grannys gone and done it

[Granny Hatchet]

her hen has purple comb and legs red, lack of oxygen or , what is it guys, kidney failure ? not remembering. wonder since she not moving if something stuck in crop ?

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

That reminds me, any of y'all ever heard of a tens unit lol. ?

yep Gene the renter next door uses one. Send little/lite electric shocks into your body. Not the big one like Frankenstein had.

 

[rIrs roost]

or an extension cord.   Works on the same principle as heat tape on trailer home pipes. 

tell us more about this heat tape on trailer home pipes.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

You can go the "roughing it" route -- I've never had a wired coop (here or in Idaho), so heated anything was out of the question. I've always just used the black rubber tubs (always had them around anyway for feeding horses and other livestock) and carried fresh water out 2-3 times a day. The birds adjust pretty quickly and learn that when water arrives it's time to drink up and using warm water can stretch the time before it freezes over. We just use empty gallon jugs since there's no point in taking a bunch of water that they won't drink before it freezes. The rubber tubs are great because when you go out and find it has frozen through you just drop it on the ground to break the ice out and the pan itself has enough give that it never breaks. Alternatively you keep two waterers for each water station and rotate them into the house for thawing/filling so that you are taking out one fresh waterer and trading it for the frozen one. I keep a short "winter hose" in the house during the winter that I can connect to fill the horse trough and then unhook, drain and put back inside. If/when this gets forgotten (ie kids) or it's just too **** cold to be messing with the outside faucet I have a 50 foot length of tubing with a faucet adapter on it that I use for filling fish tanks - it reaches from the sink to the trough.

A friend of mine used them and then would haul a bucket of steaming hot water out and just pour it on top of the ice block. He had 1 silly hen that would stand on the ice block waiting for her hot water foot bath every morning.

 

[rIrs roost]

yep Gene the renter next door uses one.  Send little/lite electric shocks into your body.  Not the big one like Frankenstein had.  

I figured you know about them Twist lol.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

tell us more about this heat tape on trailer home pipes.

I knew mentioning pipes would peak your interest.

Up in the "north country" it is wrapped around water pipe to keep them from freezing solid and cracking or splitting the pipe and to insure that you have running water.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

I figured you know about them Twist lol.

I think you have tens units and violet wands confused there red.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

her hen has purple comb and legs red, lack of oxygen or , what is it guys, kidney failure ? not remembering. wonder since she not moving if something stuck in crop ?

who and what are you talking about granny?? a peahen??? maybe sunburn? can chickens get sunburned??

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

I figured you know about them Twist lol.

and I see you red knew all about Frankenstein's big one.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Sigh still no confession as to who the "angel" is . Might have to do the wing dance

for all of you ladies, sort of like long distance chinese tickle tourture but JUST the ladies. Cattle prod for red.