Spring? Maybe?

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:16 am

I'm further south ten mins away from the border aswell, still havent seen a Robin but the darn starling numbers are up in the millions! those are the only birds Iv seen so far. thermometer on the shop says 17ºC right now! I think its time to start my garden seeds! I already have 2 sweet potatoes rooting in jars. but until I see a Robin its still winter. LOL.

Colleen Kinzie · Post by **Colleen Kinzie** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:25 am

Lacy scared a frog out of the pond onto the top of the ice in the pond
It was quite quick for this early in the year

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 6:30 pm

When I hear the red winged blackbirds, THEN it's Spring and not before LOL. Neighbours are boiling SAP for the past few days. You guys Southwest of us might want to get on that in a hurry, your trees break bud much sooner than ours do.

Flat Rock Farm · Post by **Flat Rock Farm** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:25 pm

Have seen 3 flocks of Tundra Swans this week, lots of Robins but no Red Winged Black Birds yet

Got a couple of chicken groups moved to the top of the barn so they can go outside, they sure love being out again!!

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:51 pm

I had one lone snow goose in the fake lake outback in the field this afternoon. I thought it was injured after the big storm we had but it got up and flew away. sorry no pics. I've never seen up close before, just flying and they are really pretty birds.

Post by **WLLady** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:58 pm

Swans geese and ducks going over today. No robins but i saw a bluebird!! Sap is almost done here maples are budding. My daffodils have bloom heads on them 6 inches tall now. Crocuses and muscari are an inch tall.....

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:19 pm

Maximus wrote:QR_BBPOST
Skinny rooster wrote:QR_BBPOST It's finally warming up around here, I am amazed at how much the snow has melted, but a sure sign of spring is I got a little egg yesterday and today. Which of the two I am not sure of but they lay the egg on the edge of the foundation footing, totally bypassing the nest four feet away. The younger one is old enough to lay but the egg looks like an older hen's egg. Spring is coming! Maybe maybe maybe.
Umm. Didn't you close the barn door last fall? Get out of poultry keeping? A little egg from?

Yes Sandy I sold everything but I still have two cats and they got into the laying crumbs and........ no actually I went into chicken withdrawal so I broke down and bought a trio of black Wyandott bantams a few weeks after I sold everything.

As for the rest of you, swans ducks geese sap running raking leaves, what the heck country do you live in? We still have snow up to our a... a..... bum. So just move here not Alaska. This rain I think will soon change that.