Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

I swear, my hens are louder than my roosters when it comes time to lay an egg! I don't mind the crowing, actually. I prefer it to the cackle-screech-cackle-screech my girls do.

The good news is, though, that yesterday I got 5 eggs from 5 hens.

Good girls.

 

[MrsDeb]

Tori, we already knew you were nuts!

Rach thats good news! I have one BCM laying from time to time and the two blue girls who are laying
everyday.......I thought about sticking their eggs in the bator just to see what's there but someone named Donna
would have to come get them if they actually hatched..

 

[Wolfwoman]

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But, isn't that what the HOUSE is for during the winter?

Tori, whatcha got to rehome??

 

[MrsDeb]

Yea, right Bonnie...you haven't met Jim yet...

But then again, Little Tator and his/her buddy are still in the house.

 

[Wolfwoman]

Awww you mean he doesn't love the babies too? Sam doesn't mind...lol Plus I have a pretty good progression of where they can be right now while I'm still here at the store. Hatch, brooder in a Rubbermaid bin placed in the house, then into the 'freezer' brooder in the trailer for a few more weeks, then into an open cage dog kennel placed in the coop. By the time they get to the dog kennel they should be almost fully feathered and pretty much off the heat lamp. I have to do this NOW before we move back to the other cabin.

 

[MrsDeb]

Oh he likes em, just not in his house....LOL!


Looks like we are all getting $1281 this year...that will sure help getting the new heater put in!

 

[Wolfwoman]

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House heater? What kind? We do wood.

 

[MrsDeb]

Yep a heater for the house....we are on propane right now and have been for the 4
years living in this house...In the winter we are $800-1000 a month to heat with propane..we figure that
a oil fired boiler would pay for itself in a few months.....

 

[Mrs MIA]

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But, isn't that what the HOUSE is for during the winter?

Tori, whatcha got to rehome??

I have a few blue silkies, BBS Orpingtons, black sexlinks, Ameraucanas, ducklings, turkey poults... a little of everything. As soon as my eyes recover from being dilated I'm hoping to do a little inventory/photo taking and post it on the website.

 

[incubatingisfun]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

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Don't be tossing any eggs yet... day 6 is still pretty early to give up on them. You might have more than 2, you just never know.

i could tell they were shaken so bad you could se the aircell floating around and whatlooked like little pieces of yolk

except on two​