Michigan

[NovaAman]

I know I shouldn't, but thats just it, We are going to be joining the same chapter as them, their kids are 11 and 13, so... and they have the 5-9 group... But maybe he didn't. I will give the benifit of the doubt...

 

[fifelakelooper]

Great start to the day...cleaned the coop, seeded the lawn, spread the dirt!!
Yes Chickwannab...that is me the picture. I got my hair cut last month...my husband is probably the only man I know who PREFERS short hair. He would complain and say I am too active and need to have it short and out of the way. True. So off it came. It still looks like crap when I'm active and sweaty (right now it is completly soaked from sweat) but it is cooler on my neck.

I never did break my one broody....I just keep taking her off 3-4 times per day. She DOES eat so I guess it is ok. Looking forward to when my English type hens and Jersey giants start laying!

When I read about the cable tv in the coop....two years ago my husband installed a satellite dish on the coop when I was away in town! It doesn't work of course but he thought it was pretty funny!

 

[NovaAman]

No kidding?? I wouldn't have thought about that. I did get freeze dried meal worms cheaper at meijer than at tsc... I was thinking of maybe finding freeze dried/frozen bugs at the specialty pet shops. Heck can even get live crickets for winter... Do chickens eat crickets?

 

[Olive Hill]

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They can't explain it to you because it's not true.

 

[Chickmate]

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I did call the 4H at MSU and they put me in touch with the closest local branch. SO HA to the jerk who told me my kid can't join!
As for the paint thou... I know exterior, but they have oil and latex exterior, which would be safest for the cluckers?

Technically, they did not lie to you. Kids cannot be a 4-H'er at his age. They can however be a Cloverbud.

I wouldn't hold it against the people. Some people are not aware of the Cloverbud program -- even those that participate in 4-H -- because not all 4-H chapters have Cloverbuds as a part of their group.

I was going to say the same thing, Nova. You should not automatically assume the person purposely lied to you, maybe they just didn't know. Lots of people state what they think is fact when they actually have not done any checking and really don't know the facts. Doesn't mean they're bad people, just not accurate.

 

[keyt1969]

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Strangely as normal as that is (my sisters had theirs out), I haven't had mine removed. Just my gall bladder, appendix, right kidney and female parts lol.

I'm seeing specialists for several things in the next month. Turns out I have 3 more serious conditions to add to the multiples I already had. It's a bit depressing, but people with Hydrocephalus are usually pretty sick individuals. I guess I just need to consider myself lucky to have lived this long when I wasn't supposed to!

Oh Keyt, so sorry to hear multiple troubles. I'll add you on my church prayer list K? whether you believe in HIM or not, HE believes in you. Hope everyone has a lovely last day before we have another awful 90* one on Friday. Looking forward to Sunday myself. Peace.

Thank you so much!

 

[Opa]

An internet search of the phenomena of hot vs cold freezing revealed

What Should Happen

Any reasonable person would think that the hot pail would take longer than the cold pail to freeze. After all, the hot water needs extra time to reach the same temperature as the cold pail. When the hot pail finally does reach the same temperature as the cold pail initially was, the cold pail should already be frozen.

What Actually Happens

There are several things that help the hot pail freeze faster than the cold pail. Here are what is thought to be the most significant factors:

Layer of ice forms on the top of the cold water.

The hot water is more likely to be supercooled. This means that the hot water's temperature is more likely to cool to temperatures below zero degrees Celsius. In the cold non-supercooled water, ice crystals form and float to the top, forming a sheet of ice over the top of the water, creating an insulating layer between the cooler air and the water. This ice sheet also stops evaporation. In the hot water that has become supercooled (thus, no longer hot) the water, when it does freeze, freezes throughout, creating more or less of a slush before freezing solid.

Why is hot water more likely to be supercooled? Because hot water is less likely to contain tiny gas bubbles. Gas bubbles form from dissolved gasses as the water cools. When the hot water was heated, these dissolved gasses may have been driven out. In cold water, ice crystals use the tiny bubbles as starting points for formation (in physics, we call them nucleation points). But in the hot water, there are no bubbles, so there aren't as many starting points for the ice crystals.

Dissolved gasses also lower the freezing point. Since heated gas is less likely to contain dissolved gasses, it's more likely to freeze first.

Water in the hot water pail evaporates at a much faster rate than the cold water. This does two things.

First, the process of evaporation is endothermic, which means it takes energy for something to evaporate. As a molecule of water evaporates, it leaves the surface of the water and flies into the atmosphere. Thus, in simplified terms, the molecule converted heat energy into kinetic energy (energy of motion). Since the hot water evaporates quicker than the cold water, it loses heat energy quicker than the cold energy.

Second, since some of the hot water evaporates away, there is less water left to have to freeze.

The hot water pail will melt the surrounding snow. Later, as it begins to freeze, the snow around the pail will freeze back so that it more closely "touches" the pail. The cold water pail is then only sitting in fluffy airy snow, while the hot water pail is in a form fitting ice-crust. The ice-crust will obviously conduct the cold better that the airy snow.

Other factors, such as convection currents (the movement made as hot water rises while cool water sinks) may or may not play a role in this odd phenomenon.

 

[GotChicken?]

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OOOOO! Rice maggots!


Opa:

Your Cluck - fu is stronger than mine.





Everyone of the feathered variety is okay (for know). My poult is still healthy (and goofy) as ever, and the hens are the picture of happiness. As they remove all the bedding from the floor to decorate the feed dish, the water bowls, and any chick (or owner) caught in the cross-fire. And swell up like basketballs in case

"that other hen even thinks about raiding MY fuzzy-butt bonanza, that skanky little pullet!. And why won't the giant pink thing quit playing with MY chicks; they're mine to bury in shavings, darn it!"

Or something like that.

 

[GotChicken?]

I'm sorry; I forgot...

"THIS THREAD IS NOTHING WITHOUT PICTURES."

Darla with her share of the chick divy

AWOL (aka Opal) with one of the 11 chicks that survived. How this little hen covered 16 eggs....unbelievable.

"Dirty little Sebright! They're MY chicks!"

"Oh, look! Our Psycho-mama (aka Fiona) is digging us a hole to China!"

 

[Stacykins]

Oh, I forgot pics that I should share with ya'll! I did some picture taking last night and today. I took a few pictures of the pair of Araucana roos that I am keeping, Abe and Ambrose! Both are tufted and rumpless, and oh so handsome!

I'll start with Ambrose. While taking pictures he decided to flop over in my lap and fall asleep. He is such a cutie!

This is the stink eye I got when I had to wake him up!

Today I was trying to get some pictures of Abe to show his gold leakage. He wasn't very cooperative

"Touch me and I will cut you"

He then waved his rumpless booty in my direction as he made his daring (and slow) escape

The other black roo staring in the picture with Ambrose snoozing is tufted, but tailed. He'll go to freezer camp if he doesn't find a home before he gets to the right size.