chilly Dec. blues

[silkymom1986]

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from North MS!!! I get the blues too in winter, I love coming home from work on nice days and sitting on my swing in the back yard watching my chickens free range around our property, this site will help keep your mind off it, we are 1 big support group!!!

 

[happyreds]

Hi Amy in Indiana,
Wow, you sure have a diverse group of birds. I always thought the turkeys, geese would be aggressive to chickens. You must be a great leader for them all. Five years is lots of experience and like you, I discovered the straw trick last winter. My girls love it and this year I will try alfalfa hay for nutrition value and it will 'double duty' keep their feet warm too.
Thanks for the welcome,
Linda in Ohio

 

[happyreds]

Hi Bunnibird55, and chicken neighbor in NW Ohio!
Nice to know you are there going thru all this weather with me and my girls. Your pole barn sounds very cozy for birds. My chicks live in a chicken tractor that is closed in upstairs and a screened courtyard downstairs layered with straw and with a dirt pan for dusting under their ramp. They can also free range within a fenced area with lawn and a pine tree. They have so much room for only two hens so are very content most of the time. But if my husband and I don't spend some time with them regularly, they get unhappy and start to pace as soon as we appear. Never would have thought chickens could become so personable!
Thanks for the welcome,
Linda

 

[NonnasBabies]

Welcome!

 

[happyreds]

Hi Silkymom,
Gee, I didn't think anyone got winter blues so far south in MS. Glad you are a chicken owner and lover cause I know they help the blues, as will this web site. I've been overwhelmed with all the friendly welcomes from chicken people and their broods. Wow, I don't feel so alone anymore or nutty cause I love my chicks. In fact, I see most everyone has a flock and though I started with three, I feel kinda weird now with only two. But then I have to stop and think about how much poop I clean up from just two happy hens, smile!
Thanks for the chin up,
Linda in Ohio

 

[happyreds]

Dear all you happy, contented chicken people,

Thanks so much for taking the time to welcome me, I have truly been cheered up. Even the ice on the pond this morning did not rattle me, and it's still hanging around this afternoon and the forecast is for snow over the next two days. My girls laid off laying today and that means an extra large egg from Phoebe tomorrow.

Want to mention to Golden Sparrow that I liked your BYC page, and to The Red Rooster that I liked your BIG chick, and thanks for the welcome Barred Babies. I am looking forward to hanging out on BYC and enjoying the people and learning more about chickens.

Good-bye Blues,
Linda in Ohio

 

[silkymom1986]

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We have had 2 snows already this year, I def know about the winter blues, lol! Yea this site is so great, you think your the only crazy chicken obssessed person, then you find this site, and it makes you feel normal again, lol

I started with only 3 hens a year ago and am not at 20. That was totally not my plan but I just love em so much!! And I started incubating too, which is a whole seperate addiction in itself,

 

[jbourget]

HI!

 

[Desert Rooster]

Hello

and welcome to BYC

from Hesperia, Ca