Stella's Social Club

[Noncentzter]

Not much rain here yet, but we have had lots of wind and lost power for a couple of hours during the night. Flooding is forecast for the weekend.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Lots of flooding around town today. We got 4.4 inches just today so far. The wind is horrible.

I came home to a drip in my dining room ceiling. Lovely. Gotta go out and check on the chickens in a minute.

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

Rained all night and still raining now. My hens have a pretty big covered area to keep them dry and they won't set foot out from under it. They don't like getting their toes wet. SPOILED HENS!!!

 

[kathyinmo]

Oh gosh, I am really sorry you folks in California are having such nasty weather. I sure hope it lets up quickly.

 

[mlm Mike]

Oh gosh, I am really sorry you folks in California are having such nasty weather. I sure hope it lets up quickly.

X2

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Yeah not sure how much rain we have had . Just walking from the car to the door I am soaked.
My 5 gallon bucket is 1/2 full just from the last few storms

 

[Mahonri]

Gorgeous weather here today. Sorry you N. Cal folks are so wet. Wish you'd send a little this way.

Well it finally happened! I have my first ICELANDIC BROODY!!!! "Ida" has been on the nest with five golf balls for the last 5 nights.

Would chicks on Monday be too early? I'm hoping to have some Icelandic chicks to put under her on Monday or Tuesday. I gave the last 30 Icelandic eggs (2 weeks post Drekki Jr.) to a friend to incubate. Only 7 went into lockdown.... I'm hoping for at least one Drekki III.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Congrats Dar!

 

[BHep]

Gorgeous weather here today. Sorry you N. Cal folks are so wet. Wish you'd send a little this way.

Well it finally happened! I have my first ICELANDIC BROODY!!!! "Ida" has been on the nest with five golf balls for the last 5 nights.

Would chicks on Monday be too early? I'm hoping to have some Icelandic chicks to put under her on Monday or Tuesday. I gave the last 30 Icelandic eggs (2 weeks post Drekki Jr.) to a friend to incubate. Only 7 went into lockdown.... I'm hoping for at least one Drekki III.

Well....if you hold her on the golf balls until the 11th...you could participate in the NYDH.

 

[The Sheriff]

Yikes we have been without power since early this morning. I have eggs in the incubator 9 days from hatch! I ran them over to the old house in the Hovabator but the lights on the appliances were flashing so I knew the power had been off over there too. I plugged them in anyway and took off to town for some supplies. When I got back to the old house the power was off! I grabbed to Hovabator and headed home. I risked my life waking Michael up to plug in the generator. We plugged the Brinsea cabinet in and within a couple of minutes it was beeping and 114 degrees! I grabbed the eggs out again and put them back into the Hovabator and dialed it in. Michael went back to bed. He got up at 1:45 this afternoon after I froze in the dark with nothing to do all day. He plugged the Brinsea back into the generator and it jumped back to 113. The eggs stayed in the Hovabotor until the power was restored an hour ago.

As for my coops, yesterday was all a huge waste of time, energy and money. The Dry Stall was soaked through, 50 lbs of feed ruined again and the chickens were soaking wet on the roosts. The coop maker built the coops with the roof metal facing front to back instead of side to side. You can see what I am referring to in the pictures. The driving rain just pour in through those holes in the roof, front and back. We are weighing our options but I think I am going to get a bid from the coop builer to re-roof them with the metal going the opposite direction with a little overhang. Michael is cheap and wants to just put tarps over them or fill the holes with expanding foam. I need ventilation in there with the way I have closed the coops up. I am totally discouraged and dreading shoveling out 600 lbs (dry weight) of wet sand.