Honeycreek & to the Consolidated Kansas thread! Also, feel free to join us on the Kansas Poultry Swap on Facebook, we have almost 250 members now on there. It should get pretty exciting come spring I think with all the hatching chicks & other poultry being offered.
KarenS, you'll have to keep us updated on how all of your chicks are doing. I've never had that many before at once.
checoukan, congrats on the new chicks!
Danz, yeah those cookies can cause some problems sometimes. You don't even think about them most of the time, that is until you have a problem come up. I've got my computer fixed now except it seems one of my case fans is kind of acting up now, but that's minor. I ordered a couple last night just so we would have them. It's not making as much noise this morning, so maybe it coughed out a piece of dirt or something. You would be surprised how much lint & stuff gathers on the inside of your computer. We blow ours out on a regular basis, but a lot of people don't know you're supposed to. It sure can eat up computer parts because it causes them to overheat. I hope your antibiotic will cover the sinus infection too & that you start feeling better soon.
Geez it's cold out today! Oh Danz, I tried out those gloves you said you had gotten this morning & they do help, but my hands still hurt, so I think I will have to get another light pair to put under them. With the Raynaud's if my hands get too cold they sure hurt bad. I went out & all of the rabbits water was frozen solid this morning in the garage so I had to pour some warmer water over it & hopefully they will have some water for awhile anyway. Even the clips for my gate in front of the chicken run were frozen shut today. I got one loose, but told DH to try to get the lower one to open on his way out to the garage. I couldn't latch the gate without being able to get that open. I guess they got wet & then that moisture froze on there. Not that it keeps the dogs out of there anyway, not right now anyway until they get big enough to not fit through there any more.
I'm making a trip to Hutchinson today to pick up my chinchilla rabbits finally. I have been trying to figure out when I could get up there & finally figured out a time when the guy is available & I can go. I got another cage put together last night & all I have to do now is move it out there & screw it together with the others. I will have a stack of 4 for the bucks now, so the top guy will have quite a view from up there. I have the does in the bigger cages so they will have room when they have litters. I just about froze my toes off last night trying to get the 3rd cage in the row hooked on & get the buck for that cage all moved in & set up. By the time I came in I couldn't really feel my toes any more. That cement floor really gets cold! I'm not going to try to hook the last one on until it's a little warmer day at least.
Everybody have a good day & try to stay warm!