NY chicken lover!!!!

[PhoredaBurds]

Must be pretty chilly on your mountain - the valley here is a toasty -1F right now with wing chill of OMG!

I vow to never live up on a hill after this house. The wind up here is unbelievable and the drifting miserable. Looks like I have to call the plow guy again because it's unlikely my car can get thru these new drifts.

The chickens are doing alright. Battling a little frostbite, but hanging in there. I brought the geese into the chicken house to get them out of the wind & put them in the only pen that really had room for them: the bachelor pen. Needless to say, neither the geese nor the roosters are too pleased with the situation, lol. They'll be kicked out as soon as this cold snap passes.

 

[Devona]

Devona - your menagerie look very happy!

Yes, well they weren't very happy with the chasing and grabbing that went on before I could catch them to bring them inside. I still have three rabbits outside, but their hutch is wind proof I think, and in a protected area under the attached overhang, next to the house, backed onto a cinder block wall... You get the picture. And they have a heating pad. I have a thermometer in there that I'm about to go check.

 

[Devona]

Just checked the temp in the rabbit hutch. On the second floor where they sleep, with body heat and heating pad, it's 25*! Of course it should be warmer directly on the pad. But somehow I thought that area would be warmer

 

[Purpletie3]

It's officially freezing cold out. That was temp in the car...not even with wind chill. Praying my crews are safe & yours are too!!! I had one poor rooster with his tail frozen in the water bowl. Can't wait for the thaw!!!

 

[Lady Loveall]

Anyone have any ideas on where I can find some porcelain D'uccles? I'm having no luck finding a breeder.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

Happy chickens all day. It never dropped below 20°in the coop. Water had to be changed every 3 hours and they can't have the FF all at once until the cold breaks as it freezes in an hour. Everyone stay warm.

 

[tao chick]

Anyone have any ideas on where I can find some porcelain D'uccles? I'm having no luck finding a breeder.

TJs Chickens. She's on the 24-hour auction at times. I think she has them.

 

[tao chick]

Where could I find Welssumers? I haven't raised chicks. We have purchased pullets from someone in Groton. I would probably take 4 since they seem to be of good temperament. 

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.

 

[PhoredaBurds]

Anyone have any ideas on where I can find some porcelain D'uccles? I'm having no luck finding a breeder.

Tao chick beat me to it, but TJchickens has porcelain D'Unccles. She has great feedback regarding shipped eggs, too.

 

[PhoredaBurds]

It's officially freezing cold out. That was temp in the car...not even with wind chill. Praying my crews are safe & yours are too!!! I had one poor rooster with his tail frozen in the water bowl. Can't wait for the thaw!!!

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.