Spring is here!

[jackb]

It doesn't get any better than this, the temperature hit fifty plus, Simon woke up hungry as a bear, and, the kitchen is FINISHED!!

 

[Nyboy]

The ones here are active all winter.

 

[rainey]

Chipmunk are so adorable! Are they "pests"? We don't have them here in the other coast.

 

[jackb]

Some people say they are pests and they very well may be. Simon showed up when he was a baby and we have tamed him and fed him. He has been living under our deck for about seven years and has not caused a single problem. The fact that he does not have to forage for food to survive probably keeps him from becoming a pest. He is a pest in that he sits staring at the back door for hours at a time looking for a handout making you feel guilty if you ignore him, other than that we enjoy having him around.

 

[rainey]

I can see why! How lucky to have a camera with you at that moment! That's a fantastic pic!

 

[ducks4you]

I agree, Spring came this week. The frogs started to sing and the birds are chattering. My chickens are losing feathers without molting, something I have never seen my chickens do before, AND the horses have started to shed.
Usually my horses roll off their coats, but I used to teach lessons and I knew that it was Spring bc I would be brushing them and get fur in my mouth!
Glad that I started Some seeds early, bc now I don't feel Like I am too far behind the season.

 

[rainey]

How does a chicken molt without losing feathers?

 

[jackb]

I agree, Spring came this week. The frogs started to sing and the birds are chattering. My chickens are losing feathers without molting, something I have never seen my chickens do before, AND the horses have started to shed.
Usually my horses roll off their coats, but I used to teach lessons and I knew that it was Spring bc I would be brushing them and get fur in my mouth!
Glad that I started Some seeds early, bc now I don't feel Like I am too far behind the season.

Well, winter paid a return visit and dumped well over a foot of heavy snow on us today. Simon most likely is taking a snooze again.

 

[ducks4you]

I didn't say they were molting. They are I dunno..."shedding." You can see a feather here and a feather there on one bird and then another at random looking like somebody was plucking them one feather at a time. Weird. Never seen it before.

 

[thistlebloom]

Well, winter paid a return visit and dumped well over a foot of heavy snow on us today. Simon most likely is taking a snooze again.

That happened to us a few weeks back. Seemed like the earliest spring ever and just when I was getting psyched up for it -bam! winter part two.