Re: Good Morning!
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:49 am
Good morning all!
ah, the combining. constant chaos around my place LOL. i have 2 chickens in with turkeys - because they don't like chickens apparently. 2 young cockerels. and i cannot separate them out. they sleep under the one tom's wing....they fit easily through the wire fence and could go wherever they want, but they like the turkeys. okay. fine. stay there. i hatched these guys out, so not too worried about chicken-turkey diseases....
AND i had given 5 chickens to my neighbour for their kids to do the "chicken thing" and they were a bit late (still are) getting their coop in, so the remaining 4 (they lost one to a coon) came back last weekend and got popped right into the coop with their hatchmates from earlier this year, and they all must have remembered each other because within 20 minutes everyone was settled down like nothing had ever happened. had a chicken in with the ducks for a while....then a duck in with the horses....then chickens and duck in with the horses, then just a duck in with the horses, then the chicken and duck changed places, and now the duck is with the ducks, the horses are alone and the chicken is somewhere in the barn, likely in the hay because my dog keeps finding eggs in the hay, and there's a chicken missing......lol. i've resorted to leaving corn in the atv trailer so at least she can find something to eat now that the cooler weather is here
I really should figure them all out this weekend, get the old non-layers/moulters to the outside coop to finish moulting, clean the barn out, split up the youngsters and get rid of the egg eaters. And 3 male guineas. those things are way too noisy. i'm going to keep one male and one female. the others will taste awesome.
and here we go again in my family, guess the saga continues....another elderly family member diagnosed with cancer. Still waiting on a CT for staging it, and imminent surgery (waiting on the CT before scheduling surgery). This one is taking a lot of time and energy, as I'm listed as primary caregiver and first contact/emergency contact so lots of shuttling around to appointments and attending appointments etc. And a friend of mine's stepdad also diagnosed, stage 4....him i really really like, great sense of humor and just an all around wonderful person. argh! it is not fair.
I'm hoping to get a PTO calendar put together in december sometime if anyone desires one. It would again be a compilation of all the entries for the photo of the month contests.....let me know if interested, and i'll put one together.
ah, the combining. constant chaos around my place LOL. i have 2 chickens in with turkeys - because they don't like chickens apparently. 2 young cockerels. and i cannot separate them out. they sleep under the one tom's wing....they fit easily through the wire fence and could go wherever they want, but they like the turkeys. okay. fine. stay there. i hatched these guys out, so not too worried about chicken-turkey diseases....
AND i had given 5 chickens to my neighbour for their kids to do the "chicken thing" and they were a bit late (still are) getting their coop in, so the remaining 4 (they lost one to a coon) came back last weekend and got popped right into the coop with their hatchmates from earlier this year, and they all must have remembered each other because within 20 minutes everyone was settled down like nothing had ever happened. had a chicken in with the ducks for a while....then a duck in with the horses....then chickens and duck in with the horses, then just a duck in with the horses, then the chicken and duck changed places, and now the duck is with the ducks, the horses are alone and the chicken is somewhere in the barn, likely in the hay because my dog keeps finding eggs in the hay, and there's a chicken missing......lol. i've resorted to leaving corn in the atv trailer so at least she can find something to eat now that the cooler weather is here
I really should figure them all out this weekend, get the old non-layers/moulters to the outside coop to finish moulting, clean the barn out, split up the youngsters and get rid of the egg eaters. And 3 male guineas. those things are way too noisy. i'm going to keep one male and one female. the others will taste awesome.
and here we go again in my family, guess the saga continues....another elderly family member diagnosed with cancer. Still waiting on a CT for staging it, and imminent surgery (waiting on the CT before scheduling surgery). This one is taking a lot of time and energy, as I'm listed as primary caregiver and first contact/emergency contact so lots of shuttling around to appointments and attending appointments etc. And a friend of mine's stepdad also diagnosed, stage 4....him i really really like, great sense of humor and just an all around wonderful person. argh! it is not fair.
I'm hoping to get a PTO calendar put together in december sometime if anyone desires one. It would again be a compilation of all the entries for the photo of the month contests.....let me know if interested, and i'll put one together.