Shark snipers Wine dots NEW HATCHES and puppies 1/24/2011 update

[sonew123]

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right?

I hope they are fertile the girls keeping laying 2/3 today--waiting for that 3 egg day

 

[LovinMyPeeps]

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hmmmm....i imagine you would want the call to not be at 1 a.m. and not from a slightly intoxicated jeremy and I

might be ok, might add plausible deniability.

 

[acid_chipmunk]

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hmmmm....i imagine you would want the call to not be at 1 a.m. and not from a slightly intoxicated jeremy and I

Slightly intocicated? Slightly? There was NO slightly about it! It was majorly!! Hench poor Lovins 1:30 a.m. drunk dial for you two!

 

[JenEric Farms]

Lovins - SO sorry about the deal falling through! Any new word on that?

Brindle - Hope you get a puppy!

Bob - That neighbor of yours sounds like a real pant load of FUN!

 

[BloominOrchid]

Bob that neighbor needs to go, thing is him being an ex cop he may know ways around stuff... You know once I heard that a plastic grocery bag in a gas tank can cause LOTS of problems...yet hard to figure out

Id keep my kids away from him too, and keep em locked in loaded...what are the laws re defending your property down there?

lovins any good news? hows the peep in the boots?

Brin a puppy!!! Oh I cant wait to see!

Anyone here any word on Gretchen?

updates from Philli... parade practice is no fun for children/boys (or their mother) not in the parade. Cant wait to here all the gripe about 6am curtain call...

Oh and I have 3 broodies....I will not hatch I will NOT hatch I WILL NOT HATCH!!

 

[wthchristi]

Hey all you northerners!! I need some cold weather advice. Here in Pacific NW it has decided to snow and freeze and get really windy all at the same time. Our snow here is very wet, and quite unlike the snow in other areas. The windchill is supposed to be in the low single digits tonight and tomorrow, with temps the coldest they have been in Nov. for 20 years.

My hubby and I moved all of our girls and boys into our two big houses (12x12 and 10x12) and he spot insulated them to keep the drafts down. We use stall dry in the bottoms of our hen houses. The main coop (my layer flocks house) has 16 hours of light and my breeder house does not. My hubby put a 250 watt bulb in each house tonight to keep the temps reasonable, it is about 3-4 feet up in the air in each house. The birds were closed in there houses tonight to keep them comfortable.

Is this a good idea or am I teaching them to be wussy, sissy birds? I have lost too many this past month and I want to keep them all healthy, happy and not frozen popsicles. I know the posssibility of losing power exists here so I want them to be able to handle cold temps without dying, kwim?

Any opinions would be appreciated. (They will be opened up at 5am when I go to work).

Thanks!

 

[acid_chipmunk]

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I don't think I would keep the heat lights on for them. If the power goes out and they aren't acclimated to the cold, they could die. Without the heat, their under fluff will keep them plenty warm.

 

[BloominOrchid]

Ditto on the lights, I just read a thread about chickens in Alaska, no lights. Just extra hay, see if you can find it, it was interesting!

 

[LovinMyPeeps]

Actually C the bonus jar was the strawberry jam. I wasnt going to make any, but I had extra berries in the freezer.

 

[acid_chipmunk]

Ah, OK. I wasn't sure. I honestly didn't remember what all I bought! Thank you!!!