Maine

[DwayneNLiz]

Anyone in Southern Maine sell Sebastopol Geese (the curly ones)?

Thanks!

-Harper Homestead

i think @learycow does

ETA:
http://alsquackery.weebly.com/

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Was just going to suggest her!

 

[MMarieB]

Just thought that I would stop by and say HI in the Maine thread now that I've introduced myself in the newbie thread. My name is Marlene and I live in Southern Maine. This is my first winter with my chickens so it's a learning experience. A few of these cold stormy days have me asking myself if I am crazy to take on this chicken thing. So far so good except for nothing keeps water from freezing when it's this cold so I just keep bringing them water a few times a day. Anyway, hello!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Hello back atcha from Central Maine. Since you're home running water out isn't a big deal. Many of us who work outside the home have to have heated water dishes.

 

[lazy gardener]

Glad you found us on the Maine thread. I'm in the Bangor area. Yep. winter is a royal pain. My heated water bowl is frozen to the stand. hoping that on Wednesday when the weather warms up just a bit that I can chip it off the stand without breaking it~! I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm ready for spring.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I'm trying to potty train a new puppy in the subzero hell that we are in. Please someone needs to do the January thaw dance correctly.

 

[buckabucka]

I can't wait for this cold snap to end! My chickens do not look very happy, especially the white leghorn that decided this was a good time to molt. We went away for 2 nights, so no one was here to pamper them (one neighbor replenished water on the middle day), but they are all still alive. Thursday night -30, Friday night -27. Last night was -24.9. I wonder if they will survive weeks of this?

We went away to a place that never got above zero (in Quebec). I discovered that you can actually cross-country ski in that weather with goggles, face mask, rabbit fur hat, and those chemical foot and hand warmers (although I required two hand warmers in each mitt!)

 

[superchemicalgirl]

My white leghorn is molting too! What the heck!?

 

[buckabucka]

She was cranking out eggs until recently. Now there is an explosion of white feathers every morning. Last night -31.9, our lowest in years.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

-21 F was our low Friday morning. Even I didn't want to go out and do the chores.

We butchered our pig yesterday, my feet have never been that cold for so long. But the meat will last us a little more than a year if we're careful about using it. The fat is in the crockpots now (4 of them) to be made into suet for the birds later this week.