Bee's Guest House

[TTs Chicks]

Hubby would probably move out! LOL Now waite a minute...NO, that was wrong! LOL

sounds like something I would say

 

[TTs Chicks]

I was thinking this evening that this time of year is when your property looks its finest...the grass is so new and green, the flowers start blooming, the birds are active and nesting, the chickens are pretty and fully feathered(no moult), trees green and lush, sheep clean and slick.

This is the time of year when I can't stop looking at everything and feeling my heart fill up with contentment and warmth. Even though there is tons to do, you know that the spring finery overshadows the scruffy edges of chores undone.

I LOVE spring!

Bee - I totally agree! I love to just look around at what we have - even with all that needs doin - it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling silly I guess, but oh well. I love to look at everyones yard, gardens, pastures, critters as I drive to and from work this time of year. It is truly amazing.

 

[Beekissed]

Slowly but surely getting in my garden....my back has been giving me fits so this has been a painful attempt to slam in a garden before its too late. The Ol' Bat has been very helpful in getting this accomplished...couldn't have done it without her!

BUT...it is mostly in and I'm finding I have plenty of room for most of the things I wanted to try. What a relief!

Put up a fan in the chicken coop for the first time ever....just for the meaties and only for really hot days. The other hens have been giving me dirty looks all day because of the preferential treatment these meaties are getting. I bet they will all be more grateful when the meaties get processed at a young age~and they do not.

I thought the meaties would hang in the coop all day in front of the fan but they didn't...didn't seem to even notice the breeze generated by the fan, so I may not need to use it after all. Dumb little birds!

 

[justusnak]

Hey Bee....those meaties are not the smartest creatures on the planet are they? My "meaties coop" I just finished...has a fan in the window. Took them a few days to figure it out, but now they all shuffle around at closeing time, for a window seat! I can't waite to get them processed. I love the meat we get from them....one bird easily makes 3 meals for just the hubby and I...but WOW the stink, even "free ranging" ( they have a big fenced in yard, plenty grass) They hover around the feeder when I fill it...( once a day with a 5 gallong bucket for 23 birds) and the POO, O M Goodness, the poo!!!!!!

 

[Blackbird]

Hi Lori!

I'm hanging in there.. Still alive, so that's something.

One of the goat kids died today.. damn feed store ran out of the normal milk replacer.. Well, we bought it all, but we told them that it was the last pack and that they needed to get more for us soon. When we went in to get more they only had a multi-species formula but we were desperate and got it anyway. We had a hard time transferring them over but eventually they all made the transition except one that we really struggled with. She started drinking water after a day finally, was fine this morning but then just wasn't herself the rest of the day. We were out and when we got back she was pretty dehydrated and bloated on the water and it was too late.

Of course this had to be right after we took her full sister to her new home..

Only thing that got me through the day was being able to hold the most adorable little boy ever! About a year old, stumbled over to me with outstretched arms. Melted my heart.

Enough of my yapping! But ye, thanks for asking!

 

[lorihadams]

Awww, sorry honey, I'm still waiting on electricity so that I can build some kind of barn and get mine home......I have 6 nigis coming....all does. I can't wait.....I'm glad you're okay, I was thinking of you the other day and wondering if I should pm you and here you are!

 

[Farmfresh]

Hi Lori!

I'm hanging in there.. Still alive, so that's something.

Sorry about your goat baby.

We sure miss you around here Blackbird.

 

[Beekissed]

Hey, merle! Sorry about your kid! Good to hear from you, though...miss you much!

Just, you feed 5 gal. bucket to 23 birds each night???

That would just kill me!!! I've had to up my feeding from what I usually feed my layers but not anything like that amount. As it is, mine are about dragging the ground with their breasts....I can't imagine how big yours are if they eat that much.

Yeah, I noticed that free ranging and feeding them less protein does not keep them from stinking and not having normal bowel habits. I would guess its because of their metabolic rates but its still sad that they are that hot inside. I've even cut back the layer ration and added oats and BOSS so that they would be cooler in this heat but they haven't changed any that I can tell.

 

[Beekissed]

Well....the very last son has graduated!!! I am officially retired from being a full-time Mom and now I am just the soft place to land after one has made mistakes....not sure which is worse!

The crazy idiot wore sunglasses when he walked up to get his diploma! He had his own cheering section of girls... :/ He wore jeans, cowboy boots and hat...at least he ditched the hat for the ceremony...

He is now out spreading his wings and doing only God really knows what at some graduation party somewhere out in the sticks.

Time for Mom to let go.....and try not to picture anything that is happening right now!

 

[TTs Chicks]

Congrats on getting the last one graduated! You already know that kids -boys especially - always need Mom so our jobs are never over just different. You've done a good job with your boys so try not to worry about them too much.