Granny's gone and done it again

[Finchbreeder]

Maybe she was not broody? Just too old and tired to do anything but sit on a nest and grumble?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have pulverized eggshell to compensate for the hens.

It's not enough. Every time they use the eggshells to make new shells, the shells lose calcium and their shells become weaker and weaker. They need oyster shell.

 

[2 Acres]

Should be 48° in the morning.

Space heater will be on in the coop.

The last 2 years of negative 50 temps was brutal. However, I did get a Christmas card from my power company.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Maybe she was not broody? Just too old and tired to do anything but sit on a nest and grumble?

Oh no, she wss broody all right! We let her hatch once and she did good. Then we let her set and gave her and another broody a big batch of chicks to raise and she did great.* When she weaned them she got right back on the nest and has been trying to hatch a golf ball for several weeks. She poofs up and screams at you if you get near. I moved the golf ball to a different nest and she went right to the new nest. And she is barely a year old so age is not a factor. She was still a pullet when she hatched her first chick this spring.

*The other hen has gone back to laying, they are the same age. They co-parented both times.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Space heater will be on in the coop.

The last 2 years of negative 50 temps was brutal. However, I did get a Christmas card from my power company.

At 48° F heat is not needed in the coop. Now if it was 48° below zero. Maybe yes.

 

[2 Acres]

69° by bedtime. Cold front that is bringing the rain sneaking in. Possible hail, high winds, and even tornadoes they say. Guess they are covering their basses.

Aunty Em!!! Aunty Em!!!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Gnight all, sweet dreams

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Good night, Granny

 

[troyer]

Lol, Granny. This is my lunch today. A Honeycrisp apple, no, HALF an apple, these things are huge! And a little peanut butter for protein.

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On a normal day at 9:30am I eat one apple with peanut butter and supper evenings. I don’t usually eat a plate that full.

 

[troyer]

I've never had elk. What is it like?

Basically what Cynthia said. It’s pretty lean and tastes slightly wild.