Well,,Tom,,,dang,,but did we get some hell-a-cious rain yesterday (think it was first rain of the year) it flooded the front and back yards and for some time we could not even see the neighbors house across the street,it was rainin so hard,,!!! around here we don't EVER turn down any rain,,,,

 Fact is,,,we had a sure enough "Tornado Warning" for several hours and that kept everybody on their toes and checkin them clouds pretty regular,,,,Man,,,them clouds sure was UGLY lookin,,!!! 

  Since the Wife is wheel chair bound,,,She was very concerned with being able to make a quick get-a-way,,,if need to,,,

 I now understand how all them people that regularily have to go thru sleepless nights in Tornado country,,,!!!!

 Well,,Shameless,,,,I do happen to have one already,,,but this wife of mine started to get the hibby jeebies bout thet hole in the ground,,under the house and she would NOT let me open a door down into it for when we get severe weather ,,,,,like last nite. Ya see,,she'd been wantin a BIG Country  kitchen,,so,my Dad and I built a 14' X24' kitchen/ dining room,,,,and,,,,,AND  for good measure I had a contractor dig me a 14' X 14' X 10' hole in preparation  for a basement, poured a 6" concrete floor with 3" pipe verticles set every 3 feet in the concrete,,,hel* for stout for any tornado,,,,,,then,,,,,,,then,,,she fount out bout thet hole in the ground,,"UNDER" the kitchen and thet part of the project got put "ON HOLD" when the Heebie Jeebies got the best of her,,,,,now she thinks it full of snakes,,,,

You're brother can stop at Johnson's Corner truck stop and have himself one of their famous cinnamon buns.

I woke up about 2:15 this morning to the sound of heavy rain on my metal house roof.  Had 7/10" by 9:30, then it started to snow, getting about an inch an hour so far, might get as much as 8 inches.  No 60 MPH winds yet as they had predicted.  Out east of here it's pretty bad.  Virtually every school district in the state is closed.  Had a Dr. appointment for 1 pm, they called and canceled.  Hoping the power doesn't go off.  You all stay safe, and will somebody go and blow up that confounded "pretty" machine at Shameless's place!

re: egg production

it's LIGHT that makes them lay more ! Have an LED light on a timer, come on before sunrise and off 2hrour after sunset and you'll get 5 eggs per 6 hens.

I designed and made an universal automatic henhouse  light system. Used  GPS to figure out where it was, then adjust On/Off times based on mathmatical sunrise/sunset calculations. LEDs came on gradual( fade up) and off(fade down) to mimic the Sun. Built for neigbour who then moved !! Nother dustcollector...sigh

Jay

soggy mess