Thursday, March 24, 2011

Where Did Spring Go???

My hopes of getting outside to do some much needed clean up have been put on hold again.  It's just too darn cold out there!  The Spring Teaser we've had ... well I oughta!

Any how, I need to get the house cleaned up for company tomorrow.  The nieces and nephews are coming over to see the Peeps and have lunch!  I am looking forward to their reactions with the little guys!  Who do you think will be more scared?  The kids or the Peeps?

I promise I wont forever talk about chickens (well maybe I will).  But I do have a question:  poop butts, any one?  I have a couple that are getting mashed up.  I have been using warm water and a piece of paper towel to loosen things up and it is working, however there appears to be a few bare butts running around now.  I swear I am not applying pressure!  What am I doing wrong?  Do I need to apply any sort of salve?  Just wondering from the experts.  Also, they are on organic 19% protein chick starter, if that matters.

We have a few feathers already!  Shocking how quickly that happens.  I can pretty well tell the Australorps from the Rock Barred now.  :)

So I have to show you one thing I added to my wardrobe while I was away:
I am working on getting them dirty breaking them in now!

As for the gardening, well if this doesn't get you all wanton, I don't know what will:
Gee...it's a good thing I wasn't serving up these store bought ones as 'baked' potatoes.  Imagine the surprise!

12 comments:

  1. I'm seeing some dirt on them there boots, girl! Good for you. Lovely potatoes. Boy I hate when that happens and you have to throw out the whole bag. You might as well just have thrown your money in the trash. To bad you can't candle a potato. Wouldn't that be funny, all of us standing at the the grocery store, shinning lights through the spuds.

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  2. Jane, HA! Too bad candling wouldn't work on those, huh? We'd probably get arrested for arson! At least we might know if they are male or female taters!

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  3. Bring on the poop butt advice, I'll file it away for the future! Very nice boots, make sure you post another pic of them this time next year when they are all broken in and sweet!

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  4. Erin, every girl needs a pair or 10 right? The beginning of a love affair has ensued. :) I begged for them as a kid but could never get the right fit. So I went to a real "Western" store and met an awesome lady who fixed me right up!

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  5. For some reason, and I haven't figured it out, some years we'll have chick poopy butt, sometimes not a one. Maybe something to do with the temps?
    I just wash the poopy butts with warm water & gently pull off what I can. I've also used teeny-tiny scissors to cut some of the larger glops off. But just be sure to be gentle enough not to pull their skin off. But yes, they will have naked butts for a while, but not long.

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  6. The boots are very nice,I don't know a thing about the chicks,would offer advice if I could,sorry. It has turned cold here too. Blessings jane

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  7. We had two days of "teaser" spring and now are back to the torrential rain, horrible wind and thunder storms. Love your boots!

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  8. Carolyn, well everyone loves bare baby butts then, right? Ok so I feel a bit better hearing from you! Thanks!

    Jane2, thank you! So does this mean you see chicks in your future? ;)

    Ruth, yes ma'am you need some new boots with all your rain too! Or, hey, maybe your daughter will make it home in time to do the rainy morning chores! Hehehee!

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  9. Oh once those boots are broken in, you won't want to wear anything else! They should last you for many many years. Mine have been worn out for years now...maybe I need to find me a new pair!!

    I don't know what's going on with this weather. Do you believe that we just had 3 hours of sunshine??

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  10. Robin, you win the Goofy Weather Award. Wasn't it like a foot of snow for you??? Crazy. Well don't look here for someone to STOP you from buying a pair of new kickers. I seem to recall another giving me a hefty shove ;)

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  11. This is also called "pasted vent". Some common causes can be stress, chilling, or too high of protein in feed.
    I have heard that oatmeal sprinkled on their food sometimes helps.

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  12. I think you need to put on those super-classy new boots and march those taters back to the store where you bought them. They should be aware as the whole shipment they have is probably like that. And what you said about if you had served them as baked potatoes . . . eeeuuuw!

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