Nevadans?

[Lacy Blues]

If they're fully feathered and you put a heat lamp out there over their little partition, they should be perfectly fine... even with snow in the forecast, if you keep the coop closed so they aren't getting the wind that will likely attend the snow.

 

[NevadaRon]

I agree with Lacy (no e

), but I don't think you even need a heat lamp - a 100-watt bulb (if you can get one that is) will do just fine, especially if the coop is small.

 

[SparksNV]

Ron: I can do that I just won't have a temporary coop to put out in the run - the temp coop is what they are in in the garage - I will put my thinking cap on and come up with something... I'm pretty inventive...

 

[RulerOfTheSkies]

That's what I always tell people when they ask if I am free - I say no, but I'm a real bargain!

 

[Lacy Blues]

I agree with Lacy (no e

), but I don't think you even need a heat lamp - a 100-watt bulb (if you can get one that is) will do just fine, especially if the coop is small.

That's basically what I meant. I don't use "heat lamps" either, but I use regular light bulbs for heat.

Ron: I can do that I just won't have a temporary coop to put out in the run - the temp coop is what they are in in the garage - I will put my thinking cap on and come up with something... I'm pretty inventive...

Can you move the temporary coop that is in the garage out into the coop? Or if you have a section of fencing, you could just fence off a corner as long as its high enough that they can't get over and out with the big girls and the mesh is small enough that they can't get through.

 

[2seth2]

Does anyone have a Lavender amercuana roo? I would like to possibly borrow it to have a little project! I will croos him to my wheaton girls and then use the babies and make lav wheatons! or attempt to anyway lol

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Sheryl has one, but I can't speak for her about borrowing. I believe Laceynoelle has one, too.

 

[laceynoelle]

Yeah, I do. Missy, the Cayuga is awesome. Her first egg was very dark, then the next three were grey, and now she lays white. She's pretty since she's getting that glossy green color.

Those ducks are from the hatchery.

Ouch, Sunny! Feel better!!

Chicktaw, I think you might have scared Cindi Lu away.

So, I'm testing-running my incubator with a batch of eggs, right, because It hasnt been keeping a constant heat. Ariel came over, and she's totally facinated with it. I asked her to get me a glass of water so I could put water in it. She came back and said "Can I do the first one?" and I'm sitting here like "Uhhh, what?" She she carefully grabbed an egg and went to drop it in the cup of water to 'water' the chick.

I let her pour it in the basin instead, and better alternative I'm thinking, hahahha.

 

[sherylreno]

Sorry to say I have bad news this morning. I woke up to Leroy crowing at 6am, at 6:15am I heard a very loud thump. I went outside and saw Leroy laying in the run. Not sure exactly what happened but it looked liked he hit his head jumping out of the coop. I could not have had a better rooster than him. RIP Leroy and thank you for protecting your girls.

 

[2seth2]

Sorry to say I have bad news this morning. I woke up to Leroy crowing at 6am, at 6:15am I heard a very loud thump. I went outside and saw Leroy laying in the run. Not sure exactly what happened but it looked liked he hit his head jumping out of the coop. I could not have had a better rooster than him. RIP Leroy and thank you for protecting your girls.

he was such a cut lil guy
do you have any eggs that you want to incubate the girls will be fertile at least another week!