BYC Café

[LaFleche]

LF, I think it is more like werewolf blood that you have!

Shht, you might just be on the right path @Mtn Margie !

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Cafe, yes the Doctor I have been talking to to will give the referral to have the stone removed.
Life is good sitting here with hot coffee.

 

[SkyAJK]

Good Morning All
Having my first cup of real coffee,the cup before was tea with a bit of coffee.
I totally with you @pennyJo1960 life is good with a hot cup of coffee.

 

[aart]

Grrrrr... ...I just shoveled 6-8 off the coop path...and it's still coming down. It didn't go north as I had hoped, plans for tomorrow cancelled, and I'll have to pay the plowman again.

 

[Sally PB]

@aart, I wish we'd gotten some or all of your snow! Hubby wants to go cross country skiing out in our field.

 

[aart]

Hubby wants to go cross country skiing out in our field.

Yeah, I remember when I loved to see this kind of snow fall so I could ski thru my woods trails.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

We are having another cold snap with temps remaining below freezing for days with no sun.

 

[Sally PB]

Arctic cold will move in on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday will have highs in the single digits, and lows over night below zero. I foresee some frozen eggs. That's ok... just need to keep my birds safe.

 

[RoyalChick]

Arctic cold will move in on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday will have highs in the single digits, and lows over night below zero. I foresee some frozen eggs. That's ok... just need to keep my birds safe.

Do you provide heat? I have the same temperatures moving in starting Monday. Two of my birds are still molting. Trying to decide about heat.

 

[Sally PB]

No, I don't provide heat.

At about 10°F, I keep the people door shut (it's usually open all day). When it gets closer to 0°, they don't want to go outside, so I give them a bowl of snow to go with the bowl of feed in the coop and shut the pop door too.

The only frostbite I've had to deal with was on my Buff Orpington's comb and wattles, and it was fairly minor.

The openings in the coop are covered with air filter material, so there aren't breezes blowing through. I have 10 hens and about 62 sf in the coop. There's a thick bed of pine shavings (mostly shoved to the back) and the make nests in it.

I'll check on them every couple of hours when it gets that cold.