Coffee Club

[sourland]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee.

 

[microchick]

Morning everyone. Sorry for the absence. Spring is trying hard to push winter back here so we are outside trying to get the jump on warm weather projects.

Plenty of coffee available. Hold out your cups for refills. Also hot water on the wood stove so help yourselves if you so desire.

I'm off to finish a coop and separate bantams for standard sized birds before the bantams do violence to one of the larger roosters.

I call it death by a thousand pecks......

 

[Sequel]

Good morning! Nice to see so many of you here! Halfway through my first cup…

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning Club, Did bring coffee to share.
Dry here right now 40 out.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning flock, I’m going offline for the next week unfortunately my mom passed on Friday night and we are sitting Shiva this week.
Be well and be safe

Sorry to hear that!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning my lovely Chicken friends!
Having my third cup.

So I was changing water this morning and this "new" waterer came open and dumped a gallon of water in the brooder.

The chicks seemed deeply offended but only one got noticeably wet. And thats because "he" ran to where the water was to protect everyone (or because he was curious)

Anyway, I am using the deep litter method so I just added more wood shavings over the wet places because I had to go to a dental appt.

Should I dig all the wet stuff out later or just let the heat lamp eventually dry it out? It's a 110 gallon stock tank so 1 gallon doesn't add much.

I am just concerned it make become too humid for them and lead to illness.

Thanks for your guidance in advance.

Jay

Clean it out.

 

[CapricornFarm]

We have been super busy cleaning stalls, the goat house, planting forage, planting strawberry plants. Battling the damn rats. Digging out near coops and putting in concrete block and rocks. Also hardware cloth. Sick of varmints!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Crap I had battle royal here with rats. Think I have possibly removed all the food.
Covering the feeders. Also helps the neighbor bought chickens so they get them now.

 

[jdfog2]

Clean it out.

I did - yesterday. I tried to use a brooder plate in the brooder tonight but I didn't feel like it got quite warm enough - I put a thermometer under it for 30 minutes and it never got above 80F
I am going to use the heat lamp again until I figure the brooder plate out. (it's attached the a ladder rung with it's clamp which has 4 zip ties holding it closed and around the rung of the ladder. Even with all that securing - I don't like using a heat lamp - but I also don't want my chicks to get too cold

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Coffee Clubbers good evening one and all!

Tea is available and there is decaf as well, have at it and enjoy.

Had an appointment in Jaxs today.

Have a great day!