Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[mophead]

Just enough snow to be pretty, here. Four of my guinea hens refused to go into the coop last night but they were sure happy to go in this morning. They've never seen snow before.

 

[jvls1942]

good morning,
I don't know who told him, but that rooster has found out which window is my bedroom window.. lucky for him I was awake already,,

Annie found another nest outside,, mixed eggs, 14 of them,,
I think I should lock them up for about a week so they get used to laying in the coop..

the goose made a nest in the coop,, Annie found 3 eggs.. I think they might be old eggs that were buried in the straw from last spring,, and the goose just uncovered them,, but it is not unusual that our geese lay eggs about this time of year,, they have done it before and we have hatched out goslings on Christmas day..

I am cleaning out the big lean to.. there are at least 20 one gallon wine jugs out there and I think some more in the basement fruit room.. I don't know why we call it the fruit room, it has canned items and we used to store potatoes in there..

I am also thinking of selling my 5 gallon glass wine jugs..
.Craig's List, here I come..

I found a guy from St Point who is willing to come this far for scrap metal.. I told him to give me a week to make a pile..
he has a car trailer,, I think I can fill it..

Wow !! that mug of coffee sure disappeared fast..

..........jiminwisc.........

 

[chikenscratch]

Good snowy morning to you all!

Our hens are slacking on the egg production and are also molting. I'm waiting for the molt to stop to do my finally clean out before winter and to add more shavings.

Enjoy the beauty of our first snow!

 

[jvls1942]

Good snowy morning to you all!

Our hens are slacking on the egg production and are also molting. I'm waiting for the molt to stop to do my finally clean out before winter and to add more shavings.

Enjoy the beauty of our first snow!

no snow here to amount to anything.
our 6 hens are going great guns with the egg laying,
all we have to do is keep finding their hidden nests ..
found one egg in the straw covering the septic tank. frozen..
what a bunch of renegades these hens are ..

 

[cuties]

Hi everyone!!
Jim, you are the busiest retired guy I know I love reading up on your days ♡
Lots of work for us lately! The k8ddo had to spend the night at a friends last night. Because of early/long hours today.
Kildare, our Brahmas do not ever roost. I think maybe they are just too big to jump. We even made then low perches to try to train them. Only about a half a foot off the floor. But they just set on the floor around the Mini roosts.

 

[jvls1942]

Hi everyone!!
Jim, you are the busiest retired guy I know

I love reading up on your days ♡
Lots of work for us lately! The k8ddo had to spend the night at a friends last night. Because of early/long hours today.
Kildare, our Brahmas do not ever roost. I think maybe they are just too big to jump. We even made then low perches to try to train them. Only about a half a foot off the floor. But they just set on the floor around the Mini roosts.

Hi Cooties,
glad you checked in,,
I am busy only because I have Annie cracking the whip..

my experience with the brahmas is that they were not prolific layers in the colder months.. it was so long ago, that I don't remember if the hens roosted or not.. the roosters did,,

 

[Daethen]

Well, got the doe out of the way now to get that buck I missed this morning.

 

[Terri O]

Hey all--just checking in! I came by cause I seem to have a weasel or mink and need to find out how to make a trap that can catch them...my box traps are not working and I have 4 pigeons in the back room waiting to be butchered as I type...also offed two young pullets because their legs were pulled back. I have only had one survive from that so I took the high road this morning....I hate this part of keeping birds for sure...
Have a better one than me! TerriO

 

[Huntress78]

If it's a mink you should be able to catch it in a small box trap. If your traps aren't working then maybe it's a weasel. This is not my picture but I make my weasel traps just like this one. The box must have a top on it to work...they removed it to take the picture of the inside.

http://s216.photobucket.com/user/Brad49078/media/100_0711.jpg.html

You don't have to make a wood box... a small plastic tote type box will work. Just make sure you get the rat trap with the big yellow 'pan' like in the picture and that the jaw clears the top of the box when the trap fires. The entrance hole should be a two inch circle about three inches from the bottom.

Good luck

 

[jvls1942]

If it's a mink you should be able to catch it in a small box trap. If your traps aren't working then maybe it's a weasel. This is not my picture but I make my weasel traps just like this one. The box must have a top on it to work...they removed it to take the picture of the inside.

http://s216.photobucket.com/user/Brad49078/media/100_0711.jpg.html

You don't have to make a wood box... a small plastic tote type box will work. Just make sure you get the rat trap with the big yellow 'pan' like in the picture and that the jaw clears the top of the box when the trap fires. The entrance hole should be a two inch circle about three inches from the bottom.

Good luck

cool looking trap .. almost makes me wish I had something to trap..
maybe I will rig up something like that for mice..