Kentucky people

[estpr13]

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It is recommended to have some place for chicks to go to get warm while they are putting on feathers. Either a mother hen or a heat lamp. The recommended temperature is to start with 95 degrees for just hatched chicks then lower the temp by 5 degrees per week until they are fully feathered. So at 4 weeks you need to give them a warm corner that is about 80 degrees. (a thermometer is a chicks best friend)

With no electric in the coop it would be best to keep them in the garage for a few more weeks. I would think at least another 4 weeks since the temperatures outside are getting into the 20's at night.

edited because I looked at your web cam and you have the whole garage as a brooder instead of a small cage like I do. With your coop a half a mile away; I would keep them close most of the winter as hawks are really bad between November through March. They go for the little ones that they can fly away with first. Other preditors are just as bad as I live in the city and my coop is about 20 feet from the house and I catch possum, raccoon, cats and an occasional ground hog in my baitless chatch em alive trap. Good luck.

 

[ametauss]

SNOW - SNOW - SNOW.... It's not sticking to the roadway but my pygmies are hiding in their house like it was 4 feet deep... didn't even stick their noses out to greet me this morning...

The big babies!!!

We got our tree yesterday... a huge Eight footer!! it is in the garage in a bucket now with the water frozen.... This will be an adventure to get it in the house!

 

[ametauss]

If you don't have electricity, I'd keep them in the garage most of the winter... they will still need warmth.... I have my babies out in a coop that has a heat lamp and they're feathered out... they still huddle in the nesting boxes at night but are safe and somewhat warm.....

 

[spydertoys]

Goofy kid!!!

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

I love this video

I have no idea how I even hit on it this morning, but I found this on youtube - girls with guns!! The ladies can like this, too - not a guy ogling thing - just tough chicks with firepower.

The little girl (I think she's 12 or 13) taking apart the rifle and putting it back together was really cool.

meri

edited to fix link

 

[ametauss]

Meri -- My 6y/o DD wants a pink rifle (.22 ga) for Christmas.... gotta love a girl with a gun!! Mamma carries a Glock 9mm so she comes by this naturally.... Hummmm a bit young to get that CCP.... She's already talking about hunting with Daddy when she gets bigger... That's my Girl!!

I bet she'll be better than DH... My spread is about 7" DH's is about 12".

We don't talk about DS.... He's a spaz when it comes to shooting.... At 15 you'd think he could hit the target 50% of the time... He still jerks the rifle too much but is learning...

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I've seen those pink .22's those are so cute!! If I had a daughter, you can bet she'd have one, too

I did see a really sweet .22/410 switchable barrel the other day - single shot only, but it was kid sized (or small enough to tuck onto an ATV) not a bad price on it, if I recall, but I'd rather have more than a single shot gun when I'm out there.

I just got a holster for my Makarov today, because we've had such problems with the bobcats and coyotes lately - this morning Toby was chasing what I believe was a bobcat down in the woods the entire time I was doing chores - made me think "should I finish chores or grab my gun first?". This way I can carry the pistol out there, anyway, in case of emergency.

meri

 

[cthrash1]

Our soon to be Christmas present for the whole family... We get him about a week after Christmas... May get him for Christmas if he is ready by then. They have some more available for 200.00 ea. The white ones are taken, there were two of them. They are called Teddy Bears and they are non-allergenic. A mix of Shi tzu and Bichon Frise. Really sweet and smart dogs.

Momma dog

Daddy dog

Pups not long after they were born

Pups now

 

[ametauss]

Meri -- had to ask hubster what a Makarov was and when he learned you would be carrying it to protect yourself from bobcats and coyotes he asked me to write you and tell you that it doesn't have the thump to protect you....

Just passing on a message.....

CT -- oh my what cute puppies.... we just rescued a Griffon Brussels Terrier mixed with Beagle.... what a handful...

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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the round will probably pass right through the bobcat or coyote - I know that it has over-penetration issues, but it's the only handgun I have right now. however, it will probably make it think twice about attacking my poultry or my dog.

I'd like to get something with more Punch to it, but have yet to figure out what I want. I like the size of the Mak, the ammo is sort of expensive, also, though. Cost and availability of ammo is a big thing when I go buying a gun.

meri