Wow Ron! That is one full freezer!!! I think we are due for a Nevada thread BBQ soon!
JK.
Genny, I'm afraid to say that the move did not seem to be a good thing. The BCM pullets abandoned their's right away (they were very upset by the move) and then when I let them out in the morning their eggs were ice cold! I did not know they had abandoned them 'til it was too late. So when I let them out in the morning I put their eggs under the RIR that has been broody for MONTHS now and she tucked them under her so I assumed they would be fine.
Later I saw her out in the yard and didn't think much of it cause she leaves the nest once or twice a day anyway to freerange but always comes back before long. When I saw her out there a couple of hours later I panicked and went out to check the eggs. They were ALL ice cold now! I moved them back into the coop and she was in the main coop area by the time I got them all back into the regular nest and she hopped right up on them but was off again this morning and one had exploded over all the others!
Now I assume with the others being infected that this is a huge disaster at this point (not that I had much hope of them hatching after being so frigid cold yesterday).
The cold weather sure has been bad timing for these babies. I hear it's going to be back up to 77 degrees by this sunday.
I think I'll give up until spring. I'm much more comfortable with spring babies anyway.
Genny, I take it you usually wait to move them til they've all hatched? Or are your's just smarter than mine?
Aubrey, I miss the heat! My friend from East Texas laughs at what we consider rain here in NV but even she posted on FB that she was tired of the rain. She said "It has been raining real rain for 3 days here now! Not just sprinkles like what Nevadans usually call rain!"
Daegorn, don't you Southern Nevadans get some of the summer monsoon weather that Arizona and surrounding areas get? I thought you would have, being so close...
Hi Kim (Wolftracks)! OK this is your 2nd post so I've added you to the first page! You are an official member of the Nevada thread now!
Congrats on the new babies! I'm so happy to hear that somebody's babies are hatching safely! We aren't having great luck in the Silver State this week.
So glad you all had such a great weekend here. Next time you come up you can stay here, I have lots of room. You are welcome if you can stand the non-smoking rooms in this joint!
Carol, I'm glad Genny and I aren't the only ones that are missing the warm weather. I'm sure if Daniel were here he'd be posting the same thing. I am a desert rat through and through. I was born in the
low desert though and these cold winters here in the high desert are something I'm still not quite used to. I can handle a few inches of warm rain though! In Arizona we could smell the rain coming hours before it got there!
Those are some of my favorite memories as a kid. *sigh*
Shanyalv, I'm so sorry to hear that your chicks didn't make it either.
I hope we both have better luck next time. Sounds like you are getting some great goodies done though! What are you baking and canning? I love to bake but I've never done any canning.
