Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Desertvalleychickens]

CCsGarden
She's sometimes annoying. Trust me, I know her in real life.

Ok, I'm going in. Starting tomorrow, pics shall run to that thread

 

[BY Bob]

Were we even ‘Canada’ then? Or a British Territory still. What year was that? Do I need to google this? What would one sense before google? Oh wait I know! I would ask the question

1861 to 1865.......

Year tax

BUTTTTT...next fall when these current ones molt...not so much. Having chicks hatch anytime late March through late April will mean they will start laying in the fall when the others take a break......so, having one of your hens hatch and raise chicks - so they get integrated from day one - would actually be a GREAT thing.

No, I'm not enabling, nope, not at all!

Is that how you do it? New chicks in March and April every year?

 

[BY Bob]

Cuz we practically never get snow but when/if we do it truly brings joy like nothing else!! I can’t even begin to describe the joy it brings! Love, love, love it!!

I think I remember the last time you got snow! You were giddy.

 

[BY Bob]

Same- we don’t get much snow in the city, so the one day it does fall each year is soo special! We play out there till we drop

Speaking of, there’s snow in the forecast They are, however, also warning of a potential for temps wildly lower than the area has ever seen … are chickens okay when it’s -2F out?!

Yes. Keep them out of the wind. Mine have survived down to -20°F safely locked in their coop.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

BUTTTTT...next fall when these current ones molt...not so much. Having chicks hatch anytime late March through late April will mean they will start laying in the fall when the others take a break......so, having one of your hens hatch and raise chicks - so they get integrated from day one - would actually be a GREAT thing.

No, I'm not enabling, nope, not at all!

You're not enabling? Well, you are an enabler.....

 

[BY Bob]

Oh, wow, that's cold!

When we get single digits (above 0F), I know the chickens aren't going to want to come out. They all hunker down in the coop. I close the people door, and sometimes even the pop door. I'll put another bowl of feed in there, and a dish of snow. They will nosh on the snow when they're thirsty.

I'll take them something warm to eat a couple times a day too. Thank goodness we don't get that cold very often.

Mine have an infrared heater, food, heated water and deep straw for when the temp gets that cold. I turn off the automated door and force them to live in the coop. I let the door open last year and they went out. I did not think they would. Poor Glynda got frostbite. No more. I'm locking them in.

 

[BY Bob]

Oh, don’t worry! I don’t think anyone or anything could ever ruin snow for me! It’s such a beautiful wonder down here!
I did live with lots of it in Colorado in my 20s but that was for such a short time but I loved it! Especially the silence!
It’s only snowed 5 times in my lifetime here and I’m almost 56! It’s sad!

Move north..........

 

[BY Bob]

I am actually considering ordering me 6 chicks this spring! I’ve never done that before… always get mine from the feed stores or TSC. I didn’t know if you could only order six. But I am also afraid of what happened to Bob! I don’t think I could handle something like that

You can always order 6 week olds.

 

[bgmathteach]

CCsGarden
She's sometimes annoying. Trust me, I know her in real life.

I suspect she would say the exact same of you.

> siblings<

 

[notabitail]

I suspect she would say the exact same of you.

> siblings<

She would and does. But what did you expect?
If I had tagged her on that post she probably would have made a snarky comment at my expense.

She's really annoying when she makes something but won't let anyone have seconds. It's a crime against humanity to ban seconds like that.