tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post5253221543742082509..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: Well Guess What?PioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-43468145994072636392016-08-18T01:21:20.803-04:002016-08-18T01:21:20.803-04:00PP,
Plenty of screwy weather across this country....PP,<br /><br />Plenty of screwy weather across this country. Waiting to see what September and October bring. Glad to hear you finally got some good rain.Sandy Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183449816586125720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-36823594882520634642016-08-16T23:36:23.447-04:002016-08-16T23:36:23.447-04:00DH - It seems like every year has been a La Nina-s...DH - It seems like every year has been a La Nina-something for the last five or so though. Does it ever stop?<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-42297966081911257322016-08-16T23:35:46.526-04:002016-08-16T23:35:46.526-04:00XL - I tell ya when we get a drought I always say ...XL - I tell ya when we get a drought I always say I will never complain about too much rain again. I guess too much is better than not enough but it is certainly more work for me.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-41109365233424417992016-08-16T23:34:13.822-04:002016-08-16T23:34:13.822-04:00Kymber - Ya the weather has just been crazy the la...Kymber - Ya the weather has just been crazy the last few years. I wish it would get over it and settle down again.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-1725122054647368432016-08-16T23:33:05.695-04:002016-08-16T23:33:05.695-04:00He says from his fuel guzzling jet.
He says from his fuel guzzling jet.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-62129542151517939982016-08-16T23:32:44.860-04:002016-08-16T23:32:44.860-04:00Hobo - Ya I have tried breaking her a couple times...Hobo - Ya I have tried breaking her a couple times already and even thought I had it done once but she goes right back to it. She actually hatched one egg but in a bad spot and the chick died. I am thinking maybe if I let her hatch one or so that live for a while she will give it up. We really can't handle chicks right now as we are not set up for it but I figure maybe it will get her over PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-5897579084728885292016-08-16T23:30:49.234-04:002016-08-16T23:30:49.234-04:00Rob - NO way!!! That hen is just now about a year ...Rob - NO way!!! That hen is just now about a year old, maybe a few months over a year and was a good layer until she went broody.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-40378881858147282862016-08-16T23:29:49.226-04:002016-08-16T23:29:49.226-04:00Pete - Yes I have been saying for the last few yea...Pete - Yes I have been saying for the last few years it is like there is no adjustment knob any more. Just off and on for whatever is in the que.<br /><br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-14430751277897858892016-08-16T23:28:48.961-04:002016-08-16T23:28:48.961-04:00Bub - Ya I think we will try it at night next time...Bub - Ya I think we will try it at night next time.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-79728482212627026822016-08-16T23:28:28.817-04:002016-08-16T23:28:28.817-04:00SF - That's what we tried. In a dog crate but ...SF - That's what we tried. In a dog crate but she was so upset she ended up burying the eggs under the hay that was in there I don't think she knew they were there.<br /><br />If I can get her to sit there then as you say I will open the door during the day like you suggest.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-22378264570799894892016-08-16T23:27:10.189-04:002016-08-16T23:27:10.189-04:00Dawn - We are going to try and let her have the eg...Dawn - We are going to try and let her have the eggs she has under her but if this little batch fails then I will have to put a stop to the sitting. She has been constantly at this for months and I ama fraid it is going to kill her off we it doesn't end soon.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-48799439111787125692016-08-16T23:14:53.492-04:002016-08-16T23:14:53.492-04:00read that the la nina would make winter less sever...read that the la nina would make winter less severe in the east this year.<br />signs here tell me early autumn and winter [ne ohio].deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-12548789616561875502016-08-16T18:37:07.358-04:002016-08-16T18:37:07.358-04:00I have one brooding in the dog crate after a coon ...I have one brooding in the dog crate after a coon destroyed her two previous attempts. She's sick of it now and wants out, but only has 3-4 more days. I hope she mothers the little chicks okay after this, considering what a pain in the butt it's been. And I AM HEARTILY SICK OF THIS RAIN. It's cracking my maters, and probably rotting my taters, and I have too much that needs to be Xa Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10542611446828065852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-51212193790487091122016-08-16T18:12:43.730-04:002016-08-16T18:12:43.730-04:00PP - no advice on that broody hen but i am glad yo...PP - no advice on that broody hen but i am glad you are getting some rain. and i hope it holds out while you are baling. we have been experiencing some strange weather patterns here, too. nothing bad - just different. for example - we saw our first yellow-jacket wasp the other day and they are usually out in june drinking all of the hummingbird water!!!! but as you say - weather patterns have kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-74364852310173044382016-08-16T17:59:34.149-04:002016-08-16T17:59:34.149-04:00Al Gore is right! Global Warming/Climate Change wi...Al Gore is right! Global Warming/Climate Change will kill us all! The end is near!Swamp Doghttp://doublebhomestead.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-51941576964531804192016-08-16T17:19:57.122-04:002016-08-16T17:19:57.122-04:00Broody Hen vs PP.... hehehe Like others said, mov...Broody Hen vs PP.... hehehe Like others said, move her at night. Or if you want to try to break the broody set her in an open cage on the ground - dirt/rock/concrete, just no nest material - in a cool, drafty spot for two-three days with water only (they don't eat much during broodiness anyways) and sometimes they snap out of it. <br /><br />BUT some are just plain determined to be broody.hobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12537329021371494926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-1685760445523644302016-08-16T13:08:04.482-04:002016-08-16T13:08:04.482-04:00This winter up here in MN, they are talking BITTER...This winter up here in MN, they are talking BITTER COLD. We get rain every few days. Getting old. Maybe its time for that hen to meet the Kentucky Col.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800149852939042454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-32131704413772338992016-08-16T11:23:33.073-04:002016-08-16T11:23:33.073-04:00I don't know if the strange weather we're ...I don't know if the strange weather we're having is natural, or induced by man, but SOMETHING's up. I guess only time will tell. Meanwhile, back at my ranchito, the garden withers, the cactus are drying out, and the dust devils are carrying away the topsoil... America has indeed become a land of extremes. 'Must be all that hot air in 'DC...<br /><br />We're prepping, Peteforesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00702888855868877243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-51766867070001331402016-08-16T11:22:52.225-04:002016-08-16T11:22:52.225-04:00You will have a lot better luck moving your hen at...You will have a lot better luck moving your hen at night. Put the eggs in her new nest and when you pick her up keep your hand over her head. She should just settle down on the new nest with no problems Bubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07443815510111920533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-34650268781886501582016-08-16T11:15:23.487-04:002016-08-16T11:15:23.487-04:00If you have a dog or cat crate, you might try putt...If you have a dog or cat crate, you might try putting her in there with the eggs and some wood shavings or something. Once she figures out she is sitting on eggs then she goes into a trance and comes off once a day if that so you can open the door once that happens. Put it in your kennel. <br />Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-19422897444359737332016-08-16T05:31:38.848-04:002016-08-16T05:31:38.848-04:00I made a chicken jail for broodies that were brood...I made a chicken jail for broodies that were broody for too long, a wire cage with food and water no bedding usually 24 hours in a cool drafty place brings them out of it, when I want to a broody to sit I move them on to eggs I do it at night, set the nest with eggs up pick up the hen pop her on the nest in the dark and leave her shut in on the nest for the next day, if she is still sitting the Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-66762714241676787502016-08-15T23:36:19.285-04:002016-08-15T23:36:19.285-04:00K - Well global warming is a scam. There is plenty...K - Well global warming is a scam. There is plenty of evidence to show the opposite move in average temps and historical data that shows it was much warmer or colder at other times in the past. That being said I do not necessarily disbelieve in climate change per se. I am sure it is possible because we have seen the effects large cities and such can have on weather patterns. The problem is those PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-3878076040806470642016-08-15T23:05:10.743-04:002016-08-15T23:05:10.743-04:00I know you are not a believer in global warmer, bu...I know you are not a believer in global warmer, but hear me out. Average tempatures have been higher. Higher temps mean that more moisture can be absorbed into the air. More moisture/humidity means more absorbed energy into the atmosphere, ergo wilder weather. Perhaps we are on the cusp of weather phenomenons that have toppled several ancient civilizations ( Bluff dwellers of the SW, Etc...) Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14188650874375595590noreply@blogger.com