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    What's on yr chickies' day to day menu?

    First, what all is on your chickens' day to day menu? Second, I've been feeding my 2 layer girls and 1 roo Layer Crumbles mixed half and half with Cracked Corn for the cold part of the non-laying season. There's the every-other-day to once-weekly addition of any of the following: scratch...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    A duck frozen to the ground?!? Poor thing! I'm so glad the dear didn't seem worse for the wear! Happy belated birthday Angiebubs and early birthday wishes to Terri! Are you going to be in FLA for your b-day? What a dream! And well earned after all the chores in the super cold weather...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Hilarious Irish! There should probably be a couple kids behind him for some households LOL I can only imagine the kid decibel readings in homes these past days... Is that "proofing" that you're writing about Jim? I always remember doing that but the roll recipe didn't call for it???? I...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Jim, thanks to you we had freshly made dinner rolls last night! Then today the heating element in the stove gave up the ghost... %^#@!* So it's really a special kind of torture reading about everyone's baking escapades. I was so surprised that the chickies spent most of the day OUTSIDE the...
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    straw in the coop?

    All made it through over here too! After I wrote the last entry we went out and got a reptile heat bulb. It sort of shoots a beam of heat so anything directly underneath or close to it would be a few degrees warmer. The rest of the coop was the same temp as the outdoors. I was this close to...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    I'll be interested to hear how the Angus project turns out AngieBubs! OMG Jim, I'm going to have to make some bread or rolls or something now. That sounds too heavenly! Chili is for dinner tonight and home made rolls would be spectacular with it. So I put a reptile heater bulb in the...
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    straw in the coop?

    Good to know about the reptile light bulb! I might find myself venturing out for that tomorrow. I'm glad we found each other! Husband came in after we put the 40 watt bulb out there at about 5pm and said, "you're not going to like this, but the rooster is crowing." sigh. What are you going...
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    straw in the coop?

    Also, has your light been uncovered? In that 4x4 space, like yours, a light it will light everything up like daytime in there and I'm worried about it keeping them up all night because it would feel like daytime. Although that's preferable to 3 frozen chickens.
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    straw in the coop?

    Hey there! I'm in Wisconsin with a -22 low for tomorrow and a real feel of -46. Sounds like we have a similar deal, my coop is a 4x4x4 space elevated over a run and part of a "chicken tractor" that holds 3 chickens. What wattage are you using in your heat lamp? We've never used one in...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    LOVE your outfit Terri. Really rather spectacular, that! I just made scrambled eggs for my chickens. I brought them out still hot. I hope noone burned themselves. How are those chickies doing it? I'm going to read up on Jim's heating notes... I want to know how Jim keeps things hot in...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Heather, yeeees, it does look a smidge tricky doesn't it? Well after starting and restarting my daughter's skirt maybe 4 times, clearly I have no respect for the term "in over my head" so I think I'll be ok. I got my yarn yesterday so I'll let the (First) starting begin this aft! Delisha...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    ooooo Jim. Looks nice. Since we're sharing projects: Heather this is the pattern I'm all about: The knitting chat on the BYC forum reminds me of pix I've seen of chickens in knit chicken sweaters...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    TerriO, no problem what-so-ever! Kinda thought the demand would exceed the supply at this time of year! Heather lady-of-the-smoulder, you are a scream as per usual. Hilarious you should say that about the knitting because for the first time in a while I found a pattern for a hat that...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Hi Delisha, So sorry to hear about your doggie. Folks, what chickies seem to lay eggs well in the winter? Jim, checked out your water heater, neat-o! The nearby Farm & Fleet and Tractor Supply were out of water heaters. I was in the middle of jury rigging something when the hugsband...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Hi guys! It's been about a million years! Jim yr at post #6000! Have been thinking about everyone and their chickens in this weather. Speaking of waterers, Jim, I just discovered an iceberg under my heated waterer.... looks like water has been leaking from the plug underneath. The plug...
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    How to get hen to stop plucking feathers from others

    Have the same problem and the linked thread is offering different ideas. ...get a cup o coffee and snuggle in for a while... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/697052/i-think-i-found-a-miracle-cure-for-feather-picking
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    Comment by 'mxmarg' in article 'Totally Unique coop for a unique situation'

    love it!
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    bare back chickie why and sweater for this winter?

    Hi! Thx for reading! At this point we have 2 2ish year old hens and 1 2ish year old silkie (bantam) rooster. Over the summer the silkie has steadily been going bald on his head and a hen has been steadily losing feathers from her back while the other hen is pristine. 1- Is it fairly obvious...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Well my brain has just been seared with those images Thank you Big Fam. It was such a nice afternoon until that happened... And yes, TerriO, we're hunkering down over here too. Now I'm going to go take a shower after reading BFam's story...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    ...handling. It's not like it's warmer in the coop than it is outside. One of the Andalusian's does have frostbite on the tip of her straggly comb. *sigh* Hens&Roos ! How are you guys? We were wondering just today when those birdies that we got from you were hatched! Hope y'all are well...
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