NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

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Here are the critters in the back end of my basement. What y'all think? Barnyard much?

all cute

 

[Gramma Chick]

Most of My chickens didnt go out today...2 went out & under the deck & just stood there all fluffed up . one came out with a corn cob bribe ...the other one I had to crawl under & get ...she kept trying to go back in under my legs ...eventually she got the idea we where going to the coop
the rest 16 stayed in the coop it was 20 degrees in there...
It did feel warm in there to me too

 

[Gramma Chick]

Temp in my chx house is 4 degrees. Not looking forward to what I will find in there in the am. Fingers crossed and prayers said. Might be time to move south.

I hope the little ones make it ....and have a warm place to huddle ...I probably would have brought them in ..
Im enjoying having TiTi and little Bugger in the cellar ...He is taming down ...He was a Mommas Boy at 1st ...


they both set on my lap at night & I pet them

 

[HISIRISHGEM]

Could have been a barn rat or a mouse that was trying to get warm. I have found bloody piles of bedding a few times I'm my coop. I hope it's not a disease waiting to happen because I can't keep critters out and still have air flow. Something always finds a way in.

I'm sure it could have. I don't see anything else. I hope there's no diseases either. Goodness! I get so nervous since this is my first time with any of this. lol Thanks for responding.

 

[HISIRISHGEM]

I have one and my sil had a breeding trio. If she separates her pen I can get you some this summer. Otherwise, I got my eggs from Deb in Pompey, NY. She usually uses craigslist to advertise.

Oh that would be absolutely LOVELY! Please keep me posted. Thank you!

 

[shodack]

Well, my phone tells me it's -22 degrees out this morning... my poor poor chickens. I dread that I'll walk out there and they'll all be frozen to death
And they still have an entire day of it to endure...

 

[featherz]

Well, my phone tells me it's -22 degrees out this morning... my poor poor chickens. I dread that I'll walk out there and they'll all be frozen to death
And they still have an entire day of it to endure...

I am not planning to go outside yet (not much I can do), but I do have a camera in one of my coops and they are pecking around in there just fine.. I can't see in to the other coop and it's closed to keep them in. I'll venture out asap

 

[tao chick]

I took hot water out to thaw the waterers. The chickens seem ok. I look forward to this snap breaking so I can clean up the mess they're making.

 

[PhoredaBurds]

I hope the little ones make it ....and have a warm place to huddle ...I probably would have brought them in .. Im enjoying having TiTi and little Bugger in the cellar ...He is taming down ...He was a Mommas Boy at 1st ... they both set on my lap at night & I pet them

I don't have any little ones ATM, fortunately. So far I've narrowly resisted the urge to set eggs or let broodies brood. Bringing them all in would prob be more stressful for them than this rotten cold snap. Not sure how I'd accommodate 35 birds (incl 8 roos & 2 geese) in my basement, tho I'm sure it would be a sight. Your two look very happy with their situation tho. TiTi is a beautiful hen. Is she a Sumatra?

 

[shodack]

The ladies are perfectly fine out there... I brought my thermometer out, and gave up waiting for a final reading in the coop when it hit -14... Brought them a nice warm dish of oatmeal with raisins.