Thanks for your support. Letting the hens out this morning was bittersweet. But it was comforting to know they weren't being mated repeatedly from the time the left the coop. Things will get better, I'm sure. :)
April
Just had my first cull yesterday. No amount of research on the subject could have prepared me on how difficult it is to do, physical and emotional. Yesterday was a rough day for me.
I'm getting a new coop this spring too. Plus were getting a 10x10x6 dog run that we'll cover. I'm going to use a 5 gallon covered bucket with chicken nipples for my waterer. Ive seen that it works real well. I'm sure I'll have to use something different in the winter months. I saw that amazon...
Wow! 30" in Portland!! Incredible!! But not unbelievable. I remember the wicked winter weather in Maine. Wish I had a few inches of snow here for my daughter's and I to play in.
Hello my fellow Mainer's! I hope you don't mind me hanging out in your thread? I was born in Bath and lived in Maine all my life, until moving to Virgina 13 yrs ago with my husband and our two daughters. My family still lives in Maine, and I come back home as often as I can. I love and miss...