Minnesota!

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I bought a few turkeys this spring to raise for butcher. Its not going to happen. They are too fun.

 

[Minniechickmama]

Theri,
I hope your bird is the most delicious ever and that you Thanksgiving is one to remember.

Turkey tasted great. The whole meal was delicious and everyone left the table stuffed. However, I got up this morning to find our hot water tank's heating element went out. I had just enough warm/hot water to get the whole meal prepped. Hubby will go get a new element tomorrow morning.
Murphy strikes again. LOL

 

[lalaland]

ack! thats terrible timing, bet cleanup was no fun.
Happy thanksgiving, everyone!

 

[Minniechickmama]

Using a microwave to heat up some water for rinsing is good, and our dishwasher has a heat setting. What isn't done already will get done tomorrow after hubby gets it fixed.

 

[aussiegal318]

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We do ours on Sunday-I'm into no compete. I'm also designated Black Friday babysitter. There is no way I'm out on BF or New Year's Eve.

 

[joyfulkeeper]

Hi Everyone, I just joined BYC and wanted to say hi to all the Minnesota chicken enthusiasts.

 

[Triplell]

Welcome to BYC!!!!!
Glad to have you hear.

 

[Vashjir]

Has anybody here tried a moisturizer dispenser for their hens? Mine have chapped white combs and they aren't the most cooperative girls when it comes to getting caught for vasaline or lanolin application. So I was thinking of a sponge or piece of sheepskin or something that I could put a bunch of protectant on for the hens to apply themselves through pecking or rubbing.
Anyone have suggestions for how I might make something like that or a good pecking 'target' that I could position a sponge over?

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Hey Minnesota Chickeneers. Last Day to Vote for the Locally Laid Egg Company up near Duluth for the Superbowl commercial. I think it's a worthy cause. If you haven't done it...it's easy. Just type in VoteLoLa.com and it brings you to a "one-click-and-you've-voted-deal" no registration. Super Easy.

I'd love to see that commercial for the superbowl....

 

[lalaland]

Has anybody here tried a moisturizer dispenser for their hens? Mine have chapped white combs and they aren't the most cooperative girls when it comes to getting caught for vasaline or lanolin application. So I was thinking of a sponge or piece of sheepskin or something that I could put a bunch of protectant on for the hens to apply themselves through pecking or rubbing.
Anyone have suggestions for how I might make something like that or a good pecking 'target' that I could position a sponge over?

If your hens have chapped white combs, it isn't the cold, it is the moisture. Your coop probably needs much more ventilation. Don't worry about heat (unless these are some kind of unusual chicken that does well only in the tropics - and I don't know about silkies...), get some air into the coop. CHickens do fine in alaska with no heat, and in minnesota with no heat.

Personally, I'ld skip the lanolin and vaseline and open the coop windows up. JMHO