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Yeah we talked a few times when I was starting out. Seems like roos are more likely to have sudden heart attacks. Makes me wonder if it’s from the layer feed. I assume excess calcium gets deposited into the arteries and calcifies. I probably should’ve used a grower or starter feed high in protein and lower in Ca and just let the hens supplement with oyster shell as needed. He was from a breeder and was a month from being 3 y/o so I suspected he would be fine for awhile. We often joked that he’d be the last one standing.

Yeah. We just don’t display it. We don’t have a lot trying to get in...yet. The coop is elevated off the ground 2 1/2ft and we have hawk netting over the run and coop down to the ground. Anything trying to get in risks getting tangled.

More downs than ups cranky. lol

He showed no signs of anything. I think he just had a heart attack or he got something down his windpipe. He was in o ne of the many holes he loves to dig. He would nestle himself in there and chirp to call one of his girls over. Maybe he swallowed some dirt down the trachea and got a little too excited. No idea. Just sucks. We never wanted a roo, but he certainly grew on us. He didn’t crow much, was a gentleman to his ladies (minus the Weinstein mounting), and was a good watch dog. He was great with me and Lisa too. The flock must go on though although the dynamic will greatly change.

New record low max for CON for the day...40F. Old record was a very vulnerable 43F from 1933. Most of the records around this date are U30s.

RIP Little Boy. The flock will never be the same. Went out to the run tonight and found him dead. I had just heard him crowing an hour before and he seemed totally healthy. No idea what happened. Shocked is an understatement.

What’s the latest trace and measurable for the COOP most representative of your location? What did your area get in the may 1945 storm? I know Peru, VT pulled off 20” and CON was around 5”.

Congrats Miller St. Park https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=AN386&time=GMT

Good luck.

Yeah I think we mixed around 2am as well. It dropped to 33.7F here. But yeah Chris, we basically need everything to go right this time of year. It all started falling apart once I said we had wiggle room here. lol

37° All rain. All the time.

NAM lookin a little snowier for interior NH. We’ll see.

Punt

Dry air aloft. It’ll probably transition to rain.

Even the weeniest high elevation meso sites in NH are in the 39/35 ballpark right now. Lost River at 1800’ is 39/35 and -RA. So there’s some work to do, but that was expected.

Edith

She’s alive.

51/23 but you can feel an extra chill in the breeze with every wave of passing virga.

Never go back?

56° right now before noon. Hard to believe it could accumulate snow tonight. I’m not expecting much here. Maybe Gene can get a little surprise.

Really strong MCB here for the whole event.

Headed down the same path as lavarock now.

From inches and inches of snow to inches and inches of mulch. Another swift kick to the nads from winter 19-20.

I just posted something in the lawn thread from here, but there’s lots of options from the local landscape supply store here with natural mulch options with varying color. I may do the horti-mulch this year to help feed the plants and shrubs at the same time.

I just got my 2020 Dirt Doctors NH catalog in the mail and they have this in it... I’m thinking about trying a yard or two and spreading it in a few spots in the front yard and along the driveway where the grass is thin and the topsoil is thinning.