Surviving Minnesota!

[lvie]

Hi chickeners . . . . had a radioactive (?) stress test last Thursday and it messed up the mother board. Dealing with that issue and it kind of, just a little, lays me low.
The chicks are still growing and Rosie is a good mama. What is amazing to me is how hens communicate their desires. She wanted out of the dust bathing area with the chicks for a while today so I let her - and to watch all the interactions of the flock is very interesting. I hope both chicks make it to maturity as I want to see what they look like. What was it? Legs up they are pullets? Legs down they are cockerels? I hope I am right because IF I have it right they should be hens.
Glad for the rain ILLS. A nice, soft, absorbent rain for a couple of days would be nice. Its clouding now for the rain coming into the banana belt.

 

[BantyChooks]

Hi chickeners . . . . had a radioactive (?) stress test last Thursday and it messed up the mother board. Dealing with that issue and it kind of, just a little, lays me low.
The chicks are still growing and Rosie is a good mama. What is amazing to me is how hens communicate their desires. She wanted out of the dust bathing area with the chicks for a while today so I let her - and to watch all the interactions of the flock is very interesting. I hope both chicks make it to maturity as I want to see what they look like. What was it? Legs up they are pullets? Legs down they are cockerels? I hope I am right because IF I have it right they should be hens.
Glad for the rain ILLS. A nice, soft, absorbent rain for a couple of days would be nice. Its clouding now for the rain coming into the banana belt.

 

[duluthralphie]

Hi chickeners . . . . had a radioactive (?) stress test last Thursday and it messed up the mother board. Dealing with that issue and it kind of, just a little, lays me low.
The chicks are still growing and Rosie is a good mama. What is amazing to me is how hens communicate their desires. She wanted out of the dust bathing area with the chicks for a while today so I let her - and to watch all the interactions of the flock is very interesting. I hope both chicks make it to maturity as I want to see what they look like. What was it? Legs up they are pullets? Legs down they are cockerels? I hope I am right because IF I have it right they should be hens.
Glad for the rain ILLS. A nice, soft, absorbent rain for a couple of days would be nice. Its clouding now for the rain coming into the banana belt.

errr....ahhh I think you have that backwards...Legs up is Fight response thus Boys....

Legs down is cry like a little girl response....

 

[jerryse]

Ok I caught up . Finally took time to get to the library for a signal . No internet for a year or 2 . Will only hookup to a house .Grandson brought his girlfriend along . So he is distracted from work a lot . Got the basement windows in and the beam mostly built . Still lots of bolts to install . Much tougher building a 6 x 12 oak beam 33 feet long . Grandson leaving Friday so 1 more work day I hope .

 

[duluthralphie]

Ok I caught up . Finally took time to get to the library for a signal . No internet for a year or 2 . Will only hookup to a house .Grandson brought his girlfriend along . So he is distracted from work a lot . Got the basement windows in and the beam mostly built . Still lots of bolts to install . Much tougher building a 6 x 12 oak beam 33 feet long . Grandson leaving Friday so 1 more work day I hope .

Can you use a hotspot connection from your phone? I use one at my cabin and even around here once in a while it works great.

 

[holm25]

Ivie since this is your first hatch they will all be boys... The last threeyears all my first hatches have been boys... I hatched six ladt spring and want to know what all six of them were? Boys lol

 

[duluthralphie]

I am happy to report it is raining again...I was afraid the monsoon season had ended and we would go a day without rain...

Sure am glad I have no hay to put up.

 

[holm25]

Ralphie it sprinkled here for a little while... We have hay that is ready for its second cutting but it's been too rainy to cut it...

 

[duluthralphie]

I have a friend that has not been able to get his first cut up here. Most of it is now being baled and dumped into a washout, just to get it off the fields.

 

[Cluckies]

Once again, somehow, we can't figure it out, we got no rain today. My DH was home all day and dry as a bone... I don't get it.