Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

@Geranium If you get those ads that come in the mail that you can cut out, or you go to the Harbor Freight site itself, they usually have a coupon that you can print out to get a free tarp when you buy something else.

 

[meetthebubus]

Teasing us about a new idea for shade? @meetthebubus patiently waiting. Is the video done yet?

ya caught me I filmed it, its a updated tour of the run with the new idea... it's very hillbilly-ish but it works for me I still have to edit it, which doesn't take long but what really does is uploading it to youtube... it's coming soon!.....

 

[DesertChic]

Ack it's going to be so cold in a few days! I feel like I need to add more wind protection to my coop for the winter...

Yep! Definitely cold. I went from having a bumper crop of tomatoes happily growing toward ripeness to having a bunch of massive, dead tomato plants ready for the compost bin. VERY depressing. I harvest over 60 green tomatoes and half a dozen Marconi peppers I hope will ripen in the house.

The chickens don't like the shift to cold temps either since many are still growing in their new feathers, but they're still shrugging it off better than my plants did.

 

[meetthebubus]

I worry about my eggers roosting outside, with the cold. but I've worked on insulating the area so I'm thinking they will be ok.
Their roost now is their fave place to hang out, even in the daytime! I think they feel really safe there now, its turned into a great place that suits their style.

I'm just thankful this year is colder already!

 

[igorsMistress]

I turned the heater on yesterday morning for the first time. This morning I broke out my winter coat since I was out there just before dawn. Barefoot of course.

 

[BlueBaby]

I turned the heater on yesterday morning for the first time. This morning I broke out my winter coat since I was out there just before dawn. Barefoot of course.

Yes, it's been chilly with the wind blowing like that, you get a wind chill factor. We are still trying to save on the electric over here, and just been turning the heat on in the morning long enough to take off the chill. I have my sweater on the rest of the time, and have a little one of those lap throws for when I sit down to watch tv. Those cups of hot coffee help too!

 

[FeatherPugs]

We turned ours on but very low - like 70 but hubby complained he was a bit cold last night and we bumped it to 72. We used to play the game of no heat until Thanksgiving but the last few years we have lost and usually turned it very low about the 2nd or 3rd week. Still love the low electric bills!

 

[meetthebubus]

I don't turn on the heat at all I love the cold, only time I do is if someone got sick, which rarely happens. My home was 60 last night loved it!!!

That being said I do go around in fuzzy socks and have hot water lol

 

[BlueBaby]

I finally found my first little green egg out there today!

 

[igorsMistress]

My thermostat is programmable so about the time hubs gets up I have it set to warm up some so he's not cold, then it goes down again when the kids leave for school and by afternoon it's warm enough we don't really need it. 68 is the lowest we go, the kids would be pretty cold otherwise.