North Carolina

[langshanman]

Good Morning ,hope all made it thru this weather in good shape
Coop Scoop Boogie how did your eggs do any hatch

I sent a dozen to a lady in Alabama the week after yous she hatch 6 out of 12 not bad for shipped eggs
Wil

 

[BHep]

well they just plowed my raod

you got real life snow !!! how much ???


we got nothing........roads are clear, I've already been out to town !

 

[AmyLou1782]

glad I aint the only one that stops to just look and listen. besides my kids, who actually stop to smell the flowers  all the flowers

I agree! I am born and bred here and I love to just stop and appreciate the beauty of it all!

 

[red golden]

Any suggestions about running electricity?  I have 2 chicken tractors, guess I will just have to run extension cords.  We have an outlet out on the fence for electric (used it til I found a dead bird...no more electric fence!)  I can plug into.

I have some quail that got stressed and three died due to broken necks i guess. I think the culprit was a cat i seen a day later. I added a heat lamp to each cage (taking donations for light bill lol ) to ease the stress. Instead of paying 65.00 for a 100 ft. Drop cord. I bought a 250pair roll of 12-2the house wire a drop cord end plug and an outlet box. Only thing is you gotta know how to wire it to prevent a fire.

 

[tick22]

glad I aint the only one that stops to just look and listen. besides my kids, who actually stop to smell the flowers

all the flowers

Since I retired, I have become kind of a kid again. Finally have time to smell the roses, enjoy the surroundings and not be so stressed about things that now seem so unimportant to me.. I guess the benefit of getting old and surviving the rat race...

 

[Cox28358]

Welcome.

Worked yesterday and though my babies were neglected they still gave me 4 eggs!  They are such troopers.  Went out...well I slid out and topped off feeders.  Only one waterer is out in the open and was frozen, had to bring it in the house and run hot water over it.  Was planning to get the stuff to make water heater this weekend, but I am staying put.  My road coming home last night was solid ice and it is north facing so it will be frozen until spring!  I only go out to work or the appointments.  One of my BO's has laid already this morning, sweet babies!
Everyone stay safe, poor DH is working EMS today and I just heard the ambulance go out.  They HAVE to go no matter what the weather or where the call. 
I have a fireplace screensaver, think I will huddle around it while doing school work!  Need to run, thinking warm thoughts!

24 hours at the firehouse for me... maybe everyone will act like they got sense... fortunately ice was not much of an issue for us... YEAH!!!!

The girls were looking around this morning saying "Who cut on the AC last night?" It's cold out there!!!
Everyone stay warm out there....

 

[jdeoliveira74]

if your just using it for a light what about solar?? small solar panel with a light would work
Jon

 

[jdeoliveira74]

That was my concern...running the cord across the ground. We have a dog that eats everything!! Perhaps I can rig a drop cord and come in from the top of the coop ....

if its just for light what about solar??
Jon

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good Morning ,hope all made it thru this weather in good shape
Coop Scoop Boogie how did your eggs do any hatch

I sent a dozen to a lady in Alabama the week after yous she hatch 6 out of 12 not bad for shipped eggs
Wil

9 went to lockdown and 7 hatched.....not too bad for this time of year

 

[gavinandallison]

9 went to lockdown and 7 hatched.....not too bad for this time of year

That is excellent. I use the dry incubation method, how about you?