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It’s finally melting here! Thankfully... it’s a cute novelty, but I can’t wait to be rid of it now. A week of it was too much for me, I don’t know how the poor souls that got hit with that polar vortex, and actual cold temps survived! But, that’s why I live as south west as I can get in Canada...

As an aside... when I was a baby my parents freaked out and rushed me to hospital because I was “jaundiced”. My favorite food was carrots. Guess why I was turning yellowish orange? I don’t think there is necessarily a direct link between yolk colour and “healthier” eggs... because you could...

We have a few white pine where I live... and grand fir and Douglas fir, and lots of red cedar... our cows love the cedars for shelter (I call them sleeping trees, because they will all settle in under them to stay warm and dry), and do snack on the occasional fallen branches of the fir and pines...

I do love all the interesting things I’m learning here! I researched some and if anyone is interested, found a paper on abortions related to ponderosa pine needle consumption in various species... PMID 1459912 if anyone wants to give it a read... The cattle in the study were fed between .7...

White pine needles are high in vitamin C and A, I’m sure in sufficient quantities they could be toxic... I was unaware that other pine needles are toxic to some animals... as for in chickens I don’t know, I think I said that in my initial post?, it was a while ago and I have patchy internet...

We don’t have ponderosa... just the occasional white pine, Douglas fir and grand fir... never had any problems with abortions in the last 60 or 70 years they have been on the property. Granted they just browse them a little after the windstorms, if they were constantly gorging on them or eating...

Lots of vitamins in pine and fir needles. Our cows also go for them after every big windstorm... the cows also love rosehips, anyone know how they affect chickens & eggs?