Connecticut!

[new chick 203]

That's great! I'm jealous, as I'm not getting anything right now.
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[Beth G.]

Enjoy and have a great time!! Lebanon is a nice area! Maybe you'll get some farmy sight seeing in

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[Beth G.]

congrats on all the eggs!!!

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[Beth G.]

I feel for ya

I'm only getting a few eggs aday from all my chickens. It's pathetic I tell ya!!
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[Egg Crate]

Nice clutch of eggs Jen!

Staying put this holiday. Just having our little CT family over for the feast.

Looking forward to a day of rest. Been putting a lot of hours in on the new run and amenities. Got all the lights & outlets working today and finished winterizing the coop.

Bought some scratch grain for the girls. They absolutely love it. Scrambling like kids under a broken pinata.

I let them free range a bit today while I was working on the lights. There was a big hawk sitting in one of the trees screaching it's fool head off. The chickens all decided today was not a good day to be out in the yard and preferred the protection of the coop & run. All except for Brownie, the big rooster. He thinks he's all that and a bag of chips! He ain't skeered of no hawk. (famous last words).

 

[BellaBlue]

im gonna stay home this year. my kids are all grown up and out of the hhouse and i dont have them close by to have over. we will be enjoying the day with our own turkey meal and i will be outside with my aracanas. they are finally laying eggs and doing that squat thing and i got 9 blue eggs today. i would take a picture but im not good with technology. happy thanksgiving everyone.

 

[chicken boy sam]

Beth G. :

Enjoy and have a great time!! Lebanon is a nice area! Maybe you'll get some farmy sight seeing in

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Maybe

I think I got enough of that during the 6 hour drive to upstate new york, though

 

[Egg Crate]

If you're not getting any eggs this time of year, and want some, the only thing that works is a little artifical light. I've read that chickens need 14 hours of light to continue laying regularly. I use an energy saving bulb in a "vapor fixture". You can buy them at home depot in the lighting department (in the section where they display the "shop lights" and other commercial fixtures). They run $25 and that includes the waterproof workbox they mount to. It is a very safe design that can be used in wet or exposed locations. The bulb is held inside of a heavy glass jar and the jar itself is protected by a sturdy metal cage. Very tough. I was also thinking those plastic tube lights would work too. They come pre-wired - all you need to do is plug them in. String them aroung the ceiling of the coop on cup hooks and they should work fine. They sell a plastic track that the tube lights snap into too.

With sunset around 4:15 now. You can use a timer to turn the light on around 2AM and off by 7AM. Better to use the light in the morning rather than the evening. With the 13 watt energy saving bulb the power cost is minimal. I'm still getting between 10 and 12 eggs a day from 15 layers. I figure if I'm going to continue feeding them through the winter, they need to keep laying eggs. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement!

 

[Beth G.]

Yeah I guess Upstate NY has CT beat anywhere for farmy sight seeing

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I think I got enough of that during the 6 hour drive to upstate new york, though

 

[Beth G.]

I have those same exact lights in my large barn full of juvies, brooders, and silkies. I would light all of my coops except I have 7 coops plus two brooders and if I light them all my DH will kill me when the electric bill comes. I'm not worried about them all not laying b/c I have so many birds and with the ones laying for our two person household it works. But, my egg buying customers aren't too happy

and neither is my pocket from the feed bill without the help of egg sales. However I still can't justify the lights to the husband so I skip it

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