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[Hangtown Farms]

It seems like light and combs has something to do with fertility. Penedesencas are said to be this way.

Me too! We have a lot of days of sun here.

My fertility here usually is not that great till March with my penedesenca or empordanesa

 

[pickitfarm]

When you grow up with it you expect it. I miss beets in my Burger. Sadly I had a burger for lunch. It wasa very sad MCD quarter pounder with cheese. It wasa crime compared to those pictures

My DH's grandmother and great Aunt had me try pickled beets on pound cake.....sounds different but it was really good. LOVE beets - roasted, pickled or otherwise. Love beet salad with goat cheese. . i would try them on burger.

 

[chickisoup]

Only thing good about our ridiculous cold is I don't think even the flu bugs can live in it. nobody up here I know of has had it.

Finally had our first night above zero since Christmas. Now we are supposed to have a storm aimed at us. Oh well. At least that's finally normal weather for us. We normally have our worst snow storms from late February thru March. Sometimes the ground thaws in April, that happened a couple years ago, but normally the ground isn't thawing till early May and our last killing frost is always around Memorial Day. This year the frost is so deep if we don't have an early warmup the ground won't thaw till the 4th of July!

It's still too cold to even think about doing anything with the greenhouse so I may just buy a few plants this year and focus on my chooks. I ordered my new Aussie babies but don't have them scheduled to ship until late April, Crossing my fingers the weather is good enough by then. In the meantime, if the snow isn't too deep, I have lots of planned chicken-related projects to get started on and a ton of maintenance chores, like everything needs a new coat of paint. Because of a "glitch" in my health I didn't get much done last year but this year I'm rearing to go!
After 20+ years of fighting mother nature with the gardens, I think I'm ready to focus in a new direction, like my girls. At least till I see that first show of green

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Sorry to hear you have been so ill wisher! Get well soon!!

That was sweet about your animals caring so much for you.

 

[Pozees]

Linda, sorry you have been ill, here's hoping today is better still - saltines are better than nothing, but they get old fast!

chickisoup - sounds like you have your priorities in order

This is the first winter I've thought I might be able to stand moving further South. I love Maples, and they need winter dormancy, but I'm beginning to think there is a day in my future I prefer less winter to Maples. By then I'll have too much built here to leave, though. Guess I'll have to figure out a way to build a solarium or something.

Yesterday afternoon we spotted the LF flock ranging well North of where they normally range and invited them back with an apple - an hour later they were back up there. I wouldn't care except a red tailed hawk took a bunny right in front of me as I parked my car after work one day last week, and hung around a day afterward, with no sign of crows nearby to chase it off. The majority of our land is North of the house, but there's nothing there - the drought has left a few weed skeletons and that's about it. They dig and peck as if they're finding bugs, so maybe there's something there, but it sure isn't vegetation.

 

[chickadoodles]

ChickenCanoe:
There are 8 NPIP breeders in MO that raise Buckeyes. Buckeyes are the only breed that 2 of them raise. One of the breeder's last name is Hatch, of all things.


I looked up the Hatch line you mentioned and they have Brown line crossed with the Urch line.

I will probably try to get another line for best blood later.
Thanks ChickenCanoe!

 

[pickitfarm]

So DH called last night to say there had been an 4.1 earthquake in SC. The epicenter was just down the road from our farm. He had never been through one and he said he thought an extremely fast wind came in and it felt like everything was moved. Then he went outside to here what he described as a sonic boom. This an after shock for some people. I read that SC has 15 -20 quakes annually. Apparently there was of similar size in Charleston, SC not long ago.

 

[chickadoodles]

So DH called last night to say there had been an 4.1 earthquake in SC. The epicenter was just down the road from our farm. He had never been through one and he said he thought an extremely fast wind came in and it felt like everything was moved. Then he went outside to here what he described as a sonic boom. This an after shock for some people. I read that SC has 15 -20 quakes annually. Apparently there was of similar size in Charleston, SC not long ago.

They can be scary if you have never been in one before. Luckily they don't last long.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

So DH called last night to say there had been an 4.1 earthquake in SC. The epicenter was just down the road from our farm. He had never been through one and he said he thought an extremely fast wind came in and it felt like everything was moved. Then he went outside to here what he described as a sonic boom. This an after shock for some people. I read that SC has 15 -20 quakes annually. Apparently there was of similar size in Charleston, SC not long ago.

Not much to worry on that, picket. All they usually do in the carolinas is just shake a little and make some noise. Charleston had considerable damage in their big one.....1880's?

I am about 20 miles north of Edgefield, up by Saluda.

 

[tcmstalcup]

I'm finally up and going again after having a cold. We are having beautiful weather in texas. Supposed to be in the 80's today. I got out to do "spring cleaning" on the coop yesterday. My efforts were NOT appreciated. Everybody is mad to have a clean coop with fresh sand and shavings. Lots of indignent hens and screaming guineas. A thank you would have been adequate!