do I get mine??
HT, BHep, Matt, G&A, and everyone else....WONDERFUL photos.
Things have been CRAZY here. My DD finally had 6 of her 10 teeth cut through and are starting to drop; however, during this time she was in extra clingy mode and I had to do everything one handed (good practice for additions?? hehe...no announcement there). The chickens have been doing well. We are going to build the final set of doors tomorrow, just in time...they can certainly use the extra ventilation, especially with all of this hot and humid weather!! DH laughed at me for carrying out a bowl of ice cubes to put into their water.
So I am perplexed. Out of my 3 roos, Jeremy actually CROWS, Cotton-tail clucks and Timmy...Timmy is a mute. He makes no sound whatsoever: doesn't crow, doesn't coo, doesn't make any noise that I have heard. Is it possible for chickens to be "mute"?? Maybe because "he" is a LO he is not a he, or is just extra slow to develop?!? I saw HT's post a few pages back about how it's hard to tell what sex a LO is until it lays or crows...I will say, "IT" is the largest of the flock. Still...Jeremy & Jemimah are my FAVORITES!! They are the first to come up to me to see if I have any treats for them...to race me outside, etc.
Well, now that summer is almost here, we're going to be busy with the farm and tons of weddings! Why is it everyone feels the need to get married in the summer...why not "off season" when it's cooler and carrying around a baby who is clingy isn't so much torture.
Hey canners: Any suggestions on Honeysuckle Jelly when it's growing hear poison ivy and you're HIGHLY allergic to the poison ivy?? My DH told me to get in yard working gear (long pants, long sleeved shirt, mask, etc...) and pick some to make jelly. I was afraid that I might ingest the poison ivy with the jelly - don't laugh, I did it once as a kid, not the jelly part but eating poison ivy part!!
SCM- Now that you have a cochin...when do I get mine??
HT, BHep, Matt, G&A, and everyone else....WONDERFUL photos.
