Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)
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WOW!
everyone go join the old folks???? They are tea drinkers you know!!!
everyone go join the old folks???? They are tea drinkers you know!!!
WOW!
everyone go join the old folks???? They are tea drinkers you know!!!
BYC apparently changed servers and is not working correctly for many. Google chrome is a mess and IE is not much better.
I need to try Fire Fox. Reports are that mobile devices are not working currently.
Haha, you crack me up. How are things here? We got our 100th egg today, and tomorrow we are going to collect poop for a salmonella test. Exciting times.WOW!everyone go join the old folks???? They are tea drinkers you know!!!
BYC apparently changed servers and is not working correctly for many. Google chrome is a mess and IE is not much better.
I need to try Fire Fox. Reports are that mobile devices are not working currently.
My mobile device has been working right along. I use some version of dolphin browser.
Everything has been super slow...... And this perpetual rain is terrorizing my outdoor plans.
Well, my Chrome is working fine but then it's not showing up with the "new" URL yet, so maybe that's why
@vehve -
on the egg count. Have fun with the poop scooping
Had a beautiful day here today.
Started with a complete coop cleanout and removal of the littles brooder pen. I kicked the big girls out into the larger garden/yard area and let the littles have the run to themselves for the first time. They spent the morning exploring everywhere and checking out their new sleeping arrangements in the coop and staring at those strange nestbox things
.
As long as they were locked out of the run anyway, the big girls decided to "help" me paint the main gate to their run. After completing their inspection and satisfied my work met their standards they wandered off to catch a nap and a dust bath under the Nanking Cherry bush. The only problem was they decided to wander back later to check my progress. That was ok, but they decided to create their own chicken "Haboob" when they shook off a dust cloud right next to my fresh paint job!
I later opened the gate to the run, let the big girls in on the same side of the fence with the littles for the first time and held my breath, promising myself not to interfere short of attempted homicide. I spent the rest of the afternoon painting gates and fences nearby as I kept a close eye on the goings on. Thankfully none of my fears came to pass. Except for "second in command" more than once making sure the littles understood they were lower on the pecking order and, STAYING THERE, it was relatively quiet, whew! Not really anticipating problems at bedtime as the older girls always go in first anyway and I plan on letting the littles go in when they're ready. I'm thinking the later the better. I am going to do my best to get outside and open the popholes right at daylight since the littles will be roosting on a bar that's under the roost board where their brooder cage was leaving them vulnerable to being cornered.
We got the call a little while ago that Emil's brother made it thru the brain tumor surgery fine and was awake and talking. His wife Loretta said his face is horribly swollen but I was able to assure her that was normal and not to worry. They weren't able to remove all the tumor so he will have to go thru radiation but for now he seems to be doing really well. If he has lost any motion or other functions, it's too soon to tell. He's still with us.
One final blessing. Our puppy is completely back to normal harassing the kitty and making up things to bark at
Another great day.
update
went out to lock up the coop. I waited until I was certain everyone was in and started quietly closing the popholes (my coop has two) and I could hear a very distinct, heavy, thump, thump, thump inside. Oh crap. I took a deep breath, and opened the door convinced I was going to see my poor littles trapped in a corner. I peered into the fading light and quickly shut the door again. My roost forms an "L" shape as it runs the length of the East wall and half way along the south under the main window mounted to a catch board. when i looked in I saw stuffed literally into a pile on one end of the roost at the top of the ramp was my 4 grown hens as tight together against that wall as they could get. The "thumping" I heard was my 3 Aussie pullets launching themselves up onto the roost at the far end. By the time I opened the door they had arranged themselves in a similar "pile" at the other end literally as far as they could get from the hens without falling off.
Boy, that was the last thing I was prepared t see!
@vehve -
Had a beautiful day here today.
Started with a complete coop cleanout and removal of the littles brooder pen. I kicked the big girls out into the larger garden/yard area and let the littles have the run to themselves for the first time. They spent the morning exploring everywhere and checking out their new sleeping arrangements in the coop and staring at those strange nestbox things
As long as they were locked out of the run anyway, the big girls decided to "help" me paint the main gate to their run. After completing their inspection and satisfied my work met their standards they wandered off to catch a nap and a dust bath under the Nanking Cherry bush. The only problem was they decided to wander back later to check my progress. That was ok, but they decided to create their own chicken "Haboob" when they shook off a dust cloud right next to my fresh paint job!
I later opened the gate to the run, let the big girls in on the same side of the fence with the littles for the first time and held my breath, promising myself not to interfere short of attempted homicide. I spent the rest of the afternoon painting gates and fences nearby as I kept a close eye on the goings on. Thankfully none of my fears came to pass. Except for "second in command" more than once making sure the littles understood they were lower on the pecking order and, STAYING THERE, it was relatively quiet, whew! Not really anticipating problems at bedtime as the older girls always go in first anyway and I plan on letting the littles go in when they're ready. I'm thinking the later the better. I am going to do my best to get outside and open the popholes right at daylight since the littles will be roosting on a bar that's under the roost board where their brooder cage was leaving them vulnerable to being cornered.
We got the call a little while ago that Emil's brother made it thru the brain tumor surgery fine and was awake and talking. His wife Loretta said his face is horribly swollen but I was able to assure her that was normal and not to worry. They weren't able to remove all the tumor so he will have to go thru radiation but for now he seems to be doing really well. If he has lost any motion or other functions, it's too soon to tell. He's still with us.
One final blessing. Our puppy is completely back to normal harassing the kitty and making up things to bark at
Another great day.
update
went out to lock up the coop. I waited until I was certain everyone was in and started quietly closing the popholes (my coop has two) and I could hear a very distinct, heavy, thump, thump, thump inside. Oh crap. I took a deep breath, and opened the door convinced I was going to see my poor littles trapped in a corner. I peered into the fading light and quickly shut the door again. My roost forms an "L" shape as it runs the length of the East wall and half way along the south under the main window mounted to a catch board. when i looked in I saw stuffed literally into a pile on one end of the roost at the top of the ramp was my 4 grown hens as tight together against that wall as they could get. The "thumping" I heard was my 3 Aussie pullets launching themselves up onto the roost at the far end. By the time I opened the door they had arranged themselves in a similar "pile" at the other end literally as far as they could get from the hens without falling off.
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It has finally been really nice here for a change. Got half way thru all the needed painting today. Only one gate, trim and windows on my workshop, the garden cottage (aka DH's workshop), front porch and the coop door to go!!! Should be able to finish my part tomorrow
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We just had our chickens attacked for the third time today. First it was a small hawk, then it was our neighbors wild dog that misbehaves if the old lady isn't around, and then a golden eagle. Scary times.
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