Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Good morning. I think I meet all the qualifications to win.

At this point it might appear that way. However, the rules committee is checking on your status and entertaining a rules change that could, unfortunately, have you disqualified.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Good morning. I think I meet all the qualifications to win.

Yes you win
Good morning

 

[Cebarmlds]

At this point it might appear that way. However, the rules committee is checking on your status and entertaining a rules change that could, unfortunately, have you disqualified.

 

[duluthralphie]

The same proposed rule change appears it would affect you also. Do not even ask who proposed the rule change as all of the committees proposed rules are kept secret until they are implemented.

 

[destiny_56085]

Bah humbug... the sun isn't up yet and thus shouldn't count as morning yet.

 

[Cebarmlds]

The same proposed rule change appears it would affect you also. Do not even ask who proposed the rule change as all of the committees proposed rules are kept secret until they are implemented.

 

[destiny_56085]

It's going to hit 40 degrees today supposedly. I'll probably be out scraping starling crap off everything again. I still haven't found a way to get rid of them. Those tapes that play distress calls or whatever only work for 5 minutes or so before they are right back in. Trapping them only gets a handful and they invite more friends.

Incubator has been humming and my brooder room in basement is starting to fill up. I'm getting to the point where I may have to haul in plywood from shed and set up my garage brooders again. I've had people asking for chicks already but I'm being a scrooge this year. Raising just for myself and culls from baby pens sold at swaps if anything. Still debating if I want to keep my breeder pens of faverolles and polish....

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Agree on all points ralphie. So I should probably say yes but there's a lot of buts in mine too. Right now I have just one hen approaching 5 years old. I think she'll make it. But longevity is rare I can see and really a big show stud rooster that kicks out the most beautiful chicks ever might get special considerations for too much calcium.

 

[duluthralphie]

Bah humbug... the sun isn't up yet and thus shouldn't count as morning yet.

Morning

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Good morning. I'm a sleepy head in bed yet. Birds aren't off the roost yet anyways.

I love the warmer temps but the snow melt running across slopey parts of the highway make for mini ice rinks. Slippery spots last night picking up kiddos.