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Bruce
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Chicks at 4 weeks
We've twice found Arcadia thinking she should be up on the roosts. The first night there were none of the older hens anywhere near her so we put her in the brooder with the other kids so she would have someone to cuddle with. The next night there were other chickens on that part of the roost and she was wandering around. I had to get Nuit out of a nest box. She had been in the broody buster in the next stall/coop but wanted out so bad she had bloodied her comb and a toe so I had let her out for the day. Never had a bird want out that bad. There got to be too much commotion so again Arcadia was put in the brooder area with her "friends". Last night the entire group of 6 was in a pig pile on top of the brooder area in the corner. Perhaps they will all move up to the roosts en mass.
Al, my wood supplier who said he wasn't cutting after last year (he's pushing 70) talked to me this winter and said he got bored and cut some wood so I could get my 4 cords this year. BUT, on Monday night he called to say he had it stacked and it wasn't near the 10 cords he thought he would have. So now I'm back to getting my wood for the year by other means. This tree was free, it was in the bottom of the truck that brought my (court forced) cut down sugar maple from the other house. So I cut it up, here are a couple of "mid work" shots, I still need to split and stack it. BIG (at least to me) tree but it is likely only about 2 runs. Lotta tree for a 16" "homeowner model" chain saw, fortunately I won't be cutting anything near that big again.
Ornamental cherry in front of the barn by the road, the driveway circles around it, the chickens love the cherries in the fall.
DW and DD1 have been planting pansies. Apparently DW wanting some pansies didn't mean an entire flat. Oh well. They planted the tulips last fall, the daffodils and other plants came with the house.
We've twice found Arcadia thinking she should be up on the roosts. The first night there were none of the older hens anywhere near her so we put her in the brooder with the other kids so she would have someone to cuddle with. The next night there were other chickens on that part of the roost and she was wandering around. I had to get Nuit out of a nest box. She had been in the broody buster in the next stall/coop but wanted out so bad she had bloodied her comb and a toe so I had let her out for the day. Never had a bird want out that bad. There got to be too much commotion so again Arcadia was put in the brooder area with her "friends". Last night the entire group of 6 was in a pig pile on top of the brooder area in the corner. Perhaps they will all move up to the roosts en mass.
Al, my wood supplier who said he wasn't cutting after last year (he's pushing 70) talked to me this winter and said he got bored and cut some wood so I could get my 4 cords this year. BUT, on Monday night he called to say he had it stacked and it wasn't near the 10 cords he thought he would have. So now I'm back to getting my wood for the year by other means. This tree was free, it was in the bottom of the truck that brought my (court forced) cut down sugar maple from the other house. So I cut it up, here are a couple of "mid work" shots, I still need to split and stack it. BIG (at least to me) tree but it is likely only about 2 runs. Lotta tree for a 16" "homeowner model" chain saw, fortunately I won't be cutting anything near that big again.
Ornamental cherry in front of the barn by the road, the driveway circles around it, the chickens love the cherries in the fall.
DW and DD1 have been planting pansies. Apparently DW wanting some pansies didn't mean an entire flat. Oh well. They planted the tulips last fall, the daffodils and other plants came with the house.
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