Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[LittleMissPurdy]

Oh God, our ancestors. In today's America people freak out if the cables out for a day, and if the power goes out, people treat it like it's life threatening. Compared to today's world, it's hard to imagine people going outside to use the bathroom, having no electricity, no phones, no cars, etc. It's even getting rare to see people doing physical labor these days. Not everyone's like those though, put me out in the woods and I can make it a few years, but I'd have to admit life would be a bit tough without some of our modern conveniences.

most definitely!! What would I do without the laptop?! who would I chat with then about chickens?? this is some serious stuff!!

...hahahhaaa...every one else thinks i'm crazy..well, we'll not go there

...seriously though, we are made..or should i say..we have made ourselves fragile, easy to disrupt with the modern technology, a large percentage of what we use it for is important , but it is/has become a 'time consumer' for a lot of people. I enjoy it, it is wonderful to be able to get in touch with so many different people...but i also know and live even more for the 'physical/doing', the real interactions of life...keep learning and doing more for ourselves & we are good to go!..**I guess we have the best of both worlds here....

..life is good!
hahha..Wow, I really am in a "blah-blah-blah" kinda mood here..haaha

Yay, going to meet up with my sister tomorrow at the farm show.

so have farm show envy!!

....Have a great time!! Wish we were going...take pics or as Blarney says."didn't happen!!"

 

[stake]

Well:

For Vicki, Mike and Lisa:

I just checked on my chooks and they were all settled...I had considered running the heat lamp out there, but, they were all comfortable on their roosts. I think if they were bothered by the cold they'd all be bunched together, but some were spaced out as they normally do....maybe this is a wrong way of thinking about it, but, the coop is full which creates alot of BTUs and I make sure they get all the scratch(corn) they can chomp...I just carb them up...my two cents,,,

 

[Farmer Mike S]

most definitely!! What would I do without the laptop?! who would I chat with then about chickens?? this is some serious stuff!! ...hahahhaaa...every one else thinks i'm crazy..well, we'll not go there ...seriously though, we are made..or should i say..we have made ourselves fragile, easy to disrupt with the modern technology, a large percentage of what we use it for is important , but it is/has become a 'time consumer' for a lot of people. I enjoy it, it is wonderful to be able to get in touch with so many different people...but i also know and live even more for the 'physical/doing', the real interactions of life...keep learning and doing more for ourselves & we are good to go!..**I guess we have the best  of both worlds here.... ..life is good!
hahha..Wow, I really am in a "blah-blah-blah" kinda mood

That's alright, I'm in that kind of mood too right now. But yea, the internet really is a great tool if you use it right. Most of what I learned about chickens came from it and all of us on this thread go on to talk about chickens lol. I prefer to speak to people in person, but at the same time I've met so many people through the internet that I would of never met without it.

 

[chiques chicks]

Oh God, our ancestors. In today's America people freak out if the cables out for a day, and if the power goes out, people treat it like it's life threatening. Compared to today's world, it's hard to imagine people going outside to use the bathroom, having no electricity, no phones, no cars, etc. It's even getting rare to see people doing physical labor these days. Not everyone's like those though, put me out in the woods and I can make it a few years, but I'd have to admit life would be a bit tough without some of our modern conveniences.

Think my heat might come on this weekend. 12 hour days and three wood stove isn't big enough to bank for that long in this weather ;-) of course the thermostat is set at 55,lol

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Think my heat might come on this weekend. 12 hour days and three wood stove isn't big enough to bank for that long in this weather ;-) of course the thermostat is set at 55,lol

omgosh!! you part Eskimo Ray???

hahahha,..Todd wanted to know..hahaha, your a man after his own heart keep the thermostat that low!!!
What is it with guys and that darn device??!!..MUST have CONTROL!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Thanks-at least we weren't the only ones. Some others that were sent away too had used the same vaccine for years-no one ever told them it was an issue til this year. I felt really bad for them. The chickens had a blast in the car-the roosters actually were quiet and slept-right until we pulled into the driveway. Then they crowed-I never thought they would know they were home-but they knew!
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what went wrong with the vaccinations?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I'm worried about my girls too for the next few days. I'll let the older 2 out tomorrow & Sunday into their run but the 2 newest ones may have to stay in the coop since there is an ongoing battle between my dominant old one & the dominant new one. I'm going batty trying to keep them separated. I have a small enclosed run inside the big run for the new girls that way they can still interact some without harming each other but I have a hard time getting the new girls in to it & hubby works early in the morning & can't help. The guy I bought the 2 new young ones from (which is by the way the same person I bought my older gals from), said to keep them apart but close together with barriers if I could. He said 2 days & 1 night should do it but it will be a week Sunday & they are no happier with each other than the day we brought them home. I'll never again try to introduce new girls to my flock again in the winter months. I have the coop divided into 2 areas also trying to keep them apart but there is no roost in the new girls area & I have lots of straw down but they seem to push it around & end up on the bare linoleum floor. I am not having fun with this at all. Kinda sorry I got more if I can't get them to accept each other. The other older gal & the 2 new ones get along fine so far. Any ideas? Getting very discouraged & this weather isn't helping at all....lol The first 2 pics are of the new girls, Gabbie, the Black Australorp & Gussie the Gold Laced Wyandotte. The bottom is of the older girls, Gracie & Gertie. Gracie is the dominant one...always thought Gertie was...go figure....the quiet silent type is Gracie I suppose...lol Gabbie just paces in front of the barrier for hours at a time & they do try to peck each other between the holes. I came out the 2nd morning that we had them & opened the coop, Gracie was in front of the barrier in the new chicken area & the 2 new ones were back behind the barrier with Gertie....lol Like Houdini's I guess....lol

so cute!

 

[1stACT]

Bucks county

welcome!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

OMG Ray 55???? your kidding!!! its been 62 in the house for days now and I cant move my bones are frozen! Anything over 70 I am a sweat hog but I am chilled soooo bad for so long!!! how do you guys manange? boots and jackets?

 

[kalbach8]

Ours in normally set at 65 but last night I turned it up to 67!