NY chicken lover!!!!

[rancher hicks]

Snow blowed twice and will have to do so again tomorrow.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Feels like this storm is trying to make up for the shortage of snow storms we had this winter.

Yes in a couple days ....I miss my grass

 

[Gramma Chick]

Updated picture

Hows the Chickens Today ?

 

[CatMom]

It's an urban winter wonderland in Binghamton. Meanwhile, in my hen pen, the banties are the brave ones. The LF all seem gobsmacked by the ice age that's rolled in overnight/tue.a.m. mini-cochin makes good use of her snowshoes.

 

[Beer can]

Blizzard here, over 30" and who knows on the drifts. Our old two row corn planter in the front yard disappeared yesterday, I see the seat is visible this morning. Didn't have to go to work though, tickets were being given out so DW wouldn't let me. Third trip yesterday with the lawn tractor snow blower blew the $80 drive belt that no one even if they were open and I could get to them keeps in stock. Just glad the power didn't go out, had no gas for the generator and the gas station in town if I could get there had closed for the day.

 

[tao chick]

It's a good thing we have a truck because Stella ate the van.

I'm not sure our totals but it was near three feet. The path that was clear last night filled in and my dog wouldn't leave the porch this morning until I shoveled.

 

[boskelli1571]

So? What do you do with your rabbits? Anyone have Angora's for hair? Do you eat them? Does someone process them for you? What about the pelts? I see a lot on CL and wonder what do people do with babies when they're born and why do they let the breed anyhow?

I have NZ whites for meat. I would suggest the library for Angora info. - I know the grooming can be time consuming. I'm not sure if there is a huge demand for the hair or not.
Mine live in a colony set-up. Yes, they breed so the adults get culled and the babies replace them. I do my own culling. Beware!! They breed like rabbits...

 

[boskelli1571]

Stay warm & dry everyone! May all your snow removal equipment keep working! Feels like this storm is trying to make up for the shortage of snow storms we had this winter.

Are yo snowed in??

 

[baunlee]

Keeps snowing here in Buffalo. Luckily the schools are closed - so no work the last 2 days has been majorly restorative. The chicken door is covered in snow, so the light sensor isn't picking up daylight, so I don't even have to go out to close it. Went to get eggs and offer treats. The girls are still laying, and now, my younger girls have joined the "club"!!! however, their eggs are still pretty tiny. Dark enough to be encouraging though! Finally feel like I have a good enough baseline to begin to darken my eggs. I want them to be dark dark mahogany. I am working with two separate lines of Black coppers. Here is a pic of some of the best eggs Ive been getting recently. Didn't use a filter and the auto setting on an actual camera instead of a cell phone for once.



Incubator has some birchen eggs but due to a power outage, I'm not so sure how that project will turn out. Coop construction has been halted for now. Might even get a chance to pull out the X-country skiis this year after all.

The dogs are loving the snow , as always. I'm getting some pretty fabulous photo backdrops!



Also it's pretty funny to see the "little" german shepherd try to take giant gallops with each step. The older one, it could be her last winter since shes 13. She might be the most important thing in my life. I'm sure I will go out later and make snow angels with them. Laughing in the snow like a little kid- but really...just a weirdo playing alone with her 2 dogs. Playing in the snow in the woods with the dogs is great fun. They let me pick up on that animalistic energy generated by the forest and for me that is enough. I just have to keep an eye out- to ensure they aren't scarfing up a mouth full of deer poop before they come "mouth" at my face while I'm on the ground and defenseless. They really LOVE deer poop. yuck.

 

[Aria]

we have 30 inches here in Sauquoit. And the same all around us. From 20 - 30 inches.
THE MOST SNOW I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. OUR TRUCK IS BURIED. Regards, Aria