The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

Please, don't anyone confuse them with facts.

I know!

 

[pennyJo1960]

wait a second I went out to watch bad tv let the dog sleep in lap and all hay breaks loose here and I have only been getting 1 or 2 eggs a day out of 8 hens

 

[microchick]

Mine have been on the egg retention plan mainly due to molting....or laziness. Or both.

 

[Beer can]

I planted garlic way early, had never planted it before. Don't know if any of it survived or what.

Not sure when you should plant, here in the cold we plant around late October before the hard freeze, hard necks, soft necks are for down south. Not knowing much about it I once planted soft necks here, warmed up a bit in January and they sprouted, and then froze, dozens of cloves only two survived and nothing bulbed.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I know some agree molting I sold off 9 barred rock that had gotten so nasty they killed another bird and where well on their way to doing it to another but they where my daily layers

 

[Beer can]

Yep, kindling is worth it's weight in gold if you heat with wood. This year we had a small bridal wreath bush die so I cut it off at the ground, used pruning shears to cut the branches into 6 inch lengths then tied them into 2 inch bundles. Those things light up and burn like wildfire. I also collect all the scrap and bark from splitting and save it in feedbags.

Kindling rules!

I save all my sawdust, pretty ridiculous but I put down a tarp when cutting up the woodpile , amazing how fast the sawdust piles up, bag it up in feedbags.
I don't cut pine but makes great kindling, burns like matches, hard wood ash is y favorite for kindling, splits easy and straight, easy to pile up a bunch of ash splinters...

 

[pennyJo1960]

bought the BF a log splitter for his 72 birthday thought it was about time he does it all Son did very little because of his heart

 

[CapricornFarm]

Going to get a shower and try to sleep. Good night all

 

[Ravynscroft]

Speaking of egg colors...egg collection tonight included the following (same eggs taken from different angles because of lighting): brown egg from German line New Hampshire hen, white egg from Icelandic hen, blue egg from a blue, muffed pullet hatched from a blue egg, olive egger from EHAL. Olive egger pullet is pictured at the bottom (pic from July)...her name is Zira, from the original Planet of the Apes movie.
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Oh, wow!! What a blue egger she turned out to be!!!

No,but with my luck I probably would.

Collar, yep. Will do. Ran out of pvc. Trip to hardware store warranted. I just looked at some pics. Looks as though my princesses are BBRs which is what my bantam crosses are.

Cap, those Guineas are going to love that hoop coop.

Notafarm, your hen is a doll baby. Very pretty.

Lol... I was gonna say those are definitely BBR girls...

As for the paint... just get red paint, easy peasy...

 

[chickadoodles]

Your guineas will love all your efforts and their new home.