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[Chickielady]

I gotta go to Dad's for his birthday party today, so will be gone all day and no time to go back and surf too much, Justbugged ! Good your back!!
Illia ! The moths were here about 2 mo ago...and they looked more like the first one in your last post ...1 1/2 " long or so.
What do they infest ?
We are in a hardwood forest, with a few spruce.
Well, good bye for now !

 

[RedRoosterFarm]

I will check. Thanks!!
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maybe 4HPoultryMom ?

 

[cheryl98117]

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I remember it. My dad made it home to Vashon Island on the last ferry that night. I was very young, but I can remember not having any power, and that all the adults were scared. I must have slept though most of the storm. The earth quake in 1965 was memorable too.

Ive heard stories about the quake in '65. The Highschool on Bainbridge was burnt down during the quake. The school left one original wall as a reminder of what could happen.

 

[Ogress]

High winds and snow here, but the snow is light and not sticking. Mornings like this, when I've gotten to bed only 4 hours earlier, I wish I had a big walk-in coop with windows and room for food and water so I would not have to get up so early to let them in their run for food and water.

2004 TDI VW Diesel that tried to swim - water in a cylinder, cracked rod, bent crankshaft ... and that is what they found so far. The car sounded horrid when DH tried to start it. Looks like the insurance will cover the repair and the tow (which was over $200 to Bellevue).... maybe finally get a chance to get some of that $ back that we have been sending to the insurance for decades with no claim.

Thankfully, we have not had any problems with our TDI VW other than caused by DH. The last one was a few years back when he drove it down the driveway during a snowstorm without first plowing. He basically used it as the plow and got stuck on a rock. Not exactly sure what happened, but the car had no power going uphill, though everywhere else it would be fine. The repair did not cost too much that time, we just had to wait weeks for the part to come in. That sucked because we live at the top of a hill, so driving home would take a loooong time. I figure the car pays for itself in other ways ... 40 MPG, and the tires cost half what they do on my Pilot to replace.

I now have 2 hens laying! The two hens that were trying to kill each other a week ago are both laying now, and last night they were snuggled up together on the same roosting bar. They remind me of middle school girls, mortal enemies one week, BFF's the next!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

It's snowing REALLY hard here now! And it's 26 degrees now!

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/louploup/

 

[Robert Blosl]

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I remember it. My dad made it home to Vashon Island on the last ferry that night. I was very young, but I can remember not having any power, and that all the adults were scared. I must have slept though most of the storm. The earth quake in 1965 was memorable too.

Ive heard stories about the quake in '65. The Highschool on Bainbridge was burnt down during the quake. The school left one original wall as a reminder of what could happen.

That earth quake was something. I was in the library shapening a pencil then the ground started to shake. I saw light poles from across the street come to the middle of the street and touch the lines on the other side of the street. Lasted a few seconds. My dad was driving down the road to Centralia and got out of his car he thought he had a flat tire. Its about 48 out side all the chickens and ducks got fresh water and a cross of 20 percent game bird pellets and craked corn. Going to get down to about 24 tonight. With the humidity and cold water its like 0 degrees in Washington.

Cant wait till feb then turn the lights on and start the incubator again. bob

 

[denniselk]

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When we get out there mid to late spring I will look you up. hopefully you still have some.

ok i should have some left

 

[TheReidHomestead]

Howdy folks! Hope you are all well after the wind last night. I didn't hear it at all. Must have just slept through. Trying to get my house clean. DH took the kids shopping. We have people coming tomorrow to make cookies! Gotta get the Christmas cards done today too.

Just spent the last few hours feeding, watering and visiting with the chickens/chicks. I have quite a few cockerels if anyone is in need. 2 Lav Orps, 2 Lav Ameraucana's, 4 BLRW (I think, they are still kind of young, but out of the 6 I think 4 are boys), 2 crele OEBG's. So PM me if any of you are interested. I plan on putting them on Craigslist after New Years.

RedRoosterFarm, I PM'd you. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold laced, but I sent you some info on folks who might.

 

[T Hi]

Holy wind storm Batman!!!!!

Ever since we had a tree take out our house a few years ago we do not sleep in a wind storm! We had 3 trees go down lastnight in the back yard woods but no damage!

We had no power all night and our house dropped to 58*!! I was too cold and lazy to go out and start a fire at 1:00am! The power just came back on thank goodness! My girls are watching my 3 year old nephew tonight and would have went crazy without being able to have movies to watch!!

Hope everyone is doing well an staying warm and dry!!

 

[Sarah1031]

Hey everyone i live on Whidbey Island, With my husband 3 kids and our animal children. I plan on getting maybe about 6 chicks in the beginning of the year. I have never had chickens before, and would like to learn as much as possible. We want to have them for eggs and pets