Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[Chaos18]

So I just had a funny argument with my 5 yr old son. We were doing some painting outside when he got some paint on his hand. We were using an exterior paint/primer in one type thing and its kinda chilly and wet outside so nothing is going to dry fast.
Him "wow this paint dries fast on my hand"
Me "no it doesn't you just think it does"
Him "yes it does"
Me "no it doesn't"
Him "yes it does"
Me "no it doesn't and how about you stop arguing with me"
Him "how about you stop being wrong"

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I have 6 young chickens that pile on the corner of the run every night that I have to physically catch and put in the coop every time. 3 of them are like 16 weeks old the other 3 are about 12 weeks maybe? I've tried bribing them with treats, Keeping the coop light on, everything. They still refuse to go in. They've all been out there with the flock since they were 7-8 weeks old.

 

[BullChick]

Anyone have an older teen or know of an adult that would like to house sit over New Year's? I seriously don't want to have electric running to the coop (it is old wiring) with me gone. The water will need changed unless we keep "warm" temps.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I wanted to repost this here for anyone who's not on Facebook. Please keep an eye out and ears open. Someone stole this person's turkeys.

 

[stake]

I have 6 young chickens that pile on the corner of the run every night that I have to physically catch and put in the coop every time. 3 of them are like 16 weeks old the other 3 are about 12 weeks maybe? I've tried bribing them with treats, Keeping the coop light on, everything. They still refuse to go in. They've all been out there with the flock since they were 7-8 weeks old.

maybe they are intimidated by the big girls in the flock....I have one Omega that moved 'up' the ranking when new chicks were added....she has no problem bullying the youngins....

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

My new ones are roosting on the outside perch instead of going into the coop. They even have had frost on their backs some mornings. And none of them are laying.

I have one dopey one that sleeps high in the arborvitaeea every night. If it's above 40* now at night, I just leaver her out there. Lol

At least some one is laying.  Out of 10 hens I get 1 egg a day if I am lucky! Everyone is molting!!!!!

At least one of my girls is molting too. When I came home yesterday, I thought there was a predator attack in my back porch. So many feathers! Then I saw a bunch of feathers under the perch and yep, it's Mary Poopins again. The same one who had a rough molt last year. I remember last year when she molted it was very cold. I think it is warmer than usual for us this year.

Our turkeys, guineas and peas were all out standing in the rain today and are drenched. Chickens are not the brightest bulbs in the (bird) box, but at least they have the sense to come in out of the rain!

Most of the time....

So I just had a funny argument with my 5 yr old son. We were doing some painting outside when he got some paint on his hand. We were using an exterior paint/primer in one type thing and its kinda chilly and wet outside so nothing is going to dry fast.
Him "wow this paint dries fast on my hand"
Me "no it doesn't you just think it does"
Him "yes it does"
Me "no it doesn't"
Him "yes it does"
Me "no it doesn't and how about you stop arguing with me"
Him "how about you stop being wrong"

I have 6 young chickens that pile on the corner of the run every night that I have to physically catch and put in the coop every time. 3 of them are like 16 weeks old the other 3 are about 12 weeks maybe? I've tried bribing them with treats, Keeping the coop light on, everything. They still refuse to go in. They've all been out there with the flock since they were 7-8 weeks old.

Again, my Rhodebar sleeps outside every night too. I am hoping one she comes into lay, she will sleep with the older girls.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Oh no! I think my husband has finally joined me on the dark side! He's actualy becoming an enabler himself which I didn't think was possible. About a month ago, when he found out that I had secretly bought another incubator and had an old one up for sale, he said why don't I just keep the old one for when the other two are full? WAIT, WHAT!? Since someone said they wanted it, I didn't think too much of it but then the money order that they were supposedly sending me never came so I guess I get to keep 3 incubators lol. Then, today, he said he'd been thinking and when spring gets here, he wants to build me a nice, new brooder for in the garage, not just one made of plywood and he wants to put it on wheels so we can move it around, anywhere we want. He also knows that I'm already planning on starting to hatch again. I don't think he wants to admit it, but I think he's getting excited for hatching season and babies again lol. He doesn't know that I plan on surprising him and ordering some fancy cochin and really poofy silkie hatching eggs (he thinks cochins are awesome and likes the way the poofy silkies look). I'm getting really excited. Now, I just need to talk him into some little goats I think it's also time to start trying to save some money for more land lol

 

[BullChick]

Oh no! I think my husband has finally joined me on the dark side! He's actualy becoming an enabler himself which I didn't think was possible. About a month ago, when he found out that I had secretly bought another incubator and had an old one up for sale, he said why don't I just keep the old one for when the other two are full? WAIT, WHAT!? Since someone said they wanted it, I didn't think too much of it but then the money order that they were supposedly sending me never came so I guess I get to keep 3 incubators lol. Then, today, he said he'd been thinking and when spring gets here, he wants to build me a nice, new brooder for in the garage, not just one made of plywood and he wants to put it on wheels so we can move it around, anywhere we want. He also knows that I'm already planning on starting to hatch again. I don't think he wants to admit it, but I think he's getting excited for hatching season and babies again lol. He doesn't know that I plan on surprising him and ordering some fancy cochin and really poofy silkie hatching eggs (he thinks cochins are awesome and likes the way the poofy silkies look). I'm getting really excited. Now, I just need to talk him into some little goats

I think it's also time to start trying to save some money for more land lol

Mini cows come in three sizes. Just saying.

 

[Chaos18]

So do pigs.......

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Mini cows come in three sizes. Just saying.

Oh, please tell more! We had discussed dexter cows once already but I didn't know there were other miniature cows.

So do pigs.......

We did the pig thing once already...I was not a fan. He really got on my nerves big time. If we do the pig thing again, it'll be after we have a premade pen all set up and we won't have to walk it for it to go to the bathroom.