BYC Café

[aart]

Got down to 38 here last night, but high near 70 and sunny later...and the next couple days.
Shade cloths come down today!

 

[sourland]

Good morning - thanks for the coffee.

 

[LaFleche]

It is the hours of daylight and not vitamin D level. You can give them supplemental light in the winter to make them lay eggs but that is not usually necessary for first year pullets.

They will usually still start laying eggs but later than normal.

I have been breeding and raising my own chickens (various breeds and mixes) for 20+ years now, and never had my pullets at POL ransacking the nest boxes for weeks without actually starting to lay.
The weather has been crazy this year and I believe it to be the reason.

 

[LaFleche]

Good afternoon everyone and thanks for the coffee.

We are supposed to have a warm spell for the next 3 days, Sahara winds coming from Africa bringing temperatures up to 19°C.

 

[Sally PB]

Lots to do today, including lunch out with some BYC friends (I haven't met in person yet).

We really need the 3 dry days we have in the forecast, that's for sure. Lots to do outside. The chicken coop/run is almost ready for winter. I can almost check that off the list.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Good morning and thanks for the coffee! We have snow flurries for tomorrow and then nice weather again. DH and I chipped the slash from the tree that blew down and moved the splitter back up to the house to deal with our pile of logs now. I have some firewood to deliver today and then go get my Azure delivery. Enjoy the day you all!

 

[bruceha2000]

It's a nippy 44 out with a drizzly rain. It isn't going to get much warmer either. High is expected to be 48 today.

Similar here, might make 52°F tomorrow.

including lunch out with some BYC friends (I haven't met in person yet).

Oh fun!!! We'll need a report

 

[cheepteach]

jealous! Sally have fun!
broke down and put fire in wood stove last night..........toasty and nice!

 

[ronott1]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.
It's a nippy 44 out with a drizzly rain. It isn't going to get much warmer either. High is expected to be 48 today.

Thanks for the coffee!
It is 46F here this morning and I am at work in shorts and a polo shirt. It is funny to see the parkas out here already!

 

[aart]

It is 46F here this morning and I am at work in shorts and a polo shirt.

Working inside where the heat is on?