averageguy54
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- New Brunswick, Canada
Yup, That's how I discovered the trick to fastening the bottom of the fence to boards, so they can't get under it.
Get Yer Toque On!
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Chickies are four weeks old. They love their outside life and no signs of leg issues yet. Hopefully they’re good the whole time! A friend posted on Facebook they had 8% mortality in theirs, I’m determined to beat that 
Canola is starting to bolt. Another 1.75” of rain here since Friday. Now we’re getting into storm season and it’s so wet the humidity is dripping. Slightly scary what might brew up but with canola all around me I should get some great photos!
Canola is starting to bolt. Another 1.75” of rain here since Friday. Now we’re getting into storm season and it’s so wet the humidity is dripping. Slightly scary what might brew up but with canola all around me I should get some great photos!
averageguy54
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- New Brunswick, Canada
Chicks are lookin' good?. What you are doing should result in 0% mortality or leg issues, in my experience anyway. I',ve never had leg issues much before 7 weeks and then only if they had no room to move around and if they had a constant supply of feed at all times. Letting them run around outside and letting the feeders empty out ,for a few hours, so they have to hunt for food should ensure 0% issues.
How do you get that watering can to work? I was given one with a batch of laying hens I bought recently, and I can't seem to figure out how to keep it going steady without overflowing.
We had 4 days of rain and showers forcast and got exactly 40 minutes worth, Monday, and it was a very light shower. My lawn is approaching a look that would be worthy of the dry lawn thread. The local river is down to its traditional August level, in June. Its been nearly a month since we've had any rain. I'm not overly concerned about the lawn, but I have to lug water to the garden every couple days.
How do you get that watering can to work? I was given one with a batch of laying hens I bought recently, and I can't seem to figure out how to keep it going steady without overflowing.
We had 4 days of rain and showers forcast and got exactly 40 minutes worth, Monday, and it was a very light shower. My lawn is approaching a look that would be worthy of the dry lawn thread. The local river is down to its traditional August level, in June. Its been nearly a month since we've had any rain. I'm not overly concerned about the lawn, but I have to lug water to the garden every couple days.
I think I should be fine with leg issues. It’ll just be the random ones that find silly ways to die. There’s always a couple it seems. A few still like escaping their giant pen and one was behind my car today... I don’t want to be the person who runs one over!
The rubber gasket in the lid needs to be in just the right spot and the lid be fairly tight so the waterers don’t leak. I have troubles with them falling in the water when I try to screw the lid on. We’ve got in the habit of putting a grocery bag over the top and then putting the lid on. Seems to help keep it sealed.
The rubber gasket in the lid needs to be in just the right spot and the lid be fairly tight so the waterers don’t leak. I have troubles with them falling in the water when I try to screw the lid on. We’ve got in the habit of putting a grocery bag over the top and then putting the lid on. Seems to help keep it sealed.
averageguy54
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- New Brunswick, Canada
Okay thanks, I'll try that. Too cheap to buy another one.
I got most of mine free as I have a friend who worked at the farm store. Anytime people stole the little black caps for the bottom hole, they couldn’t sell them. So she took them. I have three or four and only one little black cap
Too cheap to buy them! They’re expensive.
Too cheap to buy them! They’re expensive.
averageguy54
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- New Brunswick, Canada
If I can't get this one to work right, I'll send you the cap.
Chickies are four weeks old. They love their outside life and no signs of leg issues yet. Hopefully they’re good the whole time! A friend posted on Facebook they had 8% mortality in theirs, I’m determined to beat that
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Have any got out your baler twine fence fix to the top right, as it looks quite low and I recall you had a little escape artist?
No. That just blew over in tonight’s storm.
There are two pieces of short plywood that some fly up onto and escape out but they know how to go back in the same way.
Cool, at least you do not have to round them up from all around. For some bizzare reason we have 3 now (should have been six but three never hatched) - I invisage more fresh eggs for the dogs, as they already sniff out the duck eggs
averageguy54
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- New Brunswick, Canada
Finally our previously promised rain showed up about 1/2 hour ago. We've been short changed from 4 days worth to about 6 hours worth, but it'll save lugging water to the garden for a few days.
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Will it recover or will something else need to be planted or will it just get left ?
Hard to tell in the photo. Usually it comes back but it’s so far behind it can’t be harvested. Ends of getting silaged most of the time.
Depending on the farmer they could go in and rework it and seed a fall forage (although most don’t have livestock) or a fall cereal. Insurance may not allow that though, as it’s based on harvestable. It’ll probably want them to carry the crop to harvest and see what they can get from it and then pay out.
Also conditions in many areas are too wet to go in and seed. Planes are busy spraying so the fields don’t get rutted up and ruined.
Little chickies are getting lost in their new grass! And trying to figure out why the heck the geese would want to sit in that tub...
Yearling bull is starting to fill out nicely. Heifer due to cycle today and another on Thursday, if they show no signs then he’s finally got his groove on. So far all is quiet in the pasture.
Yearling bull is starting to fill out nicely. Heifer due to cycle today and another on Thursday, if they show no signs then he’s finally got his groove on. So far all is quiet in the pasture.
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
You might not want to be up on that walkway when it arrives.......
That’s the roof, I don't usually hang out on the walkway. Something about being able to see all the way down to the ground...
About the time of that photo the storm would have been closing in on home as I live that way. Apparently nothing. Some wind and a few drops of rain. Previously it had slammed a town with flooding and hail.
By the time it got to work it’d recharged itself again. 1/2” in 15 minutes, pea sized hail, wind pushing everything straight sideways. Had some flooding at work, little hail piles in corners, poor motorcyclist taking cover at our shop. Was a great, brief flash of excitement at 3pm.
Then the sun came out and by the time we were done work you almost couldn’t tell it’d rained.
Storm a bit farther to the north did some major damage up there. Toonie sized hail and lots of it chewed their crops to the ground.
Moved the chickies to the barn. Much more space inside for rainy days like today. Although they have to put up with pigeons when the loft doors are open.
Took a day to get their new outside yard finished so they were deprived of grass for so long! Even worse, they couldn’t have their dirt baths. They were quite happy to find some fresh dirt.
Grass is super tall in places but they still love their truck topper.
They got a new step, wasn’t sure how they’d handle it but no problems!
Took a day to get their new outside yard finished so they were deprived of grass for so long! Even worse, they couldn’t have their dirt baths. They were quite happy to find some fresh dirt.
Grass is super tall in places but they still love their truck topper.
They got a new step, wasn’t sure how they’d handle it but no problems!
Do you have many cursed “Coyotes” around you, cursed creatures?