Texas

[Matejka]

Quack quack. Duck feet!
Another 3/4 inch of rain.
It has been weeks since I went a day without wet feet.
I need to muck the run out-mud is heavier than dry stuff so it will be harder work.
Tractor still stuck

 

[Elyrian1]

It came down last night, that's for sure. Haven't poked my head out yet to see if I have a pond again, lol.

 

[Matejka]

It came down last night, that's for sure. Haven't poked my head out yet to see if I have a pond again, lol.

Quack quack-get some ducks

 

[Elyrian1]

I got a boot scraper instead, for all this heavy, sticky mud.

 

[Matejka]

Got coop clean, run mucked out.
Repaired to roost in coop that keep falling down.
Naptime.
Waiting on rain

 

[Matejka]

More rain

 

[NickyPick]

Day before last, we got 3.5 inches in a quick 1 hour storm. My neighbor's driveway/street connection is now a trench of a over a foot wide and at least a foot deep. They have parked their cars across the street at the chicken barn. It's quite a walk from their house to the street, too. Mine is getting bad, but we can still get out with the truck. Good thing I'm not having to go in to the office every day. My Prius cannot get out of the driveway without damage. Other than that. we're doing pretty good. After living in Cypress for 47 years and dealing with the mud and the floods, it's great to be on a hill. It's wet, but there's no major mud holes where all the animals or the house is, so I'm happy.
Lost one of my broody turkey hens to a rat snake. She had crushed her nest, so was sleeping on the floor, and the damn snake came and decided her head was the right size to eat. By the time it got far enough to realize that she was too big and back off, my hen had suffocated. I got a local snake expert over to go over my nursery/infirmary coop and we've identified some holes and I'm going to get those patched right quick. This is supposed to be the safe coop. The main coop is completely open, but I haven't found a single snake in there yet.

 

[electrycmonk]

Well, after several days of forecasting flip flops... and getting the “lime based” whitewashing almost done.... once dried overnight it’s looking really great again.

still need to do a little touch up & up at the top and ceiling too. Then we can let everyone & new. Hicks back into the coop at night.

Red hen with the limp is still solo in the medical rehab crate and continues to limp but, decided she wants to start laying eggs again. She’s layer 2 this week.

many idea folks on how I could research this for a plausible cause here or on the web at large?

to recap: noticed she was spending a lot of time chilling in the nesting boxes while we were preparing for the mite spray. So when we lifted her out and she just “stood there with a decided lean” we tried to gently usher her out the chicken door. And then the limp became harshly apparent.... looked her over. Saw no skin cut/scraped/burned/pecked/bleeding/et al. So for well over a week now she’s been comfy chilling in the crate. She has been actively getting up, limping over to the foot and water more often this week as the days progressed. However, the limp does not appear to of faded if at all.

so how should I search for threads with this odd stuff?

 

[Matejka]

Hmmmm, wish they could talk and tell us. Have you felt leg? Joints? Any area warm/hot?
Have you tried limp in chicken? Sometimes the easiest search gives best results.
Sorry, my mind us blank. I'm sitting here, outside at 2 a.m. drinking coffee, smelling skunk.
AND WONDERING.....
where is he?

 

[electrycmonk]

Just dropped a few new haiku with punny picture parallels, in the appropriate thread. Night night.