Just Me Living Life

My hens learned to eat from these rat proof feeders very well! To teach them, during the day I put a brick on the pads to hold them open and gradually reduced the amount of time I left the brick in place. It only takes a few days for them to learn. I do this every time I introduce new hens to the flock!  Happy hens hanging out! 

Did a lot of work today widening and cleaning up the trails to accommodate the Polaris! Not yet done but made huge progress! 

Hubby bought me this for Christmas but they were so back ordered, I didn’t get it until today! Still waiting for the roof, windshield, winch, snow plow, and front and rear fenders, which are still on back order. Will bring it back to the ship once everything comes in! For now, having a ball with it!! 

  This evening after work, most of my gals had already gone into the hen condo for the night. A bit early if you ask me, but, this is their routine! They like to ensure they are situated for the night once darkness falls. They also like to try to beat one another out for the the best spots on the roosting bars! LOL!  But something they love more than those great spots on the roosting bars are treats! I store the scratch, dried mealworms and Hentastic oregano and probiotic treats in a metal trash can (safe from critters, with bungie cord and two stones on top of the cover…rodents and squirrels also cannot chew through the metal) and when the hens hear me open the lid, they come running no matter where they are!  Enjoy the show!! 👍😆😆😆 From Hen condo… Exiting hen condo…  Running toward the gate where I am…

I love being able to talk to my hens through the WiFi cams! So fun! And if I ever see a predator trying to get in, I can scare it away too! Awesome! 

My hens sure love it when the lights come on in the morning! 

So excited about my upgrade! I had a pan tilt WiFi camera, Wansview brand, in the hen condo with two-way sound, and three stationary WiFi cameras, Zmodo brand, covering the run areas that had no sound at all. I changed out the three stationary cameras with three of the same Wansview pan tilt WiFi camera that I have in the hen condo! Now I have great coverage of the run areas too! And I can hear the hens, and if I want to talk to them I can talk through any of the cameras! Not that I plan to do it often, LOL!! But if I have a pissed off hen who’s squawking like mad, I can tell her to knock it off! Or, if there’s a predator that I can see outside the run, trying to get in, I can make some loud human noises to scare it off!  What’s nice about having one brand for all four WiFi cameras is the ability to monitor all four in one app, the Wansview app! I can use my iPad for a larger view! But I can view all four at any time on my iPhone too!  This is a screen shot of four-camera view...

My gals on the hen condo WiFi cam this morning, just a minute or two away from when the lights in the run turn on.