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FlyingNunFarm said:
Chickens are Checked!
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Everyone survived. Heater is still going and I didn't use up all the oil in them. I turned them up just a hair.
Currently -5° outside. -29° with wind but the coop is almost 2°.
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At least it's doing something... a 7* boost is nothing to sneeze at.

Molpet said:
I checked, watered and fed the 3 coops with layers.... the first coop no one drank so I moved the iced over water to the 3rd incase someone there was in need, they ignored it. I'll switch it later when I get to the bachelor pad.
The main coop has a dollar store thermometer. -10f no heat in a tarp covered hoop coop..
-22f in town
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Do the birds seem like they even care?

21hens-incharge said:
"It kinda seemed like everyone knew-knew each other, like in real life."

What?? This isn't real life??

Well CARP!
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LOL, Right? Real life, like they probably talked outside BYC, but nope (for the most part)... Just a big group of really friendly Sanity Savers.
 
Last night I caved & put in a heat lamp. I stayed w/ it for a bit to make sure it wasn't going to smell like fire. I texted my dad to ask him to look out the window before he went to bed to make sure the coop wasn't on fire. He laughed at me & asked if I wanted him to call me for some roasted chicken if it was. Dads :rolleyes:.
I wasn't really worried until I saw Toothless' comb and it looked like a spot was turning white & looked swollen. It's so hard w/ her b/c her comb is already black... A couple others looked like they had issues, but nothing bad.
My oldest has an orthodontist appt this afternoon so I'm going to go check on them. I blocked the front run pop door w/ a hay bale so they'll all be trapped in the coop. I figured they'd probably not be going out anyway, plus it'd keep what it could of the warm in and the cold out.
I still cannot believe it's going to be in the 40's this weekend. This weather is ridiculous.
My friend's pipes froze last night. She wanted to leave the taps turn on a bit and her mom vetoed it b/c she said she'd be getting up throughout the night.. Then this morning she told my friend that she was right, the pipes froze. Good times. Another +1 for apartment living. All the pipes are inside interior walls so nothing ever freezes.
 
apryl29 said:
Do the birds seem like they even care?
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the roo in the first pen and in the bachelor pen got frost bite when we had freezing rain and the temps dropped. They look unhappy. :hit

Another coop everyone looks happy so far, but that roo has a small comb.

The main coop has a 4x4 dog house and it is packed with roos and layers... they look ok... turkeys wanted to go out but I shut the door on them.. Because yesterday there was a new laying cx mix that had to troop through the snow to a dog house to lay her little egg.:rant

I left all the doors shut, between the cold and them pooping where it freezes and the door hits it and doesn't want to shut:he.. I need to cut off the bottom of the doors this spring. Hadn't been a problem before. I just made sure the run bedding was not near the door. But the ground heaved more this year. and with the freezing rain everything froze down.. I may have to get the pick out and break that up... hopefully it will work until this weekend when it gets above freezing... of course it's going to rain :rant
 
Molpet said:
the roo in the first pen and in the bachelor pen got frost bite when we had freezing rain and the temps dropped. They look unhappy. :hit

Another coop everyone looks happy so far, but that roo has a small comb.

The main coop has a 4x4 dog house and it is packed with roos and layers... they look ok... turkeys wanted to go out but I shut the door on them.. Because yesterday there was a new laying cx mix that had to troop through the snow to a dog house to lay her little egg.:rant

I left all the doors shut, between the cold and them pooping where it freezes and the door hits it and doesn't want to shut:he.. I need to cut off the bottom of the doors this spring. Hadn't been a problem before. I just made sure the run bedding was not near the door. But the ground heaved more this year. and with the freezing rain everything froze down.. I may have to get the pick out and break that up... hopefully it will work until this weekend when it gets above freezing... of course it's going to rain :rant
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That freezing rain is the worst. Snow/ ice/ snow... so you risk falling on your butt w/ every step. Hopefully those boys learn to snuggle up. I've been chiseling poop too. Then when it pops free everyone runs after it like I threw down a treat and I'm yelling at them IT'S JUST POOP! DON'T EAT IT! I've got a ridge by the door so the bottom doesn't close right anymore, I tried to scrape it off, but failed & gave up. Door is closed & locked and that's all that matters right now. All that can wait til it's above freezing.. but you know that just means it's going to be raining.
 
This is the only downfall to house chicken, she's nosy and she's warm so chicken panting is all in my ear. :p
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21hens-incharge said:
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I figure if autocorrect knew so much I would just roll with it.

:gig
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Autocorrect obviously has no concern for my virgin ears and eyes! :eek:
 
Chickassan said:
This is the only downfall to house chicken, she's nosy and she's warm so chicken panting is all in my ear. :pView attachment 1658246
Autocorrect obviously has no concern for my virgin ears and eyes! :eek:
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I know!!

There was something mighty fishy in my post.

:lau:lau:lau


Ok I will go to my corner now and think about what I done did.
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