I hope you don’t mind but I just showed this picture to my hen and discussed with her how there is a hen in a nest box, and an egg, and this is how this needs to work. My hen had a few comments, but hopefully the overall point was gained and carried with a raisin for bribery purposes 😜 Rooster...
All of this cold weather has me lethargically ready to do a re-read of The Long Winter/Laura Ingalls Wilder. Somehow, reading about months of successive blizzards on the prairie in the 1880s has the effect of making one feel much cozier here in the 21st century 🤠
Lookie what bookie I start tomorrow… Too bad Silas’s name isn’t Ahasuerus - Xerxes for short 😆
Very glad to see that Esther is eating, drinking, and tanning today. What a resilient lass.
What a beautiful relationship he had with his flock, and you. It seems so unfair for such a valued guy, very hard to read, heartfelt hugs to you and to your special ladies ❤️
That is a neat idea, and certainly less hassle than other additional lighting options. Your nifty idea did spark mine…first I thought of reflective tape, but tape would likely be a hazard if it started to lift off and got stuck to a bird 😱 so, what about some of those screw on mini reflectors, I...
Yikes, I’m sure the flocks don’t appreciate that one bit!
We are currently going thru the First Night “blues” song here with this little one who is just shy of 2 months old:
As far as her limited interaction with the chickens has gone, the rooster has expressed interest; while hen wants to...