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FlyingNunFarm said:
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For those of us suffering in the cold.
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Ugh... right? I still need to go over and check on them.. freezing rain changed over to snow. I blocked off the back run til it's above freezing at night. They can go out to the smaller front run for now. There's at least some grass in there.

ronott1 said:
Exactly!

This is the time of the year when there are a lot of posts about the second winter hens not laying eggs...What is wrong with them? Some even get defensive when told it is completely normal and insist there has to be something wrong.

The answer is usually to wait until spring
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Last year I gave them extra light... I don't think I'm going to do that this year. A few will keep laying, but if I give them more light they're just going to sit inside fighting about everything.

Chickassan said:
I can do it, but I need to be chained to the stove so I don't get distracted. Distractions are my downfall, leads to alot of really tan goodies.:)
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That too! I burn stuff easily b/c my oven is stupid. I should look up how to adjust it b/c the apt people didn't do it when I called them a while back. I'm sure it got tossed to the bottom of the list. I wish they'd just give me a new stove. I have to put it at 250 if I want it about 350... doesn't help much when I'm trying to bake picky things, like cheesecake or pumpkin pie.
 
apryl29 said:
Ugh... right? I still need to go over and check on them.. freezing rain changed over to snow. I blocked off the back run til it's above freezing at night. They can go out to the smaller front run for now. There's at least some grass in there.


Last year I gave them extra light... I don't think I'm going to do that this year. A few will keep laying, but if I give them more light they're just going to sit inside fighting about everything.


That too! I burn stuff easily b/c my oven is stupid. I should look up how to adjust it b/c the apt people didn't do it when I called them a while back. I'm sure it got tossed to the bottom of the list. I wish they'd just give me a new stove. I have to put it at 250 if I want it about 350... doesn't help much when I'm trying to bake picky things, like cheesecake or pumpkin pie.
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I don't sell eggs anymore so no lights in the winter!
 
apryl29 said:
Ugh... right? I still need to go over and check on them.. freezing rain changed over to snow. I blocked off the back run til it's above freezing at night. They can go out to the smaller front run for now. There's at least some grass in there.


Last year I gave them extra light... I don't think I'm going to do that this year. A few will keep laying, but if I give them more light they're just going to sit inside fighting about everything.


That too! I burn stuff easily b/c my oven is stupid. I should look up how to adjust it b/c the apt people didn't do it when I called them a while back. I'm sure it got tossed to the bottom of the list. I wish they'd just give me a new stove. I have to put it at 250 if I want it about 350... doesn't help much when I'm trying to bake picky things, like cheesecake or pumpkin pie.
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I need to use my oven thermometer to get mine set to bake anything. It's always off by at least 10°. Sometimes it's high other times it's low.

It IS 8 years old and I cook pretty much every day. I guess it could be tired.
 
ronott1 said:
I don't sell eggs anymore so no lights in the winter!
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I am quitting selling too.
To much hassle for me. I want to dwindle my flock some too.
I wont sell any and don't plan to process so it's going to take a while.
:p
 
I'm going to stop selling for the winter, unless I get an odd surge where I get a bunch. Their molts are taking forever & my 4 production birds are laying while trying to molt so I'm expecting them to stop laying here soon do focus on that. No egger eggs since Sept, probably.. people can buy from a store.. it won't kill them.
 

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