A young opossum in the chicken coop. I have no idea how long it had been in there but it disturbed the chickens which was enough for me to head out and find it trying to crawl back out of the coop. I had to race inside get the key and then deal with this little fuck who injuried my girls ( Read more... )

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by hypnotizing chickens. Ha! Not really I just gathered them up early because I pretty much veg out from now until bed time and I didn't want them trying to figure out where home was as the light faded. My chickens have not yet caught on that dark is go to that place you feel safe. They use to poke around in the artificial light so they are ( Read more... )

As I put on the door and lock about 30 minutes ago. Yay no more having to jerry rig the door to stay put all night half worried it won't stay. It'll stay now that it is hinged into the wood with a nice lock left by the previous owners ( Read more... )

So more beans (pinto) planted this time near the newest crop of corn/radishes. Yay. All the tomatoes are in the ground but we shall see if any of them make it. I covered them so they would be protected from the projected rain we are to get. So far only sprinkles with some thunder in the backgaround ( Read more... )

Deliah's wattles are really starting to show plus she is starting to really turn from pink to slightly reddish in color around the face ( Read more... )

but the coop is finished and the chickens are moved in. Of course they are complaining about it and that stupid fucking cat that has been marking the coop walkthrough but only to make territory. I went out with the cat anti marking spray and did some marking of my own. Fucker. If I catch him in the yard, I might have to borrow my neighbor's bb gun ( Read more... )

Fuck humidity. Fuck it in its virgin ass. Why why WHY is it so damn humid?? We isn't no fucking Florida damnit to hades! I want my dry heat back ( Read more... )

It is frustrating at the slow progress of the chickens coop and I'm not sure if it will be done before tomorrow evening. I must remember though I am one person and it was a staggering 100 degrees + humidity outside. I did get enough done and the mistakes are minor enough to only slow down a bit of work. We also totally need to step up the fly ( Read more... )

Hot stuff out there but I did get half the coop wrapped in wire yesterday afternoon. Working with galvanized steel wire that is in rolls is NOT easy however I did manage to get it mostly straight save for some weird corners. I made a mistake in measurement in the back (the most important spots were the nests and roosts are but just a few minutes ( Read more... )