Spring is on its way!

Minus 20 C right now but going up to minus 5! Then plus 2 or 3 next week!!

Plus 2 will feel like summer after minus 20
Brrrrr!

not getting much luck with the weather eh hal ,hope it warms up and stays that way for you soon

fieldwalker wrote:

Plus 2 will feel like summer after minus 20
Brrrrr!

Maybe for you etc FW for this duck here thou Armageddon as such I'm comes to mind .

Had a young white freeze in the nest last night. Nestmate a dark red survived OK. 16 days old or so as usual. Cock chasing hen they do not sit them as before. Maybe the darker colour helps warm them?
Have lost perhaps a dozen so far. Cut the legs off the dead ones and re-use the bands. Have bred at this particular time for years now. Lose maybe one. Much colder than other years. Will not happen again. Stick with nature.
Not complaining at all as such. Learning. I assume hot weather constantly has its own set of problems. Learn by our mistakes.
Just wonder if the 8 survivors so far will perform better or worse than ones hatching now and later? Live and learn!!

halcanada wrote:

Had a young white freeze in the nest last night. Nestmate a dark red survived OK. 16 days old or so as usual. Cock chasing hen they do not sit them as before. Maybe the darker colour helps warm them?
Have lost perhaps a dozen so far. Cut the legs off the dead ones and re-use the bands. Have bred at this particular time for years now. Lose maybe one. Much colder than other years. Will not happen again. Stick with nature.
Not complaining at all as such. Learning. I assume hot weather constantly has its own set of problems. Learn by our mistakes.
Just wonder if the 8 survivors so far will perform better or worse than ones hatching now and later? Live and learn!!

Wee bit taboo etc maybe, I suggest Hal giving out that type of information as such as mentioned. Bit like asking a race horse owner, where his horse finishes up after his racing life finishes up type of thing on average.

The dark red. Survivor. Lack of parental care? Missed the company? Dropped to the nest box below. Cock killed the intruder.  How did the YB get in? Have a perch in front of every box. Tomorrow no more perches there on boxes.  Taboo or not. If any one can learn from my mistakes then good. Cannot change the weather but can and will change management practises. The ones that give me negative results.

I thought it was last week, had a few nice days..........turned nasty now, with more forecast .

Warm enough out the wind but going to have this into the weekend i think then its the spring equinox Monday

Britain would come to a standstill at -20 haha

peel bros wrote:

Britain would come to a standstill at -20 haha

Throw in Brexit etc Ray I suggest & Oh happy days also, maybe .

Strong wind all day, good kite flying weather providing you have a strong arm.

Forecast diabolical, strong winds, snow, freezing then worse to come.

Ah, well.


Regards.

peel bros wrote:

Britain would come to a standstill at -20 haha

uk comes to a standstill with a couple of centimetres of snow..........our tax money is apparently not enough to cover the cost of gritting the roads, as often as they should be.

still raining here, no sign of spring yet........

Windy, rain, cold, does not lift the spirit when thinking of the daffs and other flowers now in bloom, buds on pear tree, hope all survive.


Regards.

yes misty, weve a lot of bulbs coming up now.....they come up every year, tulips etc......not a big lover of daffs, a bit straggly for my liking, same with roses, I like the flower but not the straggly stem .

I like all flowers, David.

Including dandy lions, which is a liking shared by my rabbits.


We put a rose tree in the garden in memory of our much loved border collie, it flowers early and has rose hips on now, having flowered until December, been in the garden for 10 years.


It may be interesting as a side line to know the flowers our fellow fanciers like best.


Regards.

Hemp! Makes seeds!

Wonderful site to a have a rape field and a hemp field both in bloom in the same proximity.


In our area there are more rape fields than ever previously, not as colourful as the hemp but changes the look of the country side for the better.



Regards.

Linseed is bonny aswell
A field of blue
Only ever been grown once locally,pity.

Likewise, fieldwalker, only seen it once myself and had no idea what it was, but a real eye opener.


Regards.

Local fields full of rapeseed.
Hay fever problems for some who live nearby, pleased i don't suffer from it.
Be some local honey like cats p##s.
Does look bonny though when it flowers.

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Think rape seed is a cash crop and has become more popular every year, you can look at acres of farmland around here at the right time and it is almost a yellow blanket, field after field, never used to be so.

Regards.