Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

View attachment 1650860 View attachment 1650861 View attachment 1650863 This weather is depressing....and to top it off my in-laws are heading to Arizona on a bike tour. I am jealous, but they deserve it!

On the chick front....72 large fowl Orpington and buckeyes were welcomed into the world on Sunday. 16 bantams were also welcomed on the same day.

One could easily get attached to those bantam birds!

JEALOUS. I wish my fricken birds would lay some eggs.

 

[duluthralphie]

JEALOUS. I wish my fricken birds would lay some eggs.

Ditto

 

[BantyChooks]

Ditto

Fellow eggless person here. I set up lights, but the timer is a bit faulty so I have to sit down and fix it sometime when it's not cold enough to freeze a penguin's arse off.

 

[camboy77]

Ditto

Can’t you buy a raffle ticket for that?

 

[duluthralphie]

My lights work fine... my hens are just lazy freeloading female dogs.

 

[duluthralphie]

Can’t you buy a raffle ticket for that?

See above post.. it would require new pullets and a hen plucking party.


I was just thinking... there are not many places you can suggest a hen plucking party and not have serious repercussions.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

That was always something that bothered me when I lived in Montana was seeing calving done in February. I asked Dad about it and he said he just preferred dealing with any troubles and seeing calving in warmer temps.

Saw some weather forecast for -50 on Thursday night... Bikini weather for Banty I know. But what the heck?! P-u.

Here’s my model this morning. Poor thing. I was on the dropping list for this one I’m sure. Sunny Two is from Minnie. She’s very pretty.

 

[BantyChooks]

I still love that chicken every time I see photos of her. What a build.

 

[duluthralphie]

That was always something that bothered me when I lived in Montana was seeing calving done in February. I asked Dad about it and he said he just preferred dealing with any troubles and seeing calving in warmer temps.

Saw some weather forecast for -50 on Thursday night... Bikini weather for Banty I know. But what the heck?! P-u.

Here’s my model this morning. Poor thing. I was on the dropping list for this one I’m sure. Sunny Two is from Minnie. She’s very pretty.

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I use to calf and lamb in January/February because the cold did less damage than the moisture did in March/April. I also got extra weight on them by the time it greened up they were ready to graze.

But it is one of those to each his own on them.

 

[jerryse]

That was always something that bothered me when I lived in Montana was seeing calving done in February. I asked Dad about it and he said he just preferred dealing with any troubles and seeing calving in warmer temps.

Saw some weather forecast for -50 on Thursday night... Bikini weather for Banty I know. But what the heck?! P-u.

Here’s my model this morning. Poor thing. I was on the dropping list for this one I’m sure. Sunny Two is from Minnie. She’s very pretty.

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I saw the -35 wind chill advisory . We have one for -25 tomorrow . Saw feral cat tracks in the fresh snow . At least 2 maybe 3 . One has a extra toe .