EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[The Duck Ladie]

GOOD MORNING, CLUCKY CHICKEN CARERS!

*Takes the cookie out of Dan's* *chews*
What do ya' mean "chicken" Carers?

 

[BullChick]

*Takes the cookie out of Dan's* *chews* 
What do ya' mean "chicken" Carers?

It was an all "C" morning.

 

[Akrnaf2]

 

 

 

Yeah, I know. It really does stink.

I like not having to deal with frozen water all winter but I like fruit too.

It gets worse. The forecast has been updated. It isn't just going into the low 20s Saturday night. It will be in the 20s for at least 5 nights in a row with snow Saturday and Monday and not getting above freezing Saturday.

Snow isn't so bad but the fruit is toast again this year. Plus I have 2 batches of chicks out in the coop so they'll need some attention.

What about lighting some tiers near the trees?

???

I saw ones in National Geographic about a Peach Orchard owner in the US, that use to Light tires on his orched perimeter on extremely cold night to raise the temp some degrees to save the fruits.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Nice photos, lovely flock.

...

That's only one flock. There are others in less photogenic areas.

What about lighting some tiers near the trees?

Tires or fires?

In the past I've covered them with tarps and put fires below the tarp.
Last year I tried misting. I waited for the weather channel to tell me it was down to 32F / 0C and by then it was already 28F at my house. Weather reports are unreliable. My micro climate is always several degrees below the airport temp 20 minutes away.

 

[dan26552]

*Takes the cookie out of Dan's* *chews* 
What do ya' mean "chicken" Carers?

Hey!! That's not nice!

 

[BullChick]

Yummy nummy coffee....thanks.

Awe! I made you happy!

I like not having to deal with frozen water all winter but I like fruit too.
It gets worse. The forecast has been updated. It isn't just going into the low 20s Saturday night. It will be in the 20s for at least 5 nights in a row with snow Saturday and Monday and not getting above freezing Saturday.
Snow isn't so bad but the fruit is toast again this year. Plus I have 2 batches of chicks out in the coop so they'll need some attention.

Maybe not. They might surprise you.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I saw ones in National Geographic about a Peach Orchard owner in the US, that use to Light tires on his orched perimeter on extremely cold night to raise the temp some degrees to save the fruits.

It would be illegal here to burn tires. If it was just a couple degrees, that may work but I'll be dealing with 10 degrees below freezing.
It may be worth the effort for one or two nights but when it is a week of freezing weather it isn't.
I guess I'll be buying fruit again this year.

These temperatures are to be expected here in March. However, unseasonably warm temps in January and February that kick starts all the vegetation isn't normal.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Awe! I made you happy!

Maybe not. They might surprise you.

The chicks or the fruit?

 

[Akrnaf2]

I saw ones in National Geographic about a Peach Orchard owner in the US, that use to Light tires on his orched perimeter on extremely cold night to raise the temp some degrees to save the fruits.

It would be illegal here to burn tires. If it was just a couple degrees, that may work but I'll be dealing with 10 degrees below freezing.
It may be worth the effort for one or two nights but when it is a week of freezing weather it isn't.
I guess I'll be buying fruit again this year.

These temperatures are to be expected here in March. However, unseasonably warm temps in January and February that kick starts all the vegetation isn't normal.

It is really a problem!
What tha commercial grower in your area will do?

 

[The Duck Ladie]

Hey!! That's not nice!

But, it was good!