So, my day was just dumb. My dentist thing was rescheduled for today at 3.30. I left out way too early so i hung out at TSC was going to get some more shavings but they were damp "no bueno" so i just got alfalfa hay. Dentist took forever, i got home about a half hour before lockdown and hustled my taters off putting the hay in the coop. Roost time came and everyone was just lollygagging on the ramp and then IT hit me....oh no they've never seen hay before. Twenty minutes later eveybody is on the roost and I'm worn out from shoving chicken butts. I bet i said "it's ok, it's just hay " a million times. :barnie
 
Mine are the same way. When it's double digits I've been opening the pop door and they run out immediately. They're tired of each other & are mad that they can't range anymore... they're dainty princesses who don't like icky snow on their toes. My little bantam gets absolutely rabid w/ some of my other girls. Olive and Damon are on the bottom of the pecking order and when I toss down treats they try to get some before the mean girls chase them away.


My 2 boys were the worst. Willie attacked everyone who was brown, the little racist. Then Odin started being mean to them.. Oddly, Steve, who we didn't realize was a boy until much later was so nice. The girls would peck here and there, but it was def the boys who were meanies.


And jackets!!! Pink w/ glitter! They could say 'Taters' on the back!


We don't need to hide b/c we never told anyone our real names. We're good. BTW, my REAL name is Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock, nice to meet you all.


My kids would be jealous... they always complain my stew doesn't have enough 'Juice'... but stew sound amazing right now.. maybe I can convince them that we need that for dinner tomorrow.


Did you get a snow day? My kids are off today and tomorrow b/c of 'extreme cold'. Are you in the area of NY that is getting hit hard w/ snow?


Ridiculous, right? It's absolutely steamy in Antarctica right now.
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We say that now, but then we have February to deal with...


When you move the mobile coops do you take the chickens out of them, or do the chickens know to get up so they don't get squished? I've never seen one moved before. Hopefully it's a quick repair job.
Glad your little one is feeling better. It sounds like you have a big project to do. I bet it's going to look amazing when you're done.


I don't think it's the same thing, but now I want to try the purple stuff. Elephant garlic comes in huge bulbs that have giant cloves. IDK if it was b/c I used a whole clove or b/c the garlic was so strong, but I made meatballs w/ some and you could smell the garlic outside the container I put them in.


Same for rodents. You're not supposed to use cedar for hams. Not sure why they even have it at this point... it's supposedly bad for just about every animal... maybe to be used w/ dogs?


Several of my birds started sneezing in Oct when it got really hot up here. I hadn't changed anything. It lasted for a little while, nothing I did helped. Then it just stopped. I did notice that a couple of my birds had food and dust stuck up their nose holes, but even after cleaning that a few still did it.


We can winter in Alaska like the older people who always go to FL in the winter. A former coworker's daughter used to live in Alaska and she said they drove on the river w/ their truck when it was frozen and used a boat when it wasn't and during the time when it was in between they couldn't leave. That seems like boat weather.
How did you clean their nose holes
 
I have never spent so much time looking at temps, wind speed and direction. We will be in the teens & 20s tomorrow, with 5 mph winds. So, I guess the babies will be glad to get out since the wind is mild. I have a small run that is shielded from the wind, gets some sun and a heat lamp in the middle that they usually take full advantage of.

We were driving to school this morning and I kept calling someone in front of me a Tater Hole. The child is like what are you talking about. Haha!
 
So, my day was just dumb. My dentist thing was rescheduled for today at 3.30. I left out way too early so i hung out at TSC was going to get some more shavings but they were damp "no bueno" so i just got alfalfa hay. Dentist took forever, i got home about a half hour before lockdown and hustled my taters off putting the hay in the coop. Roost time came and everyone was just lollygagging on the ramp and then IT hit me....oh no they've never seen hay before. Twenty minutes later eveybody is on the roost and I'm worn out from shoving chicken butts. I bet i said "it's ok, it's just hay " a million times. :barnie
I have never seen anything that cannot tolerate a change or get freaked out like a chicken. It is TATERS!!
 
I have never spent so much time looking at temps, wind speed and direction. We will be in the teens & 20s tomorrow, with 5 mph winds. So, I guess the babies will be glad to get out since the wind is mild. I have a small run that is shielded from the wind, gets some sun and a heat lamp in the middle that they usually take full advantage of.

We were driving to school this morning and I kept calling someone in front of me a Tater Hole. The child is like what are you talking about. Haha!

Taters! :yesss: Glad the weather will be a tiny bit better tomorrow
 
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