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AMEN to that....

Hey stranger.....yep, the cold drop is coming here in the next 24-48 hours...

I meant for the light to go off at about 8 a.m. ....Just 4 hours of good light in the morning, then they will get about 6-8 more hours of natural daylight... "go to bed" naturally at dusk.

Still cannot believe that the pullet just popped out there at the carport... I have not seen her , not a glimpse, NOTHING, for the last 2 days... and then there she is... We have had some sprinkles... just that , barely wet enough to feel damp.... and not enough to do more than get the bottom...

If you are going to do lights; use a cheap timer... have them come on early in them morning. like 4 a.m. and go off at 8 or so... This way, the chickens get up early, and go to roost naturally in the evenings. 12 hours is the average for good production... You do not want the lights to...

I'm at the farm to test but they aren't ready yet..... You will never guess the surprise I got. I was putting the extra meters in the storage bin in the carport earlier... And all of a sudden as I turned around I heard a noise .. and out pops the NH pullet I haven't seen in 3 days.... She was in...

One thing... okay, be a "good samaritan" and get them in the house... BUT.... what about the animals and all that they don't need and probably cannot afford to feed??? When does baling out stupid people stop????

We get stuff from Rock Auto sometimes..

Hate to tell you... but 8:30 to 4:30 is 8 hours not 9...... :hide

Woke up early again, so I am up for now.. Temps are in the mid 40's so warmer than they have been . Cloudy according to the radar.. too dark to see... warming some more and rain by early afternoon it says... staying warm tonight and tomorrow back in the 60's... then plunging to mid 30's and...

Edit... Tyson plant employs 3,000 not 10,000..... but ripple effect will affect 10,000 in that small town... The "big 4" meatpackers were charged with price fixing in 2019... Tyson has settled and the fines were in the millions... cases with JBS and one other are pending... I cannot remember...

One thing most might not have heard... Tyson is closing their slaughter plant in Lexington Neb.... kill about 5,000 a day... over 10,000 employees... You know what this is going to do to this small town???? Funny that this is right after Trump wanted the DOJ to look into the "collusion" of the...

Monday evening. Turned out to be a nice day... Sun all day. It was comfortably warm with just a long sleeved shirt. I went to Snyder's... nurse cow pasture... to see about getting the heifers in with their calves. Did not expect to get them all, was hoping for half... Started out not so...

Up early, back ache... laid back down for a bit again. Got up and the sun was out and looking to be nice. Supposed to cloud up later this afternoon and then some into rain for the morning... Went down to the farm and got grain/pellets for the cows... DS was down in the field and he was...

Vermont was known for the saying, there are 5 seasons, fall, winter, mud season, spring, and summer was the day you played baseball in July.....

And Vermont, and New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania, and New York State, and Virginia......:lol::lol::lol:;);)

A head catch of some sort is a NECESSITY.... a squeeze chute is not... We do not have a squeeze chute, at any of the places we work cattle. Yes, it would be nice, NO it is NOT essential. A head catch, stanchion, or something that will catch their head and prevent them from getting their head...

On the subject of Cody... did he make plans/arrangements to go about that job in Texas???? Any news???

YEAH, me too... walked all through the taller grass and around and NOTHING.... Heard an owl this evening, but this was in the broad daylight so really don't think it was an owl. Went to the dumpster and tossed several bags of trash. Went to the pasture and fed the group of mostly all the...

Some of mother's ancestors came over on the mayflower also... some of Conn. was originally settled by mom's family surname... He//, we might be related :gig:gig:gig:gig