Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Sorry it was a joke.

Get Judy ready and get to Hutch, no drinking until you are home.

I knew it was a joke, so was my response. I was busy looking for 7x long tall carhartts for you, No luck yet.*

Have fun on the roof Jerry.










* that was a joke too..

 

[duluthralphie]

Beings I am wasting time.

Judy talked to our son last night telling him about a guy that was on his knees looking at his chicken from every angle, then would open the door move a feather, and crawl around looking up at the bird again, move the bird, move a feather and crawl around under it.


She had him on the speaker so I heard this. Judy was laughing about the guys behavior. Then our son says to her " Did you tell Dad to stand up, get off his knees and stop acting like a fool?"


He is no longer on the Xmas present list....

 

[I Love Layers]

Beings I am wasting time.

Judy talked to our son last night telling him about a guy that was on his knees looking at his chicken from every angle, then would open the door move a feather, and crawl around looking up at the bird again, move the bird, move a feather and crawl around under it.


She had him on the speaker so I heard this. Judy was laughing about the guys behavior.  Then our son says to her " Did you tell Dad to stand up, get off his knees and stop acting like a fool?"


He is no longer on the Xmas present list....

That was cold

Someone is selling 1 dozen Blue/Black LF cochin eggs. They will ship them for $50. But they need to know by 10 o clock today...
My moms in St.Paul so I have to ask her over the phone this morning, and ok it with my dad.
I'm kind of hoping that the person can get some eggs for next week cause both my parents are home then.

 

[duluthralphie]

That was cold

Someone is selling 1 dozen Blue/Black LF cochin eggs. They will ship them for $50. But they need to know by 10 o clock today...
My moms in St.Paul so I have to ask her over the phone this morning, and ok it with my dad.
I'm kind of hoping that the person can get some eggs for next week cause both my parents are home then.

I agree! I deserve a better son, right?

 

[bantiesrule]

Good morning all and thanks for the welcome back

Life has been pretty intense the last couple of months but hopefully things are winding down. So..... I know I can't possibly catch up on everything since I was last on but I hope I didn't miss anything REALLY important!! If I did, I'm sorry

Nothing much has changed with me...I am still working FULL time at my part time post office job! My greenhouse is not finished and it is gonna snow any day now...

Oh...yeah, I had one of my roosters become a little bast$*rd and started attacki9ng me everytime I came into the pasture! Makes it hard to feed the horses and the chickens when you are carrying a rake to protect yourself! We also have 3 other bullies (well only 1 now)

my chickens started laying the cutest little pullet eggs I have ever seen!! They are almost to normal size now but not all my birds are laying yet and occasionally I see a new tiny egg...I have brown and pink eggs, don't know if it's the Wyandottes or the Cochins laying the pink eggs but they are cute.

We butchered 3 of our roosters 2 weeks ago (the bas$*rd was the first to go)...very unpleasant task and after catching the second one and taking him out of the pasture, the rest got wise and would not come near my husband. We were only able to catch the third one because he had a bad eye and could not see out of it. I have been told to do it at night but that makes it really rough on us because we are hanging them in the woods to butcher, away from the house and my other chickens. and then I plucked them next to the garage...now that it's getting so cold at night I would rather not be out there in the dark plucking chickens.

We have 7 more to go....I was gonna keep three but not now because they all seem to be getting a little frisky and try to bully me now and again (especially the Australorps - who'd a guessed right?). My Cochin Rooster is very respectful and never tries to bully me so he drew the lucky straw and he stays

everybody else....OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

I had a Cochin go through a mental breakdown (I think ha ha) right before she started laying....she sat on the roost for 3 days and would not come down or move??? I thought she was being bullied too much by the roosters and did not want to come out..then on the fourth day she was in a nesting box and laid an egg! Now she's fine and out with all the others... ahhh...womanhood!

Well I am glad to be back and promise to keep up on everything from here on out! Oh, BTW....my BROWN carhartts are the BEST present my husband ever got me!!!

Just catch them at night and put them in a holding cage, butcher the next day.

Beings I am wasting time.

Judy talked to our son last night telling him about a guy that was on his knees looking at his chicken from every angle, then would open the door move a feather, and crawl around looking up at the bird again, move the bird, move a feather and crawl around under it.


She had him on the speaker so I heard this. Judy was laughing about the guys behavior. Then our son says to her " Did you tell Dad to stand up, get off his knees and stop acting like a fool?"


He is no longer on the Xmas present list....

LOL

 

[Momof3plustwins]

The digital thermostat is awesome! My first one didn't have it - I felt like I jumped from coal to gold with the new one. I still use a separate one like you did. The hatch timer is a cool addition. How many eggs does it hold? I did find mine doesn't hold large duck eggs well, but I think spacing out the racks will do the trick. I have this turner in mine: I'd like to hatch a few birds out now for Spring eggs, but I'm not even sure where to get fertile eggs at this time of year. Most birds are molting. Ebay scares me. I firmly believe Cochins don't lay eggs However, I love them anyways. I love seeing the little pullet eggs! Especially the blue ones. My EE's are laying more mint colored eggs at the moment. Did all of your Wyandottes end up as females? I can't remember.....

I pretty sure I can fit 27 chicken eggs in my turner. It doesn't have individual spots. It is a separate tray that has rows the eggs lay in rows and roll as the tray slides back and forth. Of course only one way at a turn.

 

[Cluckies]

Beings I am wasting time.

Judy talked to our son last night telling him about a guy that was on his knees looking at his chicken from every angle, then would open the door move a feather, and crawl around looking up at the bird again, move the bird, move a feather and crawl around under it.


She had him on the speaker so I heard this. Judy was laughing about the guys behavior.  Then our son says to her " Did you tell Dad to stand up, get off his knees and stop acting like a fool?"


He is no longer on the Xmas present list....

Hahaha! He sounds exactly like someone we all know, must be the apple tree thing. Lol

 

[Cluckies]

I have too decide what I'm doing today, working on the gardens for next year, or cleaning out the henhouse. Sigh, too much to do, not enough weekends. I just don't have time to work anymore, I have too much other stuff I want to do!

 

[duluthralphie]

Hey Siggie..

Sorry I did not welcome you back sooner. Just been busy and it skipped my mind. Which is not much of a skip at my age. It seems more and more skips my mind these days..

So welcome back.

Off to Hutch finally. Judy is moving.

 

[MNChickMom]

At hutch looking at birds