Surviving Minnesota!

[Coffee 1st]

The eagle has left, the birds are out!

he is just in another tree waiting for you to get cold and go inside..

 

[MinnesotaNice]

A long time ago, I struck up a conversation at the bar with a guy who knew a guy (therefore, about 34% true) who caught on his game cam a family of coons strategically cornering his chickens in their outdoor run and having at them through the fencing.

Mean little buggers.

 

[duluthralphie]

I have coons around me, but they come out after dark and so are rarely seen. I believe that with all the other predators the young have a very low survival rate.
Porcupines are bad news. The veterinarians love them. Have you ever watched the Dr. Pol show on TV? On top of that problem they do much damage in the forest to many varieties of trees.
I love Eagles and Turkey Vultures (sorry Ralphie). They chase the hawks off and I have never had an Eagle or a Vulture bother my birds.

Your eagles must be better trained than mine... I have never had a problem with a Vulture.

Otherwise we still sort of, once in a while, mainly agree...

 

[duluthralphie]

he is just in another tree waiting for you to get cold and go inside..

He could have been but I looked all around for him. This time of the year my chickens outdoor range runs from their coop to the deck and that is about it. They are never more than 10 feet from cover.

A long time ago, I struck up a conversation at the bar with a guy who knew a guy (therefore, about 34% true) who caught on his game cam a family of coons strategically cornering his chickens in their outdoor run and having at them through the fencing.

Mean little buggers.

I am thinking you are giving the guy 30% to much credit for accuracy. Not that I do not agree they are mean little buggers..

 

[memphis]

Klop..."we" is defined as the whole city of Memphis. Each of you individually probably own more snow removal equipment than all of West Tennessee. Mind you, not one flake has fallen, but our governor just issued a State of Emergency for the whole of Tennessee.

We are at that weird temperature, 32-35 degrees, where we are expecting ice then 3-6 inches of snow. They are predicting 40-50 mph winds. And tornadoes south of us.

So our 6 new plow attachments ought to have it cleared up pretty quickly. ..right?

It's just funny reading about how ya'll handle snow compared to what happens here!

 

[lvie]

Klop..."we" is defined as the whole city of Memphis. Each of you individually probably own more snow removal equipment than all of West Tennessee. Mind you, not one flake has fallen, but our governor just issued a State of Emergency for the whole of Tennessee.

We are at that weird temperature, 32-35 degrees, where we are expecting ice then 3-6 inches of snow. They are predicting 40-50 mph winds. And tornadoes south of us.

So our 6 new plow attachments ought to have it cleared up pretty quickly. ..right?

It's just funny reading about how ya'll handle snow compared to what happens here!

I bet it is hilarious to read about our snow adventures. We go out in it to play. Then, of course, we are happy if it is light, flaky stuff like we just had and sad, or mad, if it is heavy and wet. Still, considering it a workout. Light - light workout - heavy - heavy workout and then it takes a little longer. Tennessee is such a beautiful state! Simply gorgeous1

 

[duluthralphie]

I bet it is hilarious to read about our snow adventures. We go out in it to play. Then, of course, we are happy if it is light, flaky stuff like we just had and sad, or mad, if it is heavy and wet. Still, considering it a workout. Light - light workout - heavy - heavy workout and then it takes a little longer. Tennessee is such a beautiful state! Simply gorgeous1

And they have the worlds greatest Bass Pro Shop, and of course Nashville.

 

[KlopKlop]

Currently towing my new green wagon home and pretty excited. Don't worry about me writing this while I'm driving since I can only do about 25 lol. At this rate I should get home next week sometime haha

Pictures to follow

 

[memphis]

Ivie, I really enjoyed reading about how ya'll prepare your coops for winter. We prepare ours for summer!!

Over at the Turkey thread we've been debating Ralph's breeding pen set ups! He's going to have some interesting birds this spring! Ya'll need to get a few! They are too much fun!!

 

[KlopKlop]

Tada!!! my new grain wagon





AND! AND! Look what came in the mail today! It was like second christmas at the Farm today!

This thing is a beast! i feel bad for the postlady having to lug it all the way to the door



@duluthralphie the opening is about 4.5" the long way and 3.5 to 4" across the angled side