Busy weekend around here! Mostly just clean-up stuff....
This morning the Hubby let me sleep in! The dogs kept pitching a fit, so he didn't go let the chickens out. When I got up and went out, they were READY to hit the yard looking for breakfast! I went out behind the coop into the edge of the woods to check the live trap.... Sure enough, we had a possum in it. Chickenboy, you might not wanna read this........ actually, I'll put it in a spoiler!!!!
I called Hubby to get the .22 and he brought it down. Hubby came down and shot her.... she also had 9 babies in her pouch. Since the momma was already gone, he went ahead and put the babies down too....It made me sad, but they would just have been potential predators later in the summer.....
ANY WAY.......
We went to Lowe's to get the stuff to put in a nipple waterer.... Hubby didn't like the idea of a 5 gallon bucket, so he is going to make a pvc one. He spoils me!
We were down there working on it and he was watching the chickens and I made the comment that the flock looked a lot smaller, and how 2 hens and a handful of chicks made that big of a difference. He replied "Yea, but you'll have more soon!" I'm glad he's not grumpy about the eggs in the incubator and under the broodies. I've been painting the little coop and trying to get rid of the mites in there so that it is ready for the babies when they hatch. I'm trying to decide whether or not to move the 2 hens in there too..... I have 45 eggs set, so I'm not sure if they could handle all the chicks.... of course depending on how many hatch.....
I hope everyone has had a wonderful and extremely blessed Sunday! Prayers for everyone! I've got to jump off here and make supper! We have home-made ice cream churning in the kitchen sink! (The ice-cream maker bucket leaks... )
This morning the Hubby let me sleep in! The dogs kept pitching a fit, so he didn't go let the chickens out. When I got up and went out, they were READY to hit the yard looking for breakfast! I went out behind the coop into the edge of the woods to check the live trap.... Sure enough, we had a possum in it. Chickenboy, you might not wanna read this........ actually, I'll put it in a spoiler!!!!
I called Hubby to get the .22 and he brought it down. Hubby came down and shot her.... she also had 9 babies in her pouch. Since the momma was already gone, he went ahead and put the babies down too....It made me sad, but they would just have been potential predators later in the summer.....
ANY WAY.......
We went to Lowe's to get the stuff to put in a nipple waterer.... Hubby didn't like the idea of a 5 gallon bucket, so he is going to make a pvc one. He spoils me!
We were down there working on it and he was watching the chickens and I made the comment that the flock looked a lot smaller, and how 2 hens and a handful of chicks made that big of a difference. He replied "Yea, but you'll have more soon!" I'm glad he's not grumpy about the eggs in the incubator and under the broodies. I've been painting the little coop and trying to get rid of the mites in there so that it is ready for the babies when they hatch. I'm trying to decide whether or not to move the 2 hens in there too..... I have 45 eggs set, so I'm not sure if they could handle all the chicks.... of course depending on how many hatch.....
I hope everyone has had a wonderful and extremely blessed Sunday! Prayers for everyone! I've got to jump off here and make supper! We have home-made ice cream churning in the kitchen sink! (The ice-cream maker bucket leaks... )
