How about a Thread for Embdens?

[Miss Lydia]

My birds love to poke about in the ashes, it must have some nutrients or something for them.

I put wood ashes out for my chickens to dust bath is and i see my geese munching on them. Must have something yummy in them.

 

[horsekeeper]

Braced for some real winter here in upstate NY. It is snowing like mad and we are expecting a couple of feet. The temps are in the single digits and with wind chills will be as much as 20 below for a couple of nights. I hope my hay bale house stays warm and dry. Fortunately the geese and ducks seem to be doing all their messing and pooping around the water tubs and the "nest" is bedded with a few feet of hay and still dry. I keep telling myself they are acclimated to the cold and have developed nice warm down jackets, but I still worry. Their poor little bare feet look so cold!

 

[horsekeeper]

Brandlilly, forgot to add that Petunia is very pretty. So slick and healthy looking.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Braced for some real winter here in upstate NY. It is snowing like mad and we are expecting a couple of feet. The temps are in the single digits and with wind chills will be as much as 20 below for a couple of nights. I hope my hay bale house stays warm and dry. Fortunately the geese and ducks seem to be doing all their messing and pooping around the water tubs and the "nest" is bedded with a few feet of hay and still dry. I keep telling myself they are acclimated to the cold and have developed nice warm down jackets, but I still worry. Their poor little bare feet look so cold!

Goodness hunker down, I'm sure you'll see your flock doing this, mine lay on their feet alot when it gets down into the 20's and sounds like you have done a good job giving them shelter. Now we all just wait out this crazy weather. Only thing is if your hay bale house isn't secure the preds may find your flock since food is going to be scarce.

 

[horsekeeper]

Not to worry Miss Lydia. The hay house is inside a very sturdy covered pen.



It has heavy wire inside and out.

 

[SummerChick]

Oh my gosh, don't know what I'd do in that kind of weather, I'm sick of the cold here in Texas and ready for spring! I know, I know... The weather here is not bad at all but I just dispise cold cloudy days!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Not to worry Miss Lydia. The hay house is inside a very sturdy covered pen.



It has heavy wire inside and out.

Well that looks better. I thought all they had between them and the elements and preds was hay bales. lol looks really nice.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oh my gosh, don't know what I'd do in that kind of weather, I'm sick of the cold here in Texas and ready for spring! I know, I know... The weather here is not bad at all but I just dispise cold cloudy days!

We don't get the extremes those further north of us do but it's getting mighty cold here too. going to have some single digits and snow. I am not a fan of cold cloudy days either. I keep looking at your avatar SummerChick thinking of spring.

 

[horsekeeper]

Miss Lydia, here is their setup:






This was about a month ago. I added more roofing, hay and windbreak since then.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Miss Lydia, here is their setup:






This was about a month ago. I added more roofing, hay and windbreak since then.

Good wind break for them too.