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[broodytood]

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Good Morning Illia! Did you and your Tolbunt boys get a good night's sleep?

And good morning to all. I see it's raining again already. The coop is so close to being finished this is a little frustrating. I'm pretty excited though - DH and I are headed to a free workshop put on by City of Tacoma Public Works. The workshop is on "Starting Seeds & Garden Planning". Pretty basic stuff for most of you I know, but I've never had much of any kind of gardens and we wanted to try and grow a few things this year. I'll have to figure out a way to block it for when the girls are out free ranging, but I am also planning on planting some special boxes just for chicken goodies. I'm hoping that my plan to cover it with screening and just let them eat the vegetation growing through the top will work.
The city will be continuing their free workshops all spring, on composting/worm bins (also new to me), soil prep and planting seedlings, rain garden how-to, pest management, spring cleaning with greener cleaners, and even Backyard Chickens!
This is all pretty exciting stuff for me. And best of all it's free!

So, this is a little premature, but here's the coop so far. Please ignore the mess. Hopefully, we're just a few days and a few tension filled "discussions" from it being finished. I did tell DH I truly appreciate how hard he's been working to get the project finished. He is a good guy with the very best intentions and he's put in some LONG hours so far!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/54793_coop_a_3-25-11.jpg

Looks good! I love the covered run! I am jealous!

X 2!

 

[blueducklings]

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What is a short weed?
I have big weed, bigger weed, but no short weed.

Shot weed is what I think it is. I call it spring weed cause it starts in early spring. Tiny white flowers that produce millions of seeds that 'shoot' out at the slightest movement once viable. Easy to pull by hard to keep up with!

That is all over my flower bed.
I didn't mulch last year.
This year I'm plopping down 3 inches of half sand, half compost everywhere.

 

[DIYSeattle]

Tonight or this afternoon at 6 is the meeting right? At Teapot Restaurant correct? I just want to make sure. Ive been busy and havent kept up with things very closely.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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A Muscovy!

Nooooo
Not a turkey duck

The females aren't that bad....plus, they are super-quiet, very hardy and make great mothers. I have had one duck now for almost 8 years (she will be 8 in August) and she's so funny. She's the boss of all the other ducks and still going strong at her age. She still lays and still sets. She hatched me out goslings and ducklings last summer and two years ago, incubated an amazing batch of 19 ducklings!

Here is Mrs Duck-Duck.

 

[blueducklings]

SECRET CULT MEETING IS TONIGHT
TELL NO ONE>>>COME ALONE>>>
ENTER VIA BACK DOOR...tap 3 times
then slip a $10 bill under the door...

No, just kidding.
Address: TAPOT VEGETARIAN HOUSE
15230 NE 24th Street Unit H, Redmond
Time: 6pm
Table: Far end, window, corner booth.
>>>>>ALL ARE WELCOME<<<<<<<<
I'm bringing the T-shirts if you ordered one.

 

[hallerlake]

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Chicken Flambe! My brother is a California Highway Patrol Officer. Decades ago he worked a horrific accident on Pacheco Pass. A tanker truck carrying tequila drifted over the center line and crashed head on into another truck carrying cages of chickens. The woman driving the chickens was killed and the cages for chickens fell from the truck, many of the cages opened up and many birds got away, then the vehicles burst into flame, and buring chickens were running into the hills and setting them ablaze too. My brother told me that even a few years later, he would see chickens scarred from the fire running around there.

I thought, at first, that you were joking. maybe it is because it is so early....but this is awful. but what an image.

If it weren't so tragic, it would be funny.

 

[hallerlake]

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The shotweed is blooming. You want to get that out before it goes to seed.

What is a short weed?
I have big weed, bigger weed, but no short weed.

I so need a GOAT!!

Shotweed, not shortweed. It's the one with the little white flowers. If you try to pull it when it has seeds, the seeds shoot all over. I've gotten seeds in my eyes.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...annel=cs&biw=996&bih=614&tbm=isch&um=1&itbs=1

 

[hallerlake]

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What is a short weed?
I have big weed, bigger weed, but no short weed.

Shot weed is what I think it is. I call it spring weed cause it starts in early spring. Tiny white flowers that produce millions of seeds that 'shoot' out at the slightest movement once viable. Easy to pull by hard to keep up with!

There are just so many of them if you let them go to seed.

 

[cheryl98117]

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A Muscovy!

Nooooo
Not a turkey duck

How can you call this a Turkey duck?

Best mammas you will ever meet!

 

[hallerlake]

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Good Morning Illia! Did you and your Tolbunt boys get a good night's sleep?

And good morning to all. I see it's raining again already. The coop is so close to being finished this is a little frustrating. I'm pretty excited though - DH and I are headed to a free workshop put on by City of Tacoma Public Works. The workshop is on "Starting Seeds & Garden Planning". Pretty basic stuff for most of you I know, but I've never had much of any kind of gardens and we wanted to try and grow a few things this year. I'll have to figure out a way to block it for when the girls are out free ranging, but I am also planning on planting some special boxes just for chicken goodies. I'm hoping that my plan to cover it with screening and just let them eat the vegetation growing through the top will work.
The city will be continuing their free workshops all spring, on composting/worm bins (also new to me), soil prep and planting seedlings, rain garden how-to, pest management, spring cleaning with greener cleaners, and even Backyard Chickens!
This is all pretty exciting stuff for me. And best of all it's free!

So, this is a little premature, but here's the coop so far. Please ignore the mess. Hopefully, we're just a few days and a few tension filled "discussions" from it being finished. I did tell DH I truly appreciate how hard he's been working to get the project finished. He is a good guy with the very best intentions and he's put in some LONG hours so far!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/54793_coop_a_3-25-11.jpg

I wish I had something as nice and big.