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DigMyChicks said:
Have you had a lot of snow this year? It’s already blowing and drifting on the roads. It’s 34* so it’s sticking to the highway too.
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Not really. I think I've only had to get the tractor out 3 times. And the temp keeps going over freezing and melting the snow. There is something wrong with brown ground in mid February. And multiple "mud seasons". Just not right!!
 
bruceha2000 said:
Not really. I think I've only had to get the tractor out 3 times. And the temp keeps going over freezing and melting the snow. There is something wrong with brown ground in mid February. And multiple "mud seasons". Just not right!!
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I would love to see brown ground at this point. We are just starting to see a little black dirt in the fields. It’s been snowy for a long time. I don’t think anyone’s weather is normal anymore.
I’m thinking there will be no early Spring here.
 
We are expecting something under an inch tomorrow. Mr. NOAA only knows about 4" early Thursday morning. After that "Snow amount forecast data is unavailable for this period". Guess I'll be out early Thursday morning to make sure DW can get out to work. I'll just shovel behind her car, she can back into the road instead of driving around the "circle" to exit at the north end.
 
bruceha2000 said:
And then it comes here!
Probably not that range but could easily be half that.


I understand the travel limit thing but other than twice yearly cleaning out the coop bedding, I really don't spend much time on them at all. Morning - open the barn, feed and water them, check for eggs. Afternoon - feed and water them, check for eggs. Evening, make sure they are all in the coop, check for eggs and close up the barn.


Daisy started that last summer, I don't know why. She's now 3.5 years old. I hoped she would forget about that when everyone started their moult and stopped laying for a few months. But some of them uncharacteristically started up again mid last month. She was good for about a week then went back to snacking.


I put her in her own personal space. Doesn't stop her from eating her own eggs but at least she can't get to those laid by others. I tried filling a shell with mustard and putting it in with her, she tossed it out of the nest box after trying it and continued to eat her own eggs. I put her back in with the flock in the fall, hopeful as stated above.

I posted a healthy White rock hen on the Front Porch forum,. Oddly no one is interested in a free egg eating layer.
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I spend a lot of time with our chickens. Admittedly I don't necessarily need to. I clean the coops and runs early morning, check for eggs twice a day, and the rest is just time spent observing and interacting with them. The biggest problem is not trusting anyone else to look after them if I take a trip. Truth is, I hate trips. I'd rather be in my own home in the evenings. I prefer people visit me, rather than me visiting them.
 

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