Surviving Minnesota!

[Bogtown Chick]

Thank you all. He's one of Minnie's Stock. I'm a junkie for her birds.

Welcome emcawa. The first egg--aka the most expensive egg -- will delight you to no end and the ones that will follow will have the same appeal and fanfare no doubt. It never gets old.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Erli here's hoping the new neighbors are more seasonal or weekendy than what they appear. Maybe they'd be open to dog training with you and your birds...?

 

[bobbi-j]

Hello Fellow Minnesotans! Im new here! Ive got an 8 bird flock in Minnetonka and so excited for my first egg!

Welcome! That first egg is always exciting!

 

[ejb3810]

Welcome emkawa. You are likely to be entertained and educated if you follow this thread ? I don't envy your place of residence. Many years ago I lived in Minnetrista and am happy now to be out of the Minnesota Banana Belt and residing in God's country.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Erli here's hoping the new neighbors are more seasonal or weekendy than what they appear. Maybe they'd be open to dog training with you and your birds...?

Sadly they are full time residents we need to build a wall.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Oh Crap. Sorry to hear that Erli. Fences can be nice landscaping projects as well. So I guess...I would turn lemons into lemonade with that fence. shucks though....

 

[Cluckies]

Sadly they are full time residents we need to build a wall.

We put up a chain link fence. I like it. It keeps the rifraf out.

 

[Cebarmlds]

We plan on about 200 feet of privacy fence and then 2x4 wire fencing on each side of that as far as we can legally go to the lake and however the length on the other side.
The guy is a real know-it-all, not easy to talk to and his wife isn't friendly at all. I wanted to have a gate in the fence to be neighborly but now I don't think so. He owns a concrete business and has all the heavy equipment and he must think jake brakes are cool so we have to listen to that as he comes and goes. Their dog came into our yard twice this evening just after I penned up my girls.

 

[lvie]

Welcome emkawa. Hello Chickeners. I am still very upset as I went up to Aitkin overnight, purposely left the covered coop door open and all went very well. I was refilling waters, cleaning them and Rosie, who has been out more and more with her chicks came back into the covered coop. One chick came in with her and the other missed the door and went under the fence and between the covered coop and the Rapunzel building. I was on my way out to shoo it back in with mama when along came one of my little dogs and I could see that he was going after the chick. I was yelling at him 'No! Leave it! Get away!' He killed it! I have not taken the time to be heart broken yet. He knows that his life as he knew it is over. He is a real big lap dog and mine was the best. He does not even dare whine while locked outside. Man! I want to kill the dog! I am surprised I am so over the top on this.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Sorry lvie that really sucks.