Surviving Minnesota!

BantyChooks · Mar 22, 2018

duluthralphie said:
Huh?

Surely you remember that? I think I raked you over the coals a bit too.

Bogtown Chick · Mar 22, 2018

Well it is March 22nd folks. It is snowing. I have 1 foot of snow in my front yard. I've heard that Lake of the woods still needs auger extensions --over 4 feet of ice. Opening Walleye going to be like spring ice perch fishing? Ridiculous. I have not looked at extended forcasts...

Preparing for my trip coming up. I hate leaving my birds in other people's care. Am I becoming some kind of whack job? Old and settled in my ways? Crazy chicken lady? I almost do not even want to go to Texas because of my chickens! Ha! I'm so weird.
Anyways I had more hardware cloth to put up on a small corner of the run. Just a refortification. I moved a predator sensor light (two blinking red lights that look like eyes apparently.) I have talked to the chicken keeper for the birds. My friend Shannon. Instead of twice a day to come over. Open pop door/close pop door. I told her I would leave it open all the time as the run is secured. Save her the hassle of two trips out.

I'll clean out the bedding tomorrow night.

Grabbed and inspected a sampling of hens. Hattie (Blue Ameraucana), Lucy (BLRW), and Patsy Kline (Welsummer). Looked them over. Hattie has one bumble foot so I might address that tonight for her. I will look over the other five tonight too now. Other than that all the hens are in great shape. No lice, No mites. Always nice to get through winter without that hullabaloo. Feathers looking great on the backs. --Great rooster.
Junior has one black tip on his comb yet to fall off. Other wise his wattle eschars are off now. He shortened way up this winter. His feet are rough. He's going to look like my Grandpa Art -- two fingers missing from a Farm accident. He was limping the other day so I think some are really starting to wall off and they'll be some nubbins soon. Little bit worried about him. But no limping yesterday. So a better day for him . Maybe it was the barometric pressure.

BantyChooks · Mar 22, 2018

Bogtown Chick said:
Preparing for my trip coming up. I hate leaving my birds in other people's care. Am I becoming some kind of whack job? Old and settled in my ways? Crazy chicken lady? I almost do not even want to go to Texas because of my chickens! Ha! I'm so weird.

Not wanting to go to Texas is entirely normal and a sign of a healthy mind.

I detest leaving my chickens to someone else's care as well. If it were up to me, I would never leave the house again, except to buy more birds...

Bogtown Chick · Mar 22, 2018

Ralphie: I love that 'whoop-dee-doo' looking frog waving avatar. Some of your responses just go perfect with the avatar too. :gig

BantyChooks · Mar 22, 2018

Bogtown Chick said:
Ralphie: I love that 'whoop-dee-doo' looking frog waving avatar. Some of your responses just go perfect with the avatar too.

Looks like him too, don't you think?

Bogtown Chick · Mar 22, 2018

I wished I looked like my avatar...
Skinnier legs would be welcome. I do have a fluffy butt though....

holm25 · Mar 22, 2018

Bogtown Chick said:
Well it is March 22nd folks. It is snowing. I have 1 foot of snow in my front yard. I've heard that Lake of the woods still needs auger extensions --over 4 feet of ice. Opening Walleye going to be like spring ice perch fishing? Ridiculous. I have not looked at extended forcasts...

Preparing for my trip coming up. I hate leaving my birds in other people's care. Am I becoming some kind of whack job? Old and settled in my ways? Crazy chicken lady? I almost do not even want to go to Texas because of my chickens! Ha! I'm so weird.
Anyways I had more hardware cloth to put up on a small corner of the run. Just a refortification. I moved a predator sensor light (two blinking red lights that look like eyes apparently.) I have talked to the chicken keeper for the birds. My friend Shannon. Instead of twice a day to come over. Open pop door/close pop door. I told her I would leave it open all the time as the run is secured. Save her the hassle of two trips out.

I'll clean out the bedding tomorrow night.

Grabbed and inspected a sampling of hens. Hattie (Blue Ameraucana), Lucy (BLRW), and Patsy Kline (Welsummer). Looked them over. Hattie has one bumble foot so I might address that tonight for her. I will look over the other five tonight too now. Other than that all the hens are in great shape. No lice, No mites. Always nice to get through winter without that hullabaloo. Feathers looking great on the backs. --Great rooster.
Junior has one black tip on his comb yet to fall off. Other wise his wattle eschars are off now. He shortened way up this winter. His feet are rough. He's going to look like my Grandpa Art -- two fingers missing from a Farm accident. He was limping the other day so I think some are really starting to wall off and they'll be some nubbins soon. Little bit worried about him. But no limping yesterday. So a better day for him . Maybe it was the barometric pressure.

If it makes you happy I guess I will go to Texas for you... I have some bird people to meet down there anyways...