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[RBahmer]

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Except for your comment about me being "zapped".

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Including the comment about being zapped. Lol

 

[babigyrl22]

Hilariousness.

I've told you guys that my chickens opt to goof off in the coop and not come out into the run. Today I decided to give them some scratch when I got them up this morning but put it in the run. About 4 of them came barreling out of the door and then froze. Not one of them was interested in the scratch AT ALL.

I guess when that cold snow hit their feet it was like that feeling of jumping into cold water.

It took them a full two minutes to tip toe back into the coop. My prissy chickens. They gave me seven eggs yesterday so I guess I can't complain.

 

[KrisRose]

So sorry Mom2emall and Theron. Hope things go better.

Welcone to newbies!!!

Its is ccccoooollldd out there!!! My fingers and toes are still warming up.
Walked in coop this morning and had feathers everywhere! I though my ladies were through molting but a SLW and an EE decided that a new coat of feathers during an actic blast is a great idea

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Watching some TV then off to buy feed. Y'all have a good day!!

 

[Olive Hill]

I couldn't find the original referece to jim beam and chocolate to quote, but how about some jack daniels dark chocolate cupcakes ?

 

[Mom 2em All]

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OliveHill, I think you just showed me what to give my mother-in-law for Christmas...she loves Jack, and these are wonderful! I wonder if its possible to freeze extras- because she certainly couldnt eat a dozen by herself.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

eeek. I'm glad that those that experienced the accidents are OK. I am scared to get out this morning, since coopersville has a BAD reputation for road care. Even with glare ice, i have seen no salt/sand at times; combine that with impatient drivers and a hilly town..... I usually sneak out the back way and go real slow. Let them pass; i know what my car can do! (Clunker, not much) I have heard that whiplash can be a lingering thing; i might've gotten it when i bounced the steering wheal myself. i still think that is the source of many headaches. If you can afford it at all, a chiropractor can be a real lifesaver. I went once for a really bad back and he did my neck too, and it felt soooo much better. if only i could have went a few more times....
For the cold ones, i can say only 2 words: good leather gloves! (ok 3) they gotta fit tight and be flexible. I have scarecrow hands and i shelled out the x-tra last year and holy toledo what a difference. As long as you keep them waterproof, you can grab right onto ice and lift it ! (I get the lucky goat chore)

 

[chicken grandma]

Mom2emall - if you make those cupcakes I bet your mother in law would eat the dozen!
And if she can't, I do freeze cupcakes all the time. Never had a problem.
Glad your power is on and you are not feeling too poorly! The heating pad suggestion was a great one!

Frosty and cold (24 degrees) in Grand Rapids but the sun is trying to peek out.

My 2 young Isa's and older D'uccle have been outside a lot this week, even yesterday. If the sun is out, they are drawn to be outdoors, no matter what the temperature.

The Isa's had never seen snow but they bravely marched around in it. The ground corncob on the floor of the coop caused them to stand on the perch for 24 hours and look at it. I even had to give them some food and water on the perch and then lift them down and set them in the corn cob bedding a few times. Finally they have adjusted and are walking on the new bedding. I have found that it helps my allergies a great deal to have changed the bedding from pine to ground corn cob. Someone at the feed store suggested the wood pellets/horse stall bedding but we opened a bag and I smelled it. Nope - too much like the pine, triggers allergies for me. So wood/pine/sawdust I cannot do. But corn cobs - yes!

 

[Soulshadow]

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This sounds good!
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Glad to hear your feeling better and warm now.

 

[RaZ]

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Have you tried shredded newspaper for litter? I saw it in bales at TSC, it was about a dollar more expensive than the pine shavings. Unless your allergies are triggered by newpaper.
I thought it was a good iddea, but instead of buying it, I'll shred my own.

 

[chickflick]

to all the newbies!! Great site. Great fun. Great advice.
Mom... hope you are doing better. Take it easy!
Theron, glad your friends made it out of that horrible accident. She is so lucky!
Newspaper for bedding? Sounds awful messy and smelly.
Baby, it's cold outside. Even with my mittens on, my fingers started hurting. Sun is out, but man, think I'll stay in for today.
Take care, friends.