Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[kcan2]

Two hours today. 9C and dry.

We had a dry day here as well, accompanied by an impromptu visit from some of my favorite neighbors:

 

[Perris]

congrats @RoyalChick on getting your photo of Maggie chosen for the caption comp. Hopefully there will be lots of funny captions to remember her by.

 

[RoyalChick]

congrats @RoyalChick on getting your photo of Maggie chosen for the caption comp. Hopefully there will be lots of funny captions to remember her by.

Thanks. A couple have captured her character perfectly!

 

[ChaosMom]

I lived in Spartanburg for 11 years. It got hot, but generally was more of a dry heat. It's so humid here in eastern NC that AC is important, really necessary. None of us have the inclination to shut everything down during the heat of the afternoon and just sit on the porch.

I meant to add that I admire those who can tolerate coastal plain temperatures!! I’m a weenie.

 

[fuzzi]

I meant to add that I admire those who can tolerate coastal plain temperatures!! I’m a weenie.

I've learned to adapt. It's hardest when the heat first arrives. I pace myself for a couple weeks until I can tolerate it better. It's one of the reasons my yard gets out of control during the summer. I can manage mowing but the vines and weeds get to be too much. It's one reason I am wanting a couple goats.

 

[no fly zone]

Skeksis Jr's son is looking huge

 

[Molpet]

Skeksis Jr's son is looking huge

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Big boy

 

[MrsNorthie]

How did you do in Helene? We made two separate runs to Greenville for supplies and to bathe and, ya know, flush toilets. I-26 south (ok, East) was our only way out for a good while, at least until they cleared I-40 eastbound from the landslides at Old Fort. We were so grateful for the Upstate SC hospitality, when y’all had gotten pretty hammered, too.

They were going to open I-40 westbound to Tennessee back around Christmas, until part fell back into the river gorge again, a week before reopening. They reopened one lane each way today. I don’t know how on earth they will work accidents.

We got so lucky here. None of our bird shelters were damaged, they all did really well being in their coops all day the next day, they treated it like having breakfast in bed. We didn't have power for a while and we had some damage but nothing like WNC.

 

[MrsNorthie]

I lived in Spartanburg for 11 years. It got hot, but generally was more of a dry heat. It's so humid here in eastern NC that AC is important, really necessary. None of us have the inclination to shut everything down during the heat of the afternoon and just sit on the porch.

We lived in Spartanburg when we first moved down here, before we found this property in Anderson County. We rented a townhouse just up the road from Hatcher Garden on John B. White Sr Blvd. We used to walk over and walk the gardens on a regular basis.

 

[MrsNorthie]

I lived in Houston for a few years in Houston as a kid. I don’t ever want to live in that kind of climate again, and I don’t want the chickens (feathers!!!) to, either.

I lived in Phoenix for 20 +/- years, it is dry heat, but so is your oven. LOL 110+ is ridiculous. You could feel the sun sucking every ounce of moisture out of your skin. My husband (from England) loved it until it hit 117 for 2 or 3 days in a row. We moved up to Vermont, where I am from originally, but he wasn't keen on winter, so SC was our compromise.