North Carolina

[Dinogrrl]

Yeah I think by late March you should be past any stray late frosts but keep a heater on hand just in case. The chicks I hatched last year were in early July and by the time they moved outside in August it definitely was hot. They spent most of their days lounging in the shade.

 

[3KillerBs]

The storms last night were so severe that even my sandy ground is sodden and squishy and I *think* that the inside of Neuchickenstein is wet too. It was too dim to tell while I was feeding them before work.

 

[Dinogrrl]

Yeah it was storming good this morning when I got up. My rooster came down the ramp from the coop and crowed a few times, looked around at the rain pouring down, was like 'nope' and went back into the coop to finish crowing XD.

Some time between then and me getting dressed for work, the wind had knocked down yet another of my leyland cypress trees. The one I had identified this past summer as being the next to go! Didn't just break it, I mean knocked the whole thing down, uprooting it and everything.
Thankfully, it fell away from my new fence, away from my newly-planted heritage apple tree, and wasn't big enough to reach my garden or the coop so there doesn't appear to be any damage.

The rooster was giving it a Suspicious Look though.

 

[3KillerBs]

Yeah it was storming good this morning when I got up. My rooster came down the ramp from the coop and crowed a few times, looked around at the rain pouring down, was like 'nope' and went back into the coop to finish crowing XD.

Some time between then and me getting dressed for work, the wind had knocked down yet another of my leyland cypress trees. The one I had identified this past summer as being the next to go! Didn't just break it, I mean knocked the whole thing down, uprooting it and everything.
Thankfully, it fell away from my new fence, away from my newly-planted heritage apple tree, and wasn't big enough to reach my garden or the coop so there doesn't appear to be any damage.

The rooster was giving it a Suspicious Look though.

I was at work today, but my husband informed me that while it was snowing the ladies and the youngsters were hiding in the coop but the "rooster" (a 7-month cockerel), was out in the yard, apparently keeping an eye on the strange phenomenon to see if it was dangerous.

 

[Dinogrrl]

@3KillerBs lol yeah my 'rooster' is the same age. He only recently established himself as top chicken and he takes his job of observing (from a safe distance) new things like fallen trees very seriously.

The three hens have all experienced the falling cypresses before so it was only new for the rooster .

 

[3KillerBs]

@3KillerBs lol yeah my 'rooster' is the same age. He only recently established himself as top chicken and he takes his job of observing (from a safe distance) new things like fallen trees very seriously.

The three hens have all experienced the falling cypresses before so it was only new for the rooster .

It makes me think of middle school boys very seriously checking the door locks before bedtime on nights that Dad is away on a business trip.

This morning, I think that Ludwig, the "rooster" in question had an echo from one of the 16-week-old Blue Australorp boys.

 

[3xhhheather]

I know it’s late, but looking for 3-4 goslings this spring. Interested in Super Africans, Saddleback Pomeranians, Pilgrims, or Exhibition Toulouse, thanks!

 

[3KillerBs]

I just put three Blue Australorp boys up for sale: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/3-blue-australorp-cockerels-in-central-nc.1507269/

 

[mwhit35]

This is Lloyd. He hates my 5 year old son and must find a new home without young (or short) children. He is a gorgeous and huge Lavender Brahma from Carolina Rare Chicks stock. Approx 10 months old. Located in Marshall, NC.

 

[mwhit35]

Also, I am looking for Bantam Lavender Cochins, Lavender Ameraucanas, or Bantam Brahmas. If you know anyone that has any of these breeds in or around WNC please let me know. Thank you!