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[Chicken Rustler]

We are getting high winds but hey at least it is 44*. Hope it don't blow the new little coop off the trailer since I took the tie downs off yesterday.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Okay, so I need to ask: What is the shiny red thing? Is this a shovel? or a plow? or a blower?

BTW, over here in the happy Okanogan County, it is snowing like bloody H***. I am much lower in elevation than RFF and I have 2 inches in my yard. I would bet that RFF has round 12". Crazy applesauce weather. Yes, I am swearing. I want tulips and daffodils...green grass. Color, ya know. Just 1 month ago, I had let the girls out and they were eating the green sprouts coming up in the lawn. I was burning leaves from the willow tree.

 

[Ogress]

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Okay, so I need to ask: What is the shiny red thing? Is this a shovel? or a plow? or a blower?

BTW, over here in the happy Okanogan County, it is snowing like bloody H***. I am much lower in elevation than RFF and I have 2 inches in my yard. I would bet that RFF has round 12". Crazy applesauce weather. Yes, I am swearing. I want tulips and daffodils...green grass. Color, ya know. Just 1 month ago, I had let the girls out and they were eating the green sprouts coming up in the lawn. I was burning leaves from the willow tree.

A big, shiny red Honda Snowblower. We bought it new 8 years ago because we tired of shoveling the 200' driveway; only the shovels work much better. The shiny red thing is cursed and shakes out all the bolts holding the blades in and the handle on every 10 feet or so. (works like a charm in dry, powdery snow, but chokes on the wet mush we get here) We have about 12" left in the back yard, 6" on the front patio and 3' under the eaves. No new snow overnight, Woo Hoo!

I just read Illia's post about the wind - was about to say nothing here, but while I was typing this, we got hit by a really big gust, and the winds are pretty strong now.

 

[Illia]

Feel the wrath of Forks winds!! mwuahahaha

It's pretty bad over here. Lost power for 2 seconds, surprised I haven't lost it for longer. . . . . . Yet.

 

[broodytood]

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Is Eatonville near NW trek & Pioneer Farms?

We, coming from the south, drive through Eatonville to go to NW trek and Pioneer Farms. Its not far at all.

 

[Imp]

The winds just reached me. Not high winds yet, just low to medium and noisy.

Russ

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Have you tried NEW bolts AND NYLOCK nuts. That should keep it from coming apart.

 

[Ogress]

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Have you tried NEW bolts AND NYLOCK nuts. That should keep it from coming apart.

Tried new bolts and cotter pins too. Even used JB weld. Some will hold till we get near the piles that slide of the eaves, or worse, the piles that the street plow makes as it passes our driveway. I usually break those upt with the pick axe and then send the boy out there with a couple of shovels. Not sure if he tried Nylock Nuts - DH and and a handy man I hired tried lots of things. I'll ask if they tried those. The bolts are big. We have and extra supply of them from Honda, find them all over the yard alng the driveway when the snow melts.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

The winds have really picked up here in the last 1/2 hour.

 

[Chickielady]

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Bunny water bottle - steel ball in a tube .... and one of these:
http://www.avianaquamiser.com/chickennipple/

I bought some (elsewhere) and punched them through the lids of old, squarish Olive Oil bottles from Costco. The square bttled are easy to lash to a side of a coop. The birds prefer the one with the bearing, but it drips. The "chicken nipple" type does not drip other than when the birds peck at the nipple.

avianaquamiser show some ways to use nipples but they cost way to much from them.

Have you looked at Farmtek ?