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Time to stock up on layer feed. All chicks are grown up enough to transition to layer feed by the end of the month/next ...
08/24/2025

Time to stock up on layer feed. All chicks are grown up enough to transition to layer feed by the end of the month/next week.
With the nice cooler weather it won't be too a sweaty a job. Although I have to take it slow since the ankle I rolled during recovery from the broken leg is damages worse than thought. There's definitive ligament damage with some tendonitis. So, I have a brace now and it'll be back to physio to hopefully fix this.

08/20/2025

Weeded my raisde garden beds to find all the cucumber tentacles that were hiding in the weeds..
Of course weeds could go into the compost - BUT there is a much better use: the chickens love them.
I love their happy sounds they make while picking through the green stuff.

Exciting time for the chooks: the quail cages need a deep clean and the waterlines need fixing. The water froze inside t...
08/18/2025

Exciting time for the chooks: the quail cages need a deep clean and the waterlines need fixing. The water froze inside the hardplastic lines resulting in hairline breaks which hten leak water like sprinklers. I thought the garage would be warm enough, but it wasn't...
So, I need to take water cups under the ni***es off to pull out the line. They actually come off easier than it is to put them on.
To make the deep clean easier, I decided to separate the layers. And yes, I'm only half done, but it's just getting to warm and I can't see due to sweat getting into my eyes. Tomorrow is another day.
But, I decided to stand the layers sideways and the girls are doing the first run through of cleaning. So, I let them before hosing the cages down and scrubbing them.

08/17/2025

The chooks had a bit of a PeaParty today! It's hot outside, they are hot. So, nothing better than cooling off with cool footbaths and devouring a treat.
However, they weren't that used to peas and werer a little hesitant. After quite some times, the youngest ones tried out the pool. The first one in is a Golden Cuckoo Marans. There was a lot of rubber necking and ogling the pool first.
But there certainly will be repeats for hot weather.

Eventually, I found where this little s**t is hanging out over night. He's the only one that has been greeting me in the...
08/16/2025

Eventually, I found where this little s**t is hanging out over night. He's the only one that has been greeting me in the yard every morning for the past week.
I have raccoons around almost nightly, so I was very concerned not being able to find him.
A few days ago, I noticed p**p on the roof of one of the baby coops and was worried the raccoon hanging out on there. But as I was doing stuff around back there today, a tree branch started swinging wildly. Although I couldn't see him, I figured it was him hanging out there and using the roof of the coop as a jumping board. Well, tonight he'll sleep in a coop.

Tractor Supply is failing big time. I thought the whole point for subscriptions was predictability for the store to have...
08/14/2025

Tractor Supply is failing big time.
I thought the whole point for subscriptions was predictability for the store to have in stock what is needed for subscriptions and not sit around on unnecessary inventory.
They had a whole week to make sure they have 4 bags for my subscription and now they delay it???
FORTUNATELY, I picked up those extra two bags from the broken cart and I can get some mash from Mule City Feeds. Otherwise, what would I do for a potential 5 day delay??
I could accept a day or maybe two. But this is 3 - 5 days??? Tractor Supply you have to do better than that!

When you go to Tractorsupply to pick up your subscription order (four bags on the left), but they just put out all the b...
08/08/2025

When you go to Tractorsupply to pick up your subscription order (four bags on the left), but they just put out all the broken bags from the truck... Came home with double the exptected bags. Oh well, the chooks will get through that in no time.
The layer feed will need to be stored a couple of weeks. If I coulnted right, chicks can go on layer at the end of August.

Back to the mud pit...
08/07/2025

Back to the mud pit...

08/07/2025

The guinea keets were overachievers and started hatching 5 days early. But they certainly are happy and come in various colors. Reach out if you're interested!
They sure are darn cute!

08/04/2025

Dustbathing in the baby chicken coop? Chicken are weird.

08/04/2025

Cleaning out the coop. Put some DE down, so I temporarily closed the coop. The three ladies looked at me dumbfounded.

No, she's not dead. Just enjoying the sun.
08/03/2025

No, she's not dead. Just enjoying the sun.

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