The Old Folks Home

[LindaB220]

Well, it's 62 here in LA we have had the door open for several days. I do have news, though. It's supposed to snow this weekend lol

 

[Peep_Show]

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

It's DH's and my 16th anniversary...spent in a most romantic way. Up bright and early to take the TJ's chicks (the ones in my avatar) to the Poultry Swap. Pulled in and they were sold in about three minutes to the lady in the car next to mine whose sister is getting into the egg biz. In about 3 months she should be rolling in large white ones.

(BTW, Ron, this TJ's hatch was exactly 50/50 on boy/girl with 13 of each)

DH and I then cruised around and looked at all the various critters there: Rabbits, guinea pigs, turkeys, ducks, quail, turkeys and -- of course -- chickens. No hatching eggs, though, so I'll just have to

that my two eggs in lockdown tomorrow are a go.

Back home now and time for a nap. Steaks for dinner tonight... Learned a long time ago that at restaurants on Valentine's Day the food is overpriced and mediocre, the service is slow and the places are too crowded.

Enjoy your day!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

The person who is 88 now... what are you going to see in July?!?!?!!!!!

Arielle, I shoveled the roof of the chicken house (everything else has enough of a slope) on Wednesday in prep for this storm.

BF and his 2 college buddies are here... one came up from Boston the other lives not too far from here. They both brought overnight bags and will be spending the night and likely tomorrow too on account of the blizzard. If they're cognizant enough I might have them shovel and do the snowblowing tomorrow. That would be nice for me.

The snow just started coming down real hard. I'm going to go out in a few and top off feeders and waterers and see them on Monday. So far we still have power but inexplicably our internet went out about 20 minutes ago. Using a phone as a hotspot for now.

 

[ronott1]

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

It's DH's and my 16th anniversary...spent in a most romantic way. Up bright and early to take the TJ's chicks (the ones in my avatar) to the Poultry Swap. Pulled in and they were sold in about three minutes to the lady in the car next to mine whose sister is getting into the egg biz. In about 3 months she should be rolling in large white ones.

(BTW, Ron, this TJ's hatch was exactly 50/50 on boy/girl with 13 of each)

DH and I then cruised around and looked at all the various critters there: Rabbits, guinea pigs, turkeys, ducks, quail, turkeys and -- of course -- chickens. No hatching eggs, though, so I'll just have to

that my two eggs in lockdown tomorrow are a go.

Back home now and time for a nap. Steaks for dinner tonight... Learned a long time ago that at restaurants on Valentine's Day the food is overpriced and mediocre, the service is slow and the places are too crowded.

Enjoy your day!

I have to go figure out what mine is. I do have some with orange on them, at least one with blue barring and others with gray smudges.

Several different roosters were in with the hens!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That's the beauty of raising only one breed. I have a lot of favorite breeds but only have the time and space to do justice to one.

 

[perchie.girl]

The person who is 88 now... what are you going to see in July?!?!?!!!!!

That would be me Santee.... 88. it was 90 in January a fluke three days of it. July will be in the nineties hovering up and down. About twelve miles from the ocean here

At my house in Jacumba which is at 82 now it will get up to 105 occasionally... around June/July... only about fifteen miles from deep desert there.

Up till the past couple of years My house in Jacumba would get part of the monsoons that run up Baja and dump their water in Arizona. We get HUGE rain drops delivered in the course of about fifteen to twenty minutes and once or twice a week. None of that passes through the coastal cities.

deb

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I would have expected 120 degrees or so. Sounds lovely.

 

[getaclue]

The following type adds drive me nuts. Not that it's a long drive, but dang. First, the price is way too good to be true for property around here, and is about the price of a raw acre. When you waste your time, and click on it, you discover it's only 1.39 acres. The rest is swamp land, and not good for anything. Problem is, you get taxed for the full 4.54 acres, and have to pay extra in flood insurance, because it's considered wetland, or flood zone. Many won't give the address either, so you can't look it up ahead of time to check, or verify it.


4.54 Acres PLANT CITY, Hillsborough County, Florida
$64,900
(You have to click on it to see the following)
Just over 4.5 acres of beautiful quiet land located on Highland Creek in Plant City at end of cup-de-sac! The land has 1.39 acres of build space with...

 

[perchie.girl]

I would have expected 120 degrees or so. Sounds lovely.

the deep deserts get that. in Imperial county where we grow most of our Alfalfa and Bermuda it regularly gets up to 115. Low places in IMperial county puts em about 50 feet below sea level.

Out in the middle of the state close to where the mountains rise up to Taho.... is the Mojave. Big Big desert that also contains death Valley

Baker is on the fringe of that and you pass through there on the way to vegas... I been out of the car at 120 and It was like walking into your oven... it took your breath away. Death Valley is near there and they get the 120s to 140s.

I spoke to a fellow here on BYC that has ducks and geese in Death valley. he says he has shade cloths out and lays out carpet which he keeps wet so they dont burn their feet.

but for all its bad press the desert is a stunningly visual place to live... My desert is considered high desert but it really isnt so high only at about 3000 feet. We get snow just a token.... we get wind lots of it. enough to put up personal wind mills for generating power to run a small well pump.

deb

 

[chickisoup]

chickisoup

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