Looks like we're getting back to our old chattiness.
Happy to hear from everyone, and you all sound plenty busy.
I echo Susie's sentiment: Happy belated Veterans Day to everyone who gave all for us and our freedom.
About the frozen eggs, we never had any problems with them freezing in the coop, and all we had last year was a single heat lamp running (two if it got really cold). Our coop is only 8x8, though. It kept it above freezing in there, but it was by no means balmy. You could maybe plug the heat lamp into one of those thermo cubes that everyone was talking about if you're worried about it getting too warm in there?
Sounds like a great job on the water warmer, DrH. My reds gave out on egg production at around 2 years old. When they were laying, they laid every single day and their eggs were all jumbos, with at least 1 or 2 double yolkers a week. Now, zilch. My problem started when I had switched to Layena. The shells started getting softer & softer til there were no shells, despite having plenty of oyster shell around. After I got them off the Layena, I started mixing oyster shell directly into their feed, and at least one red started laying again, but that only lasted about 6 weeks or so. Those hybrids seem to be strictly utility, I'm thinking. Bred to pump out the eggs, then into freezer camp while they're still young & tender?
In any case, I feel your pain, Doc. I don't know about your SLWs, though. How long ago were your flood & predator issues?
Gaelio, I really dislike the time change too. It just gets dark way too early in the afternoon. I know the days are getting shorter, but they don't have to make it worse by turning the clocks back. I wish they would just leave the time alone too.
FT, I think you & I might be neck & neck in winning that procrastination prize. Thanks for posting that info on the Valbazen, BTW. I saw some dewormer at
TSC yesterday but I think it said it was only for roundworms. Wazine, maybe? Beautiful pea pics!
Bigz, way to score on the rims. If you run different size rims on the front & back, it is possible your speedometer might be off by a few mph, I think. No spare???????????? Bigz! I sure hope you don't use that truck much.
TO, thanks for mentioning about using the leaves for free bedding. I raked up a ton of leaves from our willows & tossed them into the carport yesterday after cleaning out the coop. They were quite the hit! I just had to keep an eye out for stray mushrooms.
And thanks for the link to the cookie tin waterer. Definitely cheaper than mine.
That chicken kissin' pic is too cute, Kee! Glad you found some spare parts for your coop after all. Not much winterizing weather left this year.
Boy, those Lions can't do anything right today. Good. Hopefully that will continue on Thanksgiving.
I sure hope we continue our streak tomorrow night. Go Pack!
I got so much done outside yesterday & today. What nice weather, albeit windy! No rain down here, and I actually saw some blue sky here & there today. My tomato plants finally froze out in the greenhouse, so I picked the salvagable fruits and packed the pots up. I also put away most of my flower pots & hanging baskets, and put away the last stragglers of the garden decor. There were still a few flowers in baskets that were still going strong, so I left those out. Then I dug out the bird feeders for winter & cleaned them up. Apart from those few baskets, all of my fall cleanup is finally done! Yippee! (And a deep sigh). Now to start tackling the badly neglected inside stuff. (Yet another deep sigh). It never ends....... Oh, well............
Sweet dreams, all!
Vegetable soup
