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HD6GTOM 
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Posted: 12 Mar 2019 at 10:48pm |
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Thunder storms and rain here now. Sure better than last week. Although I been using the snow shovel to scoop water outta my machine shed. I've never seen it so bad. Dang snow all slid off the roof -- now melting and seeping in the SW Corner. Egg production is was up this week. I got 8 eggs. Up until today its been almost 1 egg every other day, but not on the coldest days. Went for 2 weeks with no eggs.
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desertjoe
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 4:17am |
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,,,!!!!
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shameless dude
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 8:26am |
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Joe...you need to dynomite out a scardy hole!
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chaskaduo
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 10:01am |
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Just to fill in with water?
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desertjoe
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 10:55am |
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,,,, 
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DMiller
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 1:06pm |
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Brother is suffering thru a Blizzard at Johnstown CO, high winds blowing snow just glad he is retired not needing to get anywhere. We are having spot showers for now, may change later this evening.
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JohnCO
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 1:21pm |
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!
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 1:30pm |
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
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JohnCO
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 1:35pm |
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Jay, get some chickens or sell it to Mr Miller!
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DMiller
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 2:05pm |
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HAHAHAHA!!!!!
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NomoreJohnDeere
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 2:11pm |
tail of the dragon right now
soggy mess
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 2:12pm |
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Tom is it the rain and more water to drink or thunder & lighting that's scarring the eggs out of them chickens
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 3:03pm |
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Started raining last night - mist before that part of day - so ice sheets now in yard where snow had been cleared off - even the dog is taking real small steps as it traverses the icy patches .
Looking at the roof I should have removed the snow last week or before as now ice dams along edges - to wet out to go do it now though so see how much melts in next couple days - suppose to get rain and thunder showers later -
Had a cooler out on back steps with some extra frozen things in it - checked it - somehow it filled with water so have 4 soggy frozen pizzas (were frozen once)to feed the dog now - cooked on for lunch - don't think i want 3 more meals of them though so dod will get a snack later .
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chaskaduo
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 3:16pm |
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Prolly gonna have a bone dry summer after last years swamping cause now all the winter snow is going to run off the hard froze ground. We really didn't get much snow here in the Twin Cities till February, and the ground was well frozen by then.
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Walker
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 3:57pm |
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run porno flicks all night for em to watch all night. Stimulates the egg glandular thingamabobs.
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Ted J
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Posted: 14 Mar 2019 at 3:30am |
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What can I say? (throwing hands up in the air in despair),,,,,,,,,Yup, I gotta agree with Chas,,,,,NO snow all winter and then nothing but LOTS of snow every other day. I give up!! I've got a torn muscle in my left arm from flinging snow and sprained my right wrist an every time I move it a certain way,,,,,,OW THAT HURTS!! (that's NOT what I say, but this is a family site)...
Now we're getting nothing but rain (last I knew it was over 3" and we only get 2.?? for the whole month!!) and it's STILL raining right now. It's supposed to stop though,,,,,,,,,,it's gonna turn to snow tomorrow......SHUCKEYDARN!!!
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