Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

[CrealCritter]

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[baymule]

I go pick up 75 CCX chicks tomorrow. I threw up a hoop coop with hardware cloth on the sides, a tarp over the cow panels. Perfect for the hot weather we get.

Then February decided to throw a farewell party. Or at least we hope it is farewell. Regardless, my coop needed serious modifications. I dragged out a tarp and wrapped the coop in it. Weighed it down with cinder blocks, tacked it down and put an opened up chicken feed bag over the door. I hung 3 heat lamps and decided that wasn’t enough and hung a fourth one. I think I’m ready now and the baby chicks won’t be chicken flavored popsicles.

 

[CrealCritter]

I go pick up 75 CCX chicks tomorrow. I threw up a hoop coop with hardware cloth on the sides, a tarp over the cow panels. Perfect for the hot weather we get.

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Then February decided to throw a farewell party. Or at least we hope it is farewell. Regardless, my coop needed serious modifications. I dragged out a tarp and wrapped the coop in it. Weighed it down with cinder blocks, tacked it down and put an opened up chicken feed bag over the door. I hung 3 heat lamps and decided that wasn’t enough and hung a fourth one. I think I’m ready now and the baby chicks won’t be chicken flavored popsicles.

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Good work there, keep farming

Besides I learned my lesson.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[CrealCritter]

Snow... dry fluffy snow. Just right for drifts. About 4 inches have fallen so far. Tank thinks it's heaven, so much so he rolled around in it and made snowdog angels.

Goats are an amazing creation and no I'm not getting any goats.

Here's another amazing creation.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Mini Horses]

Trying to prep myself for our unusual -- most in 14 yrs! -- snow event mentally. I'm seeing several days of trudging through 6-10" of snow, that is a blizzard for us. Cold & breezy now. no power loss.

 

[baymule]

@Mini Horses i hope you don’t lose power. I live out in the butt end of nowhere and power outages are common. I have a gas stove, oven won’t work because of electrical ignition, but I can light burners with a match. Plus I have a propane heater that I use to augment the electric heat. It sure keeps the electric bill down! I turn it off at night and when I leave.
Almost done with coffee, then I’ll go out in the dark, care for animals and hit the road. Baby chicks day! I sure hope it’s warm enough in the coop!

 

[Mini Horses]

No electric is workable BUT sooo inconvenient

 

[CrealCritter]

Trying to prep myself for our unusual -- most in 14 yrs! -- snow event mentally. I'm seeing several days of trudging through 6-10" of snow, that is a blizzard for us. Cold & breezy now. no power loss.

Hard to tell because of drifting but I would say we got 4 to 5 inches of light fluffy snow. It was a brisk 9F this morning when I walked out the back door.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Achin'Acres]

@baymule
Exciting day for your property. An abundance of cheery peeps and floofiness!
They will have each other, plus the heaters, no worries

 

[flowerbug]

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looks to me like the roasters already set up to cook 'em there.