Good Evening all..........
Productive day today.....you all been chatty..hehehe, glad to see some of our missing flock have returned home...FT and Marg...welcome back you have been missed......
Well we had a productive day around here too, we cleaned the garage, the coop, and the horse stall, I need to get these boys butchered, so I can clean out that stall b4 the snow storms start, because I need to put a horse in there LOL, I don't think she would be too happy to share that stall with 7 roosters under her feet hehehe....... Poor little Lia would have a heart attach when 1 of em jumped up to perch on her back......
I rearranged the coop a bit today moved the 10 foot roost closer to the center of the pen, and farther away from the west window, worried about it being too drafty when the crazy winter winds start blowing there head off...... out here. Mobved 1 large feeder into the barn and out of the stall, seeing as how now they are loose everyday running aroun dthe garage, figured it would give them more room, cleaned the water'r and plugged it in......it had a thin layer of ice on it this morning seemed it was time. Another reason the extra boys need to go, everyday I have to bring in and un-thaw water.......... plus a couple of em are still in the summer A frame on the ground with bedding but still too cold and damp they are sneezing.... plus I have a rat who is digging under that coop and making a Huge mess..argggggggg Gotta get some rat traps......@!!!!!!!! soon.......b4 they get hungry enough to eat my roosters.
My egg production was down a bit today, got 16 yesterday, and only 12 today........ so the weather is starting to effect the laying.
Jim how are the chickies doing from David.....I really need to get them here soon......... thinking they aren't gonna get much for introductions and quarantine time its getting too cold to have a few chickens alone in a pen in my garage.. It's insulated but it gets cold in there it isn't heated and my South horse door is always open to the 12x 16 stall......Its a 8 foot wide door...so lots of air gets in......
.I'm thinking this next weekend will be do or die for butchering, because Adam starts for HOWolding on the 13th and will be gone 2 weeks first off. then who knows when he will get to be home. after that each week. Plus I heard its suppose to warm up a little 50ish this coming weekend...... praying it don't rain..... The boys are getting big and I';ll post some pictures soon have to size em first........so you can see how they have grown...OMG they are bigger than my huge American Bulldog who weighs 110 lbs. he is now the short guy... he was my big guy b4.....LOL..... anyway let me know, Adam asked if ya heard anything about the Ollie? and what was making it not start?
Bog Z congrats on the Anniversary........ many more years to you both............. we are still newlyweds here LOL only 10 years 11 in April......
TerriO sorry about the post........ miss your posts you must be busy, How is Tommie's Cold? Hope he is doing better...... hows the horses? and critters at your place hatches all battened down for winter over there?
CC hello.........
everyone else I missed Hello too, and hope all is well.
So anway gonna size some pictures and be back to post em.......... Later all.........Kim
Productive day today.....you all been chatty..hehehe, glad to see some of our missing flock have returned home...FT and Marg...welcome back you have been missed......
Well we had a productive day around here too, we cleaned the garage, the coop, and the horse stall, I need to get these boys butchered, so I can clean out that stall b4 the snow storms start, because I need to put a horse in there LOL, I don't think she would be too happy to share that stall with 7 roosters under her feet hehehe....... Poor little Lia would have a heart attach when 1 of em jumped up to perch on her back......
I rearranged the coop a bit today moved the 10 foot roost closer to the center of the pen, and farther away from the west window, worried about it being too drafty when the crazy winter winds start blowing there head off...... out here. Mobved 1 large feeder into the barn and out of the stall, seeing as how now they are loose everyday running aroun dthe garage, figured it would give them more room, cleaned the water'r and plugged it in......it had a thin layer of ice on it this morning seemed it was time. Another reason the extra boys need to go, everyday I have to bring in and un-thaw water.......... plus a couple of em are still in the summer A frame on the ground with bedding but still too cold and damp they are sneezing.... plus I have a rat who is digging under that coop and making a Huge mess..argggggggg Gotta get some rat traps......@!!!!!!!! soon.......b4 they get hungry enough to eat my roosters.
My egg production was down a bit today, got 16 yesterday, and only 12 today........ so the weather is starting to effect the laying.
Jim how are the chickies doing from David.....I really need to get them here soon......... thinking they aren't gonna get much for introductions and quarantine time its getting too cold to have a few chickens alone in a pen in my garage.. It's insulated but it gets cold in there it isn't heated and my South horse door is always open to the 12x 16 stall......Its a 8 foot wide door...so lots of air gets in......
.I'm thinking this next weekend will be do or die for butchering, because Adam starts for HOWolding on the 13th and will be gone 2 weeks first off. then who knows when he will get to be home. after that each week. Plus I heard its suppose to warm up a little 50ish this coming weekend...... praying it don't rain..... The boys are getting big and I';ll post some pictures soon have to size em first........so you can see how they have grown...OMG they are bigger than my huge American Bulldog who weighs 110 lbs. he is now the short guy... he was my big guy b4.....LOL..... anyway let me know, Adam asked if ya heard anything about the Ollie? and what was making it not start?
Bog Z congrats on the Anniversary........ many more years to you both............. we are still newlyweds here LOL only 10 years 11 in April......
TerriO sorry about the post........ miss your posts you must be busy, How is Tommie's Cold? Hope he is doing better...... hows the horses? and critters at your place hatches all battened down for winter over there?
CC hello.........
everyone else I missed Hello too, and hope all is well.
So anway gonna size some pictures and be back to post em.......... Later all.........Kim
She is so lonely, getting real tired of the crying all the time. Going to call the vet today and see how much shots and neutering are these days. So much more but need to get some things done before the hearing test appointment. The back says it's time to get back to work. Getting a new back brace while in Rapids this morning. Gotta go!
