You're quite welcome for the cooler weather! Can I borrow it back now? 98 today, 100 for the weekend. I might be able to swap you some rain for Tues but no promises. Cute chicks!
Girls are getting a rhythm. +- 26 weeks. BO, EE. 5/6 yesterday,surprisingly 4/6 today! Temp 104 with high humidity. Don't expect much tomorrow or for the rest of the week. Over 100 is the forecast.
Some use paper towels or towels, some newspaper, some shavings. Newspaper or other slippery surface they say can cause splayed legs. I used layered paper towels so I could see the poop. Some(and I'm one of them) don't use shavings for the first few days till they find the food. The babies can...
WHAAAT??? Looks like a Turkey egg!!!! I should slap myself for badmouthing my EE's. Guess when they start laying they get after it! Mine are sketchy, not friendly. I've had a separate nest box. very private out in the house in the run 2 blue eggs yesterday then this monster today! That had to hurt!
Wow. Death Valley. I used to ride horses every Nov from Ridgecrest to Furnace Creek along the old 20 mule team route. Can I pick your brain? In that heat, what breeds do you keep and how do you keep them from baking? Coop/run set up? The highest it got here this summer was 111. We had a week...