The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

It's somewhere between 7 and 12 inches depending on what angle you look at it. 8X4 feet in all. It started out as a coop on 'stilts' with the underneath being used for shade. Later I added the 'ground floor' and used it as a grow out pen or rooster pen whichever need arose first. I've had nothing but trouble with it from the get go when it comes to rodents. The floor is two inch oak planks and being oak planks, rough hewn, they have gaps that the mice love. The mice and rats both love the crawl space.

In my quest to lighten my work load I've decided that it will go back to being a 'loft' coop. I was going to start ripping things apart this afternoon but we had a severe storm pop up out of nowhere. This storm came in from the north instead of the usual west or south west so it ruffled a few feathers and had all sorts of warnings out. We got rain which we didn't need, thunder and lightning, always fun, gusty winds, not so bad, had worse and lots of scary swirly clouds that sometimes drop down funnel clouds. Naturally everything is soggy now. The Amish crew had just finished raking the hay in the field. They must have fired those percherons up to a fast trot to get the job done and get home before the storm hit. I don't think I've even seen one of those big draft horses in a trot come to think of it. Amish horses have two speeds, walk and trot. Three if it's a teenage boy showing off his first buggy and engaging in a buggy race with one of his buds. Always fun to watch.

So @getaclue, how does it feel to officially reside in the land of 6 Saturdays followed by a Sunday?

It sounds like a lot of work to make less work!

I hope the work load goes down for you soon

 

[bruceha2000]

Yesterday the little girls learned how to apply makeup, and not use too much. It's 5 year girls, so they were thrilled.

Oh PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me they aren't teaching 5 year old girls how to put on makeup. PLEASE!

 

[CapricornFarm]

It's somewhere between 7 and 12 inches depending on what angle you look at it. 8X4 feet in all. It started out as a coop on 'stilts' with the underneath being used for shade. Later I added the 'ground floor' and used it as a grow out pen or rooster pen whichever need arose first. I've had nothing but trouble with it from the get go when it comes to rodents. The floor is two inch oak planks and being oak planks, rough hewn, they have gaps that the mice love. The mice and rats both love the crawl space.

In my quest to lighten my work load I've decided that it will go back to being a 'loft' coop. I was going to start ripping things apart this afternoon but we had a severe storm pop up out of nowhere. This storm came in from the north instead of the usual west or south west so it ruffled a few feathers and had all sorts of warnings out. We got rain which we didn't need, thunder and lightning, always fun, gusty winds, not so bad, had worse and lots of scary swirly clouds that sometimes drop down funnel clouds. Naturally everything is soggy now. The Amish crew had just finished raking the hay in the field. They must have fired those percherons up to a fast trot to get the job done and get home before the storm hit. I don't think I've even seen one of those big draft horses in a trot come to think of it. Amish horses have two speeds, walk and trot. Three if it's a teenage boy showing off his first buggy and engaging in a buggy race with one of his buds. Always fun to watch.

So @getaclue, how does it feel to officially reside in the land of 6 Saturdays followed by a Sunday?

We had unexpected rain too, dropped the temperature about 17°! But went back up to mid 80s. Not enough rain to really soak the ground.

 

[ronott1]

We had unexpected rain too, dropped the temperature about 17°! But went back up to mid 80s. Not enough rain to really soak the ground.

We have been in the low 80s for the pas couple of days. We go back to the 90s this weekend. Next weekend we will be back to the 100s

 

[microchick]

Y'know the old saying, Ron, to make an omelette you have to break a few eggs. I knew there would be a lot of work going into making less work. Things are getting there though. No more blackberry plants to toil over. Fewer chickens to take care of. No more strawberries. I'm starting to harvest my onions that have died off early due to the heavy rains. This will be my last in ground garden. My container garden is doing fantastic.

Getting down to 2 over 3 coops will help a lot. Especially since I don't have enough chickens for 3 coops any longer and don't plan to go there again.

So the light is on at the end of the tunnel and burning bright!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good afternoon had to run into Olympia this morning got back cleaned coops BF said we can go to the tavern tonight take that part easy on me

 

[perchie.girl]

Had a Drs appointment today with my Primary.... She is tickled to death... My weight was 319 Which puts me at 59 pounds lost. We went over my meds and How they were effecting me and so far so good.... To be honest Its only been two + weeks since the surgery....

I promised to keep an eye on my blood sugar and we have another appointment about meds in a month. We can adjust any time. She also made notes about what the cardiologist said about cutting one of my BP pills in half if needed...

Gosh Already seeing changes.....

deb

 

[bruceha2000]

for Perchie!!

 

[bruceha2000]

Next weekend we will be back to the 100s

Better you than me!!!! We had 85 and humid today. I NEVER like that.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Had a Drs appointment today with my Primary.... She is tickled to death... My weight was 319 Which puts me at 59 pounds lost. We went over my meds and How they were effecting me and so far so good.... To be honest Its only been two + weeks since the surgery....

I promised to keep an eye on my blood sugar and we have another appointment about meds in a month. We can adjust any time. She also made notes about what the cardiologist said about cutting one of my BP pills in half if needed...

Gosh Already seeing changes.....

deb

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA