The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[JaeG]

Fingers crossed spring is just around the corner for all of you. I'm ready for autumn, that's for sure. We are back to heat and humidity, maybe an outside chance of a light shower. I won't hold my breath.

@Blooie I adore that photo of Fiona and Kendra sitting together. Fiona looks so patient and calm.

 

[N F C]

Fingers crossed spring is just around the corner for all of you. I'm ready for autumn, that's for sure. We are back to heat and humidity, maybe an outside chance of a light shower. I won't hold my breath.

@Blooie I adore that photo of Fiona and Kendra sitting together. Fiona looks so patient and calm.

Hi Jae, you guys need some rain that's for sure. About when does your autumn start?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hi Cap, how are you doing today?

Trying to get stuff done before three days of rain but IBS making it difficult. Other than that, great! How about you?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hi Sharron, have a great day.

 

[N F C]

Trying to get stuff done before three days of rain but IBS making it difficult. Other than that, great! How about you?

I'm having a lazy day. Did cook some breakfast and washed dishes. Hmm, I'd be hard pressed to say I got anything else done. Does battling the elements to take care of the chickens count?

Sorry the IBS is making things difficult, I fight that one myself.

 

[sharron]

I'm having a lazy day. Did cook some breakfast and washed dishes. Hmm, I'd be hard pressed to say I got anything else done. Does battling the elements to take care of the chickens count?

Sorry the IBS is making things difficult, I fight that one myself.

x3

 

[sharron]

raining here like it knows how, but neighbor told us(saw him at wally world), that they're filling up the lakes again but might take up to 3 months, they didn't do anything except drain the lakes and maybe kill the fish, the lily pads, they were already under the mud for winter and no mucking it out or cutting the tree stumps, waste of tax money, or where ever they take the money from? only good thing about the rain, helps fill the lake

 

[JaeG]

Hi Jae, you guys need some rain that's for sure. About when does your autumn start?

In NZ it's considered that the beginning of September is the start of spring, beginning of December is the start of summer, autumn starts beginning of March, leaving winter to be June, July and August. But it does vary a lot. I remember a few years ago the kids were still swimming in autumn well into May as it was still very warm. A couple of years before that summer was a pretty cool affair (I don't like the cold and I'd still put the fire on in the early mornings during January of that year) and autumn started very early. Northland does claim to be "The Winterless North" so we shall wait and see how that pans out.

Some rain would be awesome to get the grass growing, but with the rain comes the risk of facial eczema for our cattle. We've been saving one side of our place so the grass there is long (if rough) so we'll move them over that side once we start to get decent precipitation. After drought conditions in many areas over summer there are already huge feed shortages and farmers have been having to make tough decisions about culling stock, and the feed shortage is only going to worsen over winter with what would have been saved as winter feeds being used to get through this summer. I feel bad for farmers (they cop enough flack in this country as it is) and I'm just thankful we have enough feed for our girls, and that they are breeds that do well on rough pasture. We've been giving them hard feed but we only do it every 2-3 days now because if we do it every day they don't eat it, so they can't need it.

Lotto here is up to a big amount, and if we were luck enough to win DH wants to buy a big farm and just make silage and hay (except on my little corner where I'll have all my animals). We know a guy that's been flat out this year cutting silage and he's got farmers ringing him up, often in tears, desperately looking for more feed.

 

[N F C]

In NZ it's considered that the beginning of September is the start of spring, beginning of December is the start of summer, autumn starts beginning of March, leaving winter to be June, July and August. But it does vary a lot. I remember a few years ago the kids were still swimming in autumn well into May as it was still very warm. A couple of years before that summer was a pretty cool affair (I don't like the cold and I'd still put the fire on in the early mornings during January of that year) and autumn started very early. Northland does claim to be "The Winterless North" so we shall wait and see how that pans out.

Some rain would be awesome to get the grass growing, but with the rain comes the risk of facial eczema for our cattle. We've been saving one side of our place so the grass there is long (if rough) so we'll move them over that side once we start to get decent precipitation. After drought conditions in many areas over summer there are already huge feed shortages and farmers have been having to make tough decisions about culling stock, and the feed shortage is only going to worsen over winter with what would have been saved as winter feeds being used to get through this summer. I feel bad for farmers (they cop enough flack in this country as it is) and I'm just thankful we have enough feed for our girls, and that they are breeds that do well on rough pasture. We've been giving them hard feed but we only do it every 2-3 days now because if we do it every day they don't eat it, so they can't need it.

Lotto here is up to a big amount, and if we were luck enough to win DH wants to buy a big farm and just make silage and hay (except on my little corner where I'll have all my animals). We know a guy that's been flat out this year cutting silage and he's got farmers ringing him up, often in tears, desperately looking for more feed.

Your seasons are so different from ours, I would be completely confused to try to adapt

That's sad about the tough year your farmers are having, they already work hard enough. When the farmer's struggle, that can have a big impact on food prices for everyone too.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you guys to win the Lotto! (My crossed fingers don't work for us, so can't guarantee they'll do you any good either.)

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good morning everyone!

Jae, I sure hope you guys get more rain! Thanks for the pictures. Your son's little bird looks so happy getting his scritches

Blooie, glad to hear you, Ken and Fee got out...that sounds like a wonderful drive! Looking forward to seeing your pictures.

We woke up to howling winds and lots of falling snow.

Hope everyone has a good Monday!

We had a mild day with no sun.

You know all those beautiful sunrise pictures some of you have shared? Here's my sunrise today:

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Almost white out conditions between the snow and the wind, that's the view from the window behind me. Ahh, life in scenic countryside WY!

Spring is right around the corner Debby.