Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Oh, MmChickMom... How did ER visit go?

 

[holm25]

Layers hopefully you get some rain soon! And hopefully your grandpa has a quick recovery!

 

[holm25]

We are supposedly going to get rain tomorrow night but we are hoping we don't. We need to get hay cut. The alfalfa is going to blossom in the next day or two and that's when it is at peak nutrition I guess. We cut 4 rows last night and that hay is pretty darn thick. Lots of deer beds in it too. Hopefully the fawns are old enough to run away instead of just lay there. You can't always see them and since they do t always move bad things can happen...

 

[duluthralphie]

I know my legbars are not SOP because of the small combs. I am still anti-large combs like the SOP wants. I am thinking I need to form an alternate legbar club to fight the proposed SOP's. BUT I have no idea how to do that.

 

[holm25]

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There is a lot of beautiful birds in there Ralphie!

 

[duluthralphie]

We are supposedly going to get rain tomorrow night but we are hoping we don't. We need to get hay cut. The alfalfa is going to blossom in the next day or two and that's when it is at peak nutrition I guess. We cut 4 rows last night and that hay is pretty darn thick. Lots of deer beds in it too. Hopefully the fawns are old enough to run away instead of just lay there. You can't always see them and since they do t always move bad things can happen...

Maybe the rain can skip you and just hit us here in the Sand Dunes.

 

[holm25]

Maybe the rain can skip you and just hit us here in the Sand Dunes.

So far we only have a 40% chance but it's going to hit us according to Mr. Weatherman.

 

[lvie]

Good Morning Chickeners . . . . Been doing a little reading to get an idea of what is happening. There are others that are typically posting out here not posting on here. So therefore, I do not feel too badly about neglecting you dear chickeners. I am with you BC - getting the gardens cleaned out and new mulch put down, going through river rock and sifting it out (it has been 17 years since it was put down) and I figure that I will never need do this again. I will do a photo bomb today and you can see. Last year I did all the rock around the water feature but that needs the regular clean up. The DH has a priority called Aitkin and so, therefore, is not present to do what only he could do so well around here. I did not plant a vegetable garden this year. Having a difficult time catching up and keeping up.

MNchickMom - what happened at the ER.

ILL - I will shoot up some requests for rain while I work around here today.

Ralphie - nice photo bomb - thank you.

Little story: while sitting on the ground take every-single-piece of river rock out of its present location so that I can take out all the accumulated dirt (seven precious hours over two days - geez) I looked up to see Copper in a fenced in area. The fence is up to keep him out. The flock likes to eat the plants - dah! I had removed him from the same area the day before. I got up (ouch!) to remove him again - talking to him about how this is not to be, this is my area - not his. He RAN between two Astible plants, crouched down and hid from me. Had I not been watching him I would never have known where he was. I enjoyed that game and it made me laugh. Nice break in picking rock.

 

[MNChickMom]

Update on son, he has infected wood tick bite less than 2 inches from his hernia incision. So antibiotics and warm tub soaks.

 

[bobbi-j]

I want rain!!!!

Layers, may your Grandpa have a speedy and full recovery...prayers...

Bobbi. Good job, I have ordered a day off for you as a reward to watch a gentle rain fall...

MnChickMom.. Good luck to you today. May they not find a pile of mouse poop in the wrong place....or anything else. Hopefully the Guineas will not decided today is a day to visit.

BC I think if you can get the DH to get another job and work overtime you could have more free time.

I hope the results come back negative today. I have a bunch of little turkeys that hatched yesterday. I would had to have to destroy the babies. They are all Royal Palms. I picked the eggs from a common nests all the birds were using, but only RP's hatched.

If I get through this little hiccup, I am going to ask permission to vaccinate for MS and MG. There is a vaccine available, but it must have a side effect I cannot find, a person has to permission from the state Vet to use it. The worst they can say is no.

I sat with the teens last night. I have some nice looking birds coming up. (bragging here). I also have some weird looking birds. I have a Legbar/PC/EE pullet. She is so funny. She has a crest, a cushion comb and brightened colors. You can hardly see the legbar other than the comb...

I have photo bombs coming....I hope.

Heidi my house chick refused to come out and see me, she stood 20 feet back and stared a little then went under the topper/straw bales.

Ralphie, for your test results. Anxiously waiting to hear.

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I know my legbars are not SOP because of the small combs. I am still anti-large combs like the SOP wants. I am thinking I need to form an alternate legbar club to fight the proposed SOP's. BUT I have no idea how to do that.

Nice lookin' birds you've got there! I agree that large combs are not an asset in our climate. Had a large-combed rooster over the winter. He is now a dubbed rooster (Mother Nature took care of that) I prefer to keep a smaller combed bird for that very reason.