We had chicks in our "brooder" tote with a heat lamp in the garage. Air temperature was around -2F. Had to keep the lid on the tote and cover with a towel to keep them warm enough. It's risky but it can be done.
-13 with calm wind. Sun just broke the horizon, should see temps above zero soon. You know its cold when your cold tap water steams. The ducks are eagerly awaiting their routine sunbathe.
It supplements the need for commercial feed at an average of $0.03 per pound. Costing around $1.20 per 40 pounds compared to a 40 pound bag of scratch at $9.49 per bag. Using a bag per week your looking at an annual savings of $431.08 per year.
Does anyone have any tips or know how to successfully convinced a guinea to lay in a nesting box. Our female drops eggs all over the coop and refuses to use a nesting box.
Has anyone every seen this or know what it could be? She's been doing this for the past few days, some days are better than others. She also has a very deep quack compared to the rest. Sometimes she also has her month and tongue out. She roughly 6 months old.