Dace
Revolution in Progress
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FarmerDenise's journal - full on harvest time = busy, busy, busy
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FarmerDenise
Out to pasture
We are not quite ready to set it up yet. 
Today I hope to get the hen house shoveled out. It was 31* again this morning. By the time I braved the cold to hang up the laundry, I found that it had warmed up enough to start shedding the first of my multiple layers of clothing.
I think it is a good day to do the hard manual labor of maneuvering a shovel or digging fork in the smallish hen house to clean out about 12 inches of bedding. We will be spreading it on the portion of the field, that SO weed whacked this weekend. Even though it is cold, it is sunny today. Once we have the hen house floor exposed, we'll be able to let the sun sterilize it a bit.
I know the chickens will have fun spreading the bedding around in the field and then, if we do get more rain as predicted, all that good fertilizer will be washed down into the soil. I love multi-purpose products!
Cleaning out hen house:
I get exercise
I warm up
Hen house floor is cleaned up
Chickens get entertained
Chickens get food
Chickens spread bedding & manure
Chickens reduce pests and weed seeds
Earthworms like bedding and multiply
Garden soil gets improved
We all enjoy the sunny day outdoors
We are entertained by the chickens
And eventually we will get some yummy and healthy vegetables.
All because I am going out today and cleaning the hen house
All righty then, I'm off to clean out the hen house.
Today I hope to get the hen house shoveled out. It was 31* again this morning. By the time I braved the cold to hang up the laundry, I found that it had warmed up enough to start shedding the first of my multiple layers of clothing.
I think it is a good day to do the hard manual labor of maneuvering a shovel or digging fork in the smallish hen house to clean out about 12 inches of bedding. We will be spreading it on the portion of the field, that SO weed whacked this weekend. Even though it is cold, it is sunny today. Once we have the hen house floor exposed, we'll be able to let the sun sterilize it a bit.
I know the chickens will have fun spreading the bedding around in the field and then, if we do get more rain as predicted, all that good fertilizer will be washed down into the soil. I love multi-purpose products!
Cleaning out hen house:
I get exercise
I warm up
Hen house floor is cleaned up
Chickens get entertained
Chickens get food
Chickens spread bedding & manure
Chickens reduce pests and weed seeds
Earthworms like bedding and multiply
Garden soil gets improved
We all enjoy the sunny day outdoors
We are entertained by the chickens
And eventually we will get some yummy and healthy vegetables.
All because I am going out today and cleaning the hen house
All righty then, I'm off to clean out the hen house.
big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
Hi FarmerDenise!
Have fun out there in the sunshine! I am also going to be doing hen house chores today too.
How are your feather dusters? Are they outside all day yet?
Mine have been outside now for a week or so. They are so happy! Me too, no more mess!
Have fun out there in the sunshine! I am also going to be doing hen house chores today too.
How are your feather dusters? Are they outside all day yet?
Mine have been outside now for a week or so. They are so happy! Me too, no more mess!
TanksHill
Super Self-Sufficient
The sun is peeking in and out here as well but it sure is still cold. The wind is picking up as well. I don't thin we will get any of that rain. Bummer.
Have a great day!!
gina
Have a great day!!
gina
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FarmerDenise
Out to pasture
BBH yes my feather dusters are outside full time now. The hawk has spotted them and they have been staying under cover. We don't let them out until the dog is out too.
Last night DSS went to lock the chickens up. He couldn't find the feather dusters. He kept looking and finally found them in the "breezeway" between the hen house and the fenced chicken yard. We have a little passage that goes from one to the other with a sliding door. Well the door had been opened yesterday morning to let the chickens have access to the more secure yard.
So the little ones were snuggled up in the little breezeway. DSS picks one up and takes into the hen house, goes back to the other side and gets another chick and puts it in the hen house.
SO is beginning to wonder what is taking so long to lock up the chickens. He goes out to see and watches DSS take another chick and put it in the hen house. SO takes a look in the hen house and says are you sure you are not moving the same chick each time? "Oh no, of course not, dad" His dad replies, "because the door is open, you know". Stepson checks himself and looks, sure enough, Dad is right, the door is open. He had been walking the chicks around and putting them in the hen house. As he walked back to the other side, the little chick ambled up the ladder and joined its siblings in the breezeway, just as DSS reached in to get "another" chick.
He might have been there all night, if SO hadn't gone out and "rescued" him.
DSS was outwitted by the little feather dusters, oh my
Last night DSS went to lock the chickens up. He couldn't find the feather dusters. He kept looking and finally found them in the "breezeway" between the hen house and the fenced chicken yard. We have a little passage that goes from one to the other with a sliding door. Well the door had been opened yesterday morning to let the chickens have access to the more secure yard.
So the little ones were snuggled up in the little breezeway. DSS picks one up and takes into the hen house, goes back to the other side and gets another chick and puts it in the hen house.
SO is beginning to wonder what is taking so long to lock up the chickens. He goes out to see and watches DSS take another chick and put it in the hen house. SO takes a look in the hen house and says are you sure you are not moving the same chick each time? "Oh no, of course not, dad" His dad replies, "because the door is open, you know". Stepson checks himself and looks, sure enough, Dad is right, the door is open. He had been walking the chicks around and putting them in the hen house. As he walked back to the other side, the little chick ambled up the ladder and joined its siblings in the breezeway, just as DSS reached in to get "another" chick.
He might have been there all night, if SO hadn't gone out and "rescued" him.
DSS was outwitted by the little feather dusters, oh my
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Oh my goodness Denise, that got me laughing. You almost made me choke on my lunch! You have to be more careful. Outwitted by feather dusters indeed... I've fallen victim more times than I care to admit!
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FarmerDenise
Out to pasture
I've said it before and I'll say it again: "Who needs TV, when you have chickens!" Although, this time the joke was on DSS.
He is at that "smart" age. You know, "Mom and Dad are soooo stupid!!!"
SO and I have been laughing about it all day!
"They are coming back through, son" "No they aint" "yes they are, the door is open" "uh uhu, They're not getting through there" "have you counted, how many trips you made?" "no, uhhh," DSS looks through breezeway. "oh, man, they are coming back through!"
At least he could laugh about it too.
He is at that "smart" age. You know, "Mom and Dad are soooo stupid!!!"
SO and I have been laughing about it all day!
"They are coming back through, son" "No they aint" "yes they are, the door is open" "uh uhu, They're not getting through there" "have you counted, how many trips you made?" "no, uhhh," DSS looks through breezeway. "oh, man, they are coming back through!"
At least he could laugh about it too.
Dace
Revolution in Progress
Oh gosh that is hysterical! Silly boy!
lorihadams
Always doing laundry
LOVE IT!!!
Blackbird
Goat Whisperer
Hilarious!
