Maine

[country chick13]

I live in southern Maine right off Rt 5 and this road has been horrendous this year! I have to be to work by 6 am and its barely plowed the whole length of it if at all . I'm sorry to start a rant but another white knuckle drive this Friday morning. Arghhhh.... Anyway the good thing I wanted to say. I ordered seeds from Johnny's yesterday morning. They came today. Wow that's amazing to me!

I agree I drive from Newfield to Portland and Rt 202/4/5 have been horrible!

Does anyone else's chickens NOT want to go out in the snow? (not that I blame them) Mine refuse, I had one that braved it only to stay frozen in the spot she flew into I had to carry her back in. I'm wondering if the blanket of white throws off their depth perception or something...

 

[quailtrail]

Mine do venture out but only on the snow shoveled path...then right up the deck to my door!!!

 

[lazy gardener]

@87jmchugh Saw this on craigslist. Not sure where in Maine you're located or how far you're willing to drive, but this guy sells non-hatchery birds. http://nh.craigslist.org/grd/4330418176.html

Just checked his post. He may have nice looking chicks, but is uninformed about his Dominique genetics. Saying that a Dom roo will produce a sex linked chick. Not so. A NON BARRED roo over a barred female will produce a sex linked chick.

 

[malcom]

Any one out thee have standard breed BR birds?

 

[dowgirl71]

I agree I drive from Newfield to Portland and Rt 202/4/5 have been horrible!

Does anyone else's chickens NOT want to go out in the snow? (not that I blame them) Mine refuse, I had one that braved it only to stay frozen in the spot she flew into

I had to carry her back in. I'm wondering if the blanket of white throws off their depth perception or something...

I went out to give my girls some fresh water, this afternoon, and they were all inside, but I saw some tracks from one bird. The tracks went down the ramp, made one loop around and right back up the ramp. It was pretty funny! Other times, when I first let them out in the morning, they like to try and fly over the snow. That's funny to watch, too!

 

[MustardTiger]

Welcome to all the newbs!


Ash - I love the speckled eggs. I used to have an easter egger who laid brown speckled ones. So lovely.

I am so tired of snow and now ice. I need a pair of gators. Every time i slog down to the coop I get boots full of snow.


Our big valentines day news is that we adopted another rescue pup! her name is Penny and she is a 13 week old redbone/bloodhound/lab mutt from NC.
House training in this weather is not a fun thing!

 

[yankeehill]

MustardTiger, that dog on the left, it looks like a black mouth cur mix to me!

 

[lazy gardener]

AWWWW!

 

[lazy gardener]

I ordered wrong! I placed my chick order, and before thoroughly thinking about the genetic possibilities and looking at the charts, I ordered GLW, when I should have ordered SLW. The company is sold out of SLW this spring for my delivery date of 4/7. So, here's my question: Is any one in Central Maine planning to order chicks, and if so, would you be interested in adding a couple of SLW pullets to your order for me. If so, please PM me. It would have to be within 2 weeks either side of 4/7... Or does any one have SLW eggs available? (that would be even more fun!!!) You know you've got the bug bad when your dreams are cluttered with little fuzzy butts.

 

[ashandvine]

Alright.... so my RO are happy enough with the snow but I am not. I need more pictures of eggs and chicks and seeds sprouting. I got out the bator yesterday and am closing up some of the gaps in my orders to be filled and in the ones I am making. In fear of power outage I set up buckets in the kitchen with water last night. I moved one just wrong this morning so now I am gimping around. Its good that everyone who needed me to feed and water them was done first.