INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[Leahs Mom]

I don't think you can change the inside humidity to be any lower than outside humidity if there isn't a furnace in the building.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Hope everybody is staying warm! Our critters are snuggled in their straw and packed into their roosts. We are toasty and warm making mashed potatoes and beef and noodles. I am anxiously awaiting pics from JChaney2000 of the baby silkies!!!!!!! I really wish spring started next week.

I have had a nice winter, after Christmas it can magically turn to spring on the 26th.

 

[hogster160]

I don't think you can change the inside humidity to be any lower than outside humidity if there isn't a furnace in the building.

agreed. Now I just need to figure out how to stop the frostbite.

 

[minmin1258]

Wow a lot going on in Indiana these days. Does everyone have their trees up? I've bn busy today. Sending pics of what's keeping me busy:

 

[minmin1258]

Well thought I was sending pics... They won't upload.

 

[minmin1258]

Baked all day, was going t try t temp everyone. Guess that not going t happen tonight. Lol.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Wow a lot going on in Indiana these days. Does everyone have their trees up? I've bn busy today. Sending pics of what's keeping me busy:

Trees are up here!

 

[minmin1258]

Was going out t get my tree out of storage building. It's 20* here, I slipped n fell on ice on my concrete sidewalk, took me 20 minutes t get up then another 15 to get into th house...brrrr I'm freezing! I can't imagine how our birds handle this cold so well. I'm stowed up pretty bad rt now, taking pain pill and using ice then heat at 15min intervals. EGADS I feel clumsy! Think my pride is still out there on the sidewalk!

 

[Mother2Hens]

Bonbon laid her First Egg!

(photo is from earlier this month--we still have snow) I didn’t notice Bonbon’s egg until they went in the coop at bedtime and it was in a nesting box. It’s actually only a quarter inch smaller than the ones that Nene RIR and Lacey SLW lay. The breeder was correct that Eng. Choc. Orps lay large eggs for bantams. I could tell it was a bantam egg even though I’ve never seen one in real life before. I’m not sure if Adeline has laid yet. I’ve found a couple of larger eggs in the other nesting box the past week, but I assumed they were Lacey’s although she and the others like to go to the box in the garage.

Leahs Mom ~ That Ducks/Fishers story is classic case of people’s fears escalating out of ignorance. Geez. Loved the duck photos-- they always look so cheerful.

Leahs Mom and hogster ~ Coconut oil is a great after-shower moisturizer for humans as well as chickens. I’ve put coconut oil on my hens’ combs, waddles, and legs/feet before when they've looked dry. It does absorb quickly, and the coconut smell goes away quickly, too. In cold temps, it would be good to moisturize with coconut oil followed a layer of Vaseline, which is thicker and lasts longer as a shield. Then the chickens should get a pedicure. Haha just joking.

 

[kabhyper1]

Bonbon laid her First Egg!

(photo is from earlier this month--we still have snow) I didn’t notice Bonbon’s egg until they went in the coop at bedtime and it was in a nesting box. It’s actually only a quarter inch smaller than the ones that Nene RIR and Lacey SLW lay. The breeder was correct that Eng. Choc. Orps lay large eggs for bantams. I could tell it was a bantam egg even though I’ve never seen one in real life before. I’m not sure if Adeline has laid yet. I’ve found a couple of larger eggs in the other nesting box the past week, but I assumed they were Lacey’s although she and the others like to go to the box in the garage.

Leahs Mom ~ That Ducks/Fishers story is classic case of people’s fears escalating out of ignorance. Geez. Loved the duck photos-- they always look so cheerful.

Leahs Mom and hogster ~ Coconut oil is a great after-shower moisturizer for humans as well as chickens. I’ve put coconut oil on my hens’ combs, waddles, and legs/feet before when they've looked dry. It does absorb quickly, and the coconut smell goes away quickly, too. In cold temps, it would be good to moisturize with coconut oil followed a layer of Vaseline, which is thicker and lasts longer as a shield. Then the chickens should get a pedicure. Haha just joking.

YAY BonBon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!