She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[RubyNala97]

wow again Ruby hope the ones that are growing all hatch . glad you found someone closer to you . you need a good hatch . btw the steaks are pork roast and they are great have two in the fridg. to eat later . Ben loves it so we always do a couple extra for him .  on the hatch

Thank you. I just have a good feeling about the eggs coming next week. For some reason, if the seller is an active member of BYC, it just makes me feel better! Pork roast..they didn't look like beef. My son loves pork roast too! He'll eat 5-6 thick slices when I make it and he's only 10 (almost)!

I remember that last hatch. 

80 degrees is no problem at all. Might have just been tough shipping.   for the rest of the hatch. Shipped eggs are always a gamble. I had a no hatch batch last spring too. No fun.

That makes me feel so much better! I went to bed last night thinking I killed them all on the counter!!

Cost of eggs here is anywhere from 2$-7$! Its insane! "The Chicken Man," (long established egg selling individual in our town) asks 3.50, and hes usually got very competitive prices. Cant sell eggs yet, but i did get my first ever sky blue and olive green eggs, on Monday

Glad it looks like everyone had a good holiday! Missed you guys!

I love blue and green eggs! That's awesome!

I've seen different variations using blocks, cookie tins, etc...
What's holding me back is the 8000ft of dropcords running to 7 pens
With all the solar powered lights available now, why can't someone do a solar powered heated waterer?

Exactly! I have one extension cord running out to the coop and I hate it!

 

[WalnutHill]

Our climate is cold, as in a barrel of water will freeze and stay frozen November to March.

I use a 55 gallon food safe barrel in each coop, with a stock tank heater in the bottom. I tapped in a hose bib and sealed it with polybutylene sealant.

From the hose bib, I use garden hose with a length of pipe heat cable from one end to the other, and wrap it in pipe insulation and duct tape. I start the wrap around the hose bib, and leave a tail of about a foot in the water bowl.

I use the horse waterer floats along with a poly "salt block holder" for a waterer.

This solution works well in my open sided coops until the temp drops below 10F.

 

[scflock]

Our climate is cold, as in a barrel of water will freeze and stay frozen November to March.

I use a 55 gallon food safe barrel in each coop, with a stock tank heater in the bottom. I tapped in a hose bib and sealed it with polybutylene sealant.

From the hose bib, I use garden hose with a length of pipe heat cable from one end to the other, and wrap it in pipe insulation and duct tape. I start the wrap around the hose bib, and leave a tail of about a foot in the water bowl.

I use the horse waterer floats along with a poly "salt block holder" for a waterer.

This solution works well in my open sided coops until the temp drops below 10F.

I'd move

 

[Cynthia12]

They're beautiful monsters.

Sally, I remembered you had this big guy, just forgot how big! wow. Wonderful. I don't think I could afford to feed a flock of these.

 

[BYC910]

It makes me sad that we have gotten to the point that you feel like you have to apoplogize for that picture. I'm not getting into the politics of it, because I see both sides and understand what that flag represents to a lot of people, but the flag in that picture marking a civil war grave does not owe an apology

I agree but there are so many that view it as a symbol of hate rather than of pride . pride of a hard fought war for what our people believed in. I have many black friends and out of respect for them I make that apology .

 

[sideWing]

I did run lights with timers a few weeks ago so the ladies have 14 hours of light each day and it won't change from now until the days are 15 hours of natural lighting.

 

[kwhites634]

If any of you choose to go the underground water pipe route, I've got a never-used frost-free hydrant you can have if you're close enough to make it worthwhile coming after. I bought it years ago when I was going to run water & electric to the barn. When I finally found a guy to do it, I had no need anymore.

 

[mixedUPturk]

I'd move

Me too!

Our climate is cold, as in a barrel of water will freeze and stay frozen November to March.

I use a 55 gallon food safe barrel in each coop, with a stock tank heater in the bottom.  I tapped in a hose bib and sealed it with polybutylene sealant.

From the hose bib, I use garden hose with a length of pipe heat cable from one end to the other, and wrap it in pipe insulation and duct tape.  I start the wrap around the hose bib, and leave a tail of about a foot in the water bowl.

I use the horse waterer floats along with a poly "salt block holder" for a waterer.

This solution works well in my open sided coops until the temp drops below 10F.

Sometimes, i want to live up north, thanks for reminding me why i Cant l live north of AK!

 

[WalnutHill]

Me too!
Sometimes, i want to live up north, thanks for reminding me why i Cant l live north of AK!

I couldn't live in Alaska (AK) in winter, but summers sure look nice. North of AK...not much up there...

 

[kwhites634]

I couldn't live in Alaska (AK) in winter, but summers sure look nice. North of AK...not much up there...

Yeah, but you gotta look quick! Grandson's stationed there.