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for those who have decided to bring birds in the house,,,,,what are your temps like when you made that decision??  what are your house temps like in the area the chickens will be ?? what is the average humidity inside your house???

I am asking these questions because I am wondering if sudden changes in heat and humidity, then back into the cold after this weather will have much of an effect....

My few that are in the garage are only there because of the move & no pens set up for them yet. It's barely above freezing out there. No fridge here yet so my groceries are sitting near the door. We have had to watch closely to keep them from freezing. There is a tiny space heater out there to keep my pipes from freezing & the 6 chicks in the brooder have a lamp. It's barely warm enough to keep water from freezing.

My birds who went into the bottom section of the shed/coop with the goats are pretty toasty. Their water wasn't even glazed with ice this morning. I think all of mine will be fine. No worries here & no special treatment for anyone except my silly kitties who think they need to be in the garage too. Spoiled kitties!
 
Brave people here, I have not ventured out yet, still sipping my coffee.....fil would have called if something seemed not right...

on a side note, I had to work late last night, did not leave work till 1:30 am....it was cccooolllddd out there....the strange part is I work in a field with mostly men ...maintenance department type men......all night long I worried that my piece of crap car would not start,,,,,well mine was one of the few that started,,,,,and they need to tell me why these men who work in the maintenance department do not carry jumper cables....as much as they make fun of me with the girl jokes,,,,seemed I had to rescue THEM last night.

You go girl!!!
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I was out at 0100 hauling straw bales for the neighbors ducks. I must be crazy. Wait, I am. Some of you knew that.

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Hello! Welcome to the funny farm!
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What do you have and what can we find for you that you didn't know you wanted??
Well, I did not intend it, but a couple of the girls got loose, so I let the rest out....they are all hunkered down next to my house...I'll be checking them every couple of hours....kinda sucks....

Mine wanted out this morning also.... they are out of luck... WWwaaayyy to windy here yet and I don't want to have to track them down when they hunker down in weird spots. Hope your girls stick tight till they decide to head back in so you don't have to go looking for them!
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Welcome! Lancaster county here!

Wing - city men vs country girls? No contest, just saying.

Exactly!
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someone explain why my images are huge when I copy past them! sorry not my intention! I will take time to go into properties and shrink um down :(
When I imbed the pic it gives me the option of display size after it uploads it. I think I chose small and it just defaults to that choice each time now. Maybe your choice got set to large or something without you noticing?
 
for those who have decided to bring birds in the house,,,,,what are your temps like when you made that decision?? what are your house temps like in the area the chickens will be ?? what is the average humidity inside your house???

I am asking these questions because I am wondering if sudden changes in heat and humidity, then back into the cold after this weather will have much of an effect....

My concern for the same thing is the only reason I haven't brought in Gracie and her chicks. I would really love to, even if it only made me feel better.... but I don't have a good 'unheated' area to keep her. So they would be in 65+ degree area for 2 or 3 days, then back to the coop. Though it is supposed to be pretty warm this weekend, so it wouldn't be quite as much of a shock as it could be. I also worried I could cause her to start into her molt (she seems to have a light molt at the end of most of her broody cycles and didn't have a hard molt at all this fall when the rest of the hens did) So I decided to compromise and added a red heat lamp out in her scratching area near the waterer so she can hunker down there in comfort with the little ones if she wants. She and the babies seemed fine when I went out to change water an hour ago, so I will resist the urge to bring her in.

Edit to add..... trust me, if we had a good garage type area or basement that was in the 40* range Radioman and I would have moved them in a minute, and he probably would have moved the rest of the flock too... just so they weren't lonely, of course!
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(he is way worse than me when it comes to spoiling the birds, believe it or not)
 
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oh no!  I am sorry I know nothing of this : ( search online and read read read fast!


I read and I hate to say it but I'm kind of relieved. My last roo had these same scabs and I never worried about them and they went away. So I guess my hen was exposed to it before and may have even had it. So I'm pretty sure she's immune, which is good. I'm also not sure about the wet pox because I didn't look in his mouth, but it doesn't sound phlegmy, just difficulty breathing at times and some sneezing. No meds needed I don't think. Its a virus contracted through mosquitoes and they become immune after they have it.

ETA: it's most commonly contracted in winter and early spring.
 
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Welcome! Lancaster county here!


Wing - city men vs country girls? No contest, just saying.

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gotta tell ya, if I knew how to rewire a motor I would never even talk to these maintenance morons.


Wing, You da Man!

someone explain why my images are huge when I copy past them! sorry not my intention!  I will take time to go into properties and shrink um down :( 


Don't you dare! We are sitting in the Arena waiting for carriage racing to begin....both kids saw that sweet puppy pic and in unison say 'awwww'.


oh no!  I am sorry I know nothing of this : ( search online and read read read fast!


I read and I hate to say it but I'm kind of relieved. My last roo had these same scabs and I never worried about them and they went away. So I guess my hen was exposed to it before and may have even had it. So I'm pretty sure she's immune, which is good. I'm also not sure about the wet pox because I didn't look in his mouth, but it doesn't sound phlegmy, just difficulty breathing at times and some sneezing. No meds needed I don't think. Its a virus contracted through mosquitoes and they become immune after they have it.

ETA: it's most commonly contracted in winter and early spring.


I was worried once about scabs on a Roos comb, had an avian vet look him over, said the pox would be more of pustules or blisters, could be your boy is getting picked on while he's not feeling quite himself and those are scabs?
 

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