Surviving Minnesota!

[Violetsfeathers]

I've noticed one of my partridge Cochin chicks has yellow feet and the other one doesn't. The one with yellow feet is a boy so I'm not keeping it. Will I get docked points at the fair if I show the girl? They are supposed to have yellow feet right?

 

[TwistedTails]

I havent noticed thunderstorms really bothering them. But sharpish harsh loud noises do make them shake their heads which indicates it hurts their ears. Sometimes at roost time when I count heads, I've sang to them....they shake their heads. I'm thinking they don't like my singing.

Either that their shaking their heads, that I shouldn't even be trying to sing.

Actually, I put up a tin roof for them on the coop but my Dad told me that a shingled roof would be less harsh sounding during a rain or hail storm. So I split the difference and put down Board to help with the noise, and then tin on top of that. The ceiling is now insulated too, and I'm sure that helps with the pinging noise during the storms.

I am sure the love your singing and are probably just shaking their heads along with the beat!

 

[jerryse]

Is there a 'sweet" cherry that will grow in our areas?


I want "bing" type cherries, but the trees seem to not grow well here.

Nothing that good for the far north . Sweet cherries are not common here . Many are rated zone 5 but they have been iffy during my life . I have a 2 in 1 now and get some cherries . Had a yellow one years ago . It set a few but finally died . Never got a pollinator for it to grow . So it would set a few pollinated by sour cherry . Never liked North Star cherry . Very sour . I planted a Carmine Jewel last year . It had a few blooms but the cherries fell off . Not ready yet I guess . The romance series bush cherries have the high brix (sweetness ) but tartness also . Most people can only eat a few out of hand so I have read . So not really comparable to sweet cherries .
I have the Stark bountiful butternut actually a Buartnut . Very slow to produce . I have got a few nuts after 10 years . Most are blanks . I bought a seedling butternut last year . Butternut is the hardiest walnut . The hybrids were made because of Butternut canker disease . Trying to get Resistance .

 

[KlopKlop]

Well, it still before noon so good morning. Finished the Work Comp audit. Another year gone by. Now to follow up with the General liability due this friday and I am good to go on being a chicken lady again.

kind of gloomy today and that is nice once in a while. Specially when doing audits. Hope everyone is well and happy and I will be reading your posts.

What insurance company do you use? I wrote the policy audit software at the insurance company I work for

 

[lvie]

I put a bunch of chickens together yesterday, I picked the larger ones out and moved them into the main layer coop kind of. I have a tractor inside the coop that attaches to an outside covered fence/run. One of them I moved is a larger girl (I think) she is extremely meek and mellow. She refused to join in all the chicken games.

Yesterday, she just sat by me and shook when I was inside the run with them. This morning she was in the corner of the tractor butt to the group head buried in the corner. So I gave in and moved her back to the smaller chicks. She was crying to whole time I carried her back and had her head squished into me. I practiced tough love though and told her before long she would have to join the others. She is such a cutie and sweet heart. I have no idea what I will do with her.


I have a neighbor that wants chickens so I might give him to them. She would do ok in a group of 5-6 chickens, a group of 30 scars her. Any of you (IVIE) need a cute little EE?

Ralphie, how would she do in a group of 11, one of them Reggie the roo? Would that be overwhelming to her? Poor little thing. I have a RIR, Ruby, that will not run with the grown-up flock although I may try her with them while they are in all those lilacs. Her flock mate, Rosie, will flock with them during the day but wants to be with Ruby at night to roost. I would like to keep them together but Tom does like those red heads. Ruby is the bottom of the pecking order with the big girls. She likes to make sure the young flock knows she is boss.

So I question how your EE would fit in. The young flock is very docile. SS, BO, BA, CLB (and they are sweethearts) and the white californias. All easy going as far as I can tell so far and they are a few months old. What do you think? Little sweetheart.

 

[lvie]

Quote: Our WC is with RTW - and they audit to make sure we have all the certificates for each subcontractor. The General Liability is with Nautilus Insurance Group. Do either of those sound familiar to you?

My son fools around with programing. LOL. He is a Senior Software QA Automation Analyst with Life Time Fitness and does alot of lead software developing in Test (SDET) or Lead SDET Architect. Does any of that make sense to you?

 

[lvie]

Ralphie - the hen is a little sweetheart - not you. Just wanted to clarify.

 

[memphis]

 

[lvie]

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Hi Twisted Tails. Welcome to our thread.

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralphie - the hen is a little sweetheart - not you. Just wanted to clarify.

Both the little (maybe) girl and I are sweethearts.