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[pennyJo1960]

Getting myself ready to head our to do my chores also

 

[Peep_Show]

Snowing here. Well, graupel. Not as pretty to watch fall.

Funny for the day....

 

[microchick]

@CapricornFarm! Today's your birthday?!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Really like that Micro Wow

 

[microchick]

It made me laugh so I went with it! Sure hope Cap has a great day.

It's pouring rain here. All day. Should be glad it isn't snow but frankly....I wish it was. It's still in the low 50s here. We haven't had a December this mild in years. Of course we had a miserable October with snow on Halloween so maybe we are just catching a break! Until January hits us up alongside the head.

I didn't even let the birds out. I cleaned yesterday. Scraped, shoveled, scraped some more. Then clipped toe nails and fended off the attentions of an overly amorous SWD cockerel who thinks my hand is the most romantic beautiful little hen that he's ever seen. He's only 4 months old so I'm cutting him a break and just finding him adorable at this moment. He'll probably attach himself to my foot at some point in the future. Hopefully he'll discover real girls before that happens.

I just couldn't bear the thought of washing mud off of my eggs today.

 

[pennyJo1960]

My main coop never had to trim nails I watch that close, I do in silkie but they have a floor. about to take dogs out again look for eggs at the same time

 

[microchick]

I have a concrete floor in my coop which keeps the nails down on most of the birds but there are a few who are just plain lazy and instead of going outside to scratch around or inside on the floor scratching around on the concrete, they sit on the roosts, gossip and watch the world go by. Those birds wind up having to have their nails trimmed. But they are for the most part all user friendly and even the roosters will let me flip them on their backs long enough to nip the points off of spurs and trim a nail or two that needs it.

 

[pennyJo1960]

ya well will need to cut off or trim three boys or 2 not keeping both Marans

 

[microchick]

I've got to decide what new birds I want to add by the time our friend wants to put his in his order in January. Thinking a few more Fayoumis and maybe a few bantam hens. There is a big want list but i'm trying to be reasonable here, lol....what having all these proddy SWD and BBR cockerels that are ready for love.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Only banty I will have my 4 silkie they are it, one customer wants pickled eggs so got the silkie being broody in a blink is a bonus