Och aye! This'll put feathers on their chests!

[TXmom]

Wow, I am so glad I live in TX

We are brrrrrrrr cold here this morning...35 F

Like you said, it's all relative...what you are used to. I have family from up north and they wear t-shirts in this weather while we are bundled up with hats and gloves

Y'all be careful and stay warm, and keep those birdies warm! Sounds like you're doing a great job with the oatmeal...lucky lucky chickens.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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As if the chickens would ever make that for US on a cold morning. I mean, who has to bundle up and trudge out into the cold to play housemaid to WHOM, here?

Ungrateful chickens!

LOL

Pat

I'll bet if they could speak they would say that when you start laying eggs for them then you can complain.

(My girls are on a winter strike so they're not gettin' nothin' special from me!

)

 

[TXmom]

Pat

Well at least they do make nice eggs for us (I can't wait for that...I've never had farm fresh eggs).

 

[SterlingAcres]

The Poconos is sitting at -14 this morning. I haven't been out to the barn yet, but I hope the chicks made it. I lost one last week when we hit -7.

 

[La Banan]

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I live in beautiful Prospect Bay (well not in the bay you understand but by it) in Nova Scotia, Canada. Here on the South Shore of the province we don't usually get it as cold as say Maine - LynneP on the other hand lives handy to the valley and she gets it much colder - the saying here is if you don't like the weather wait a minute!

 

[patandchickens]

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Well ok you have a point there

I saw an old Far Side cartoon the other day -- a farm wife was walking up the path to the house carrying a basket of eggs, and passing her walking the other direction was a chicken headed back to the coop carrying a human baby under it's arm.

OK, *I* thought it was funny anyhow

Pat

 

[Robin'sBrood]

I love The Far Side.

 

[La Banan]

ha ha! I like it alot! I just asked Ron if he would take out the big waterer as it is unfrozen now and bring in the little one. "Yep" he said. I then said, ever so conversationally and not at all proudly like one might imagine, "that egg (1) that I got this morning I just used in a brownie recipe. I actually needed an egg and we didn't have any others!" "Yep." he said, "those chickens sure are a convenience."

love that droll dry humour wha?

 

[LynneP]

Last night Redwing laid a late egg, so I put it in my pocket. On the way out the gate I forgot, and as I leaned to secure the latch it broke in there. I scooped it out, membrane barely holding and threw it in a snowbank near a lurking crow, who had a 'convenient' snack. We don't always get our produce. RGH. Now the crow is back I wonder why?

Mine had to settle for suet, flax and currants this morning, Jan. The coop is a balmy -4C, it's -21C outside and wind chill has *risen* to -37C. So far the water system to and in the barn is working but I'm not holding my breath for perfection. Heater tape is a marvellous thing, we're surrounded by power outages but generator-ready. 48 hours to go and we all get...wait for it...SNOW STORM!
Anyone want a northern hobby farm FREE for a couple of weeks? I'll take care of your poultry in say, Texas, Florida, California...

 

[brewmiss96]

Hehe, I might be tempted to take you up on that offer, just to get an idea of what I want to get myself into, but I've got just the backyard flock. It's been too sunny here this last week. Frosted overnight, but balmy 59 during the day... it's supposed to be winter and raining!