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So, apparently there was a pretty big storm last night, which I slept through entirely. 
But I went out to the birds this morning to find a tree that has been threatening to fall ahd fallen, but only because a nearby tree that had no indications of falling fell and pushed it over. Yikes! The fence is mostly down between the mini yard and the main chicken yard now, though not enough that I think any of them will get out, and there's a tree propped up on the coop addition. No damage done to the coop, thank goodness, but I'm pretty sure that we've lost a fence post and the fence is too crunched to fix. 
Oh, well, it's much better than it could have been.
Anyway, I grabbed a few pictures while I was out there. The closer fence here was the temporary one I put up to introduce the pullets last year, and I *had* been using it for broodies and bringing Elly out for visits, but I guess I'm done doing that now!
Doesn't look too bad from this angle, but the fence is crumpled here. I'm not sure if that fence post is bent or if the ground was soft enough for it to move that much.
This hutch was sitting in there for a bit of shelter. I thought at first that the wind must have been so strong it knocked that over, but then I noticed that one of the trees that fell had a big ol' root sticking out that most likely pushed it over. I'm just glad it didn't get crunched or something!
As you can probably see in the above pictures, the hens are checking it out thoroughly. I probably would have cleaned up a bit more, but they were just having so much fun that I figured it wasn't too big of a deal to leave it as is for now.
Sad thing is, I was just thinking that that one tree was going to go soon and I probably should move some things to prepare for it... Oops!
Anyway, we're on day 14 for the eggs! Thank goodness we didn't lose power in the storm last night! Tonight is candling night, so fingers crossed for a good prognosis on them, since I really couldn't see anything through those dark shells last week!
But I went out to the birds this morning to find a tree that has been threatening to fall ahd fallen, but only because a nearby tree that had no indications of falling fell and pushed it over. Yikes! The fence is mostly down between the mini yard and the main chicken yard now, though not enough that I think any of them will get out, and there's a tree propped up on the coop addition. No damage done to the coop, thank goodness, but I'm pretty sure that we've lost a fence post and the fence is too crunched to fix. Oh, well, it's much better than it could have been.Anyway, I grabbed a few pictures while I was out there. The closer fence here was the temporary one I put up to introduce the pullets last year, and I *had* been using it for broodies and bringing Elly out for visits, but I guess I'm done doing that now!
Doesn't look too bad from this angle, but the fence is crumpled here. I'm not sure if that fence post is bent or if the ground was soft enough for it to move that much.
This hutch was sitting in there for a bit of shelter. I thought at first that the wind must have been so strong it knocked that over, but then I noticed that one of the trees that fell had a big ol' root sticking out that most likely pushed it over. I'm just glad it didn't get crunched or something!
As you can probably see in the above pictures, the hens are checking it out thoroughly. I probably would have cleaned up a bit more, but they were just having so much fun that I figured it wasn't too big of a deal to leave it as is for now.
Sad thing is, I was just thinking that that one tree was going to go soon and I probably should move some things to prepare for it... Oops!
Anyway, we're on day 14 for the eggs! Thank goodness we didn't lose power in the storm last night! Tonight is candling night, so fingers crossed for a good prognosis on them, since I really couldn't see anything through those dark shells last week!
One week to go! 
We have entered lock down!! 
It is now spring break for me, so I should have a bit more time to be around here, and, of course, post pictures of babies! All six eggs have survived to lock down and are now set for arrival around Sunday! 
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