We were gone for a 9 day trip to AR, then TX, then back to AR and now home! I have a daughter whose DH is stationed in Little Rock. We stop there on the way to and from Texas to see my parents and brother and SIL. The weather was perfect, but coming home to snow a bit depressing. I brought back some hatching eggs from two BYCers and will be getting them into the 'bator so I know that Spring is on the way!!
I don't know how long it will take to get caught-up on all the threads, I had a couple of times on my daughter's laptop to check in but there's alot of posts!!
Bluebonnets are blooming in the Texas Hill Country....
Welcome back Mary! OMG, bluebonnets are my favorite wild flower! I just love them. I would plant an acre of them if I could.
Welcome to our newest member. I can't use the back button to retrieve the name, but you'll love it here!
Stella is just fine. Not happy about being confined I am sure, but much safer. With her penchant for strolling down the road she wouldn't last an hour here. And, the hawks, yikes the hawks!
So that's what those flowers are called. We have bluebonnets here, though they are not in bloom yet. My daffodils are blooming though. My plum trees are just about done blooming and the peaches/nectarines are in full bloom.
We are supposed to get a rainstorm Wed (YES, it's just rain, not the snow that was forcasted last week). We very much need the rain - haven't had many storms this winter.
I got my roses pruned yesterday. Today I have to work on the grapes - then everything is pruned and I'm on a break until mid May when it's time to plant the garden. (other than chicken duties) It's been so lovely outside (70's), I sat out with my chickens yesterday evening and had a glass of wine.
Opened my new EcoGlow50 this morning. Geesh, I don't remember Mary's looking that huge? It is BIG. But it will work well with the 26 eggs still going in my bator.
So that's what those flowers are called. We have bluebonnets here, though they are not in bloom yet. My daffodils are blooming though. My plum trees are just about done blooming and the peaches/nectarines are in full bloom.
We are supposed to get a rainstorm Wed (YES, it's just rain, not the snow that was forcasted last week). We very much need the rain - haven't had many storms this winter.
I got my roses pruned yesterday. Today I have to work on the grapes - then everything is pruned and I'm on a break until mid May when it's time to plant the garden. (other than chicken duties) It's been so lovely outside (70's), I sat out with my chickens yesterday evening and had a glass of wine.
Opened my new EcoGlow50 this morning. Geesh, I don't remember Mary's looking that huge? It is BIG. But it will work well with the 26 eggs still going in my bator.
Quote: From caj1985: 3 Salmon Faverolle and 4 Arkansas Blues
From 202roosterlane: 6 Heritage RIR and 6 German NH
I have other eggs coming this week and more in April (or later)........let the setting and hatching begin!!
If the weather will warm a bit, I know the Icelandics will be happy to go broody and finish some of the eggs for me!
I've always known that chickens hide their injuries/pain well, but I didn't realize how much pain they could hide until today. We had a cockerel limping - when I picked him up, I could move his hock joint sideways, and I could feel a popping feeling in the joint, so I assumed that's where the break was. I noticed his limping 2 days ago - and I'm out with my flock A LOT. (just ask my DH) We put him down this morning. I was going to process him for us to eat, until I plucked him.
His leg was broken up high on his thigh, the back leg bone and he was internally bleeding. This boy had to be in some serious pain, though he didn't show it. The only sign was he couldn't put weight on his leg.
LOL I know, I CANNOT BELIEVE that this time last year I owned ZERO chickens, ZERO coops, and had ZERO plans to ever have either... now I have enough chickens to give me 12 dozen eggs per week... you all are TERRIBLE enablers!
