Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

[Toxic Chicken]

does anyone know where you can see each others pages anymore? I don't see it as an option below people's names like I used to.

You click on their name on the left in blue. Then puck profile. Then there is a link under their profile for their page. Your birds are lovely.

 

[chickendude]

Wow it sure got quiet in here. Just an update, I replaced the light switch in the coop with a programmable timer. I have it coming on at 4 am and off at 8am and on again at 5 pm and back off at 9 pm. It's been going 4 days now and I now get 4 eggs per day as apposed to 1 every other day. I gotta say it is hilarious to look in their coop window at 8:30 in the evening and see the girls having their own little party. Is everyone ready for the snow tonight? They are predicting 4 to 8 inches for my area.

 

[ChickenAl]

Wow it sure got quiet in here. Just an update, I replaced the light switch in the coop with a programmable timer. I have it coming on at 4 am and off at 8am and on again at 5 pm and back off at 9 pm. It's been going 4 days now and I now get 4 eggs per day as apposed to 1 every other day. I gotta say it is hilarious to look in their coop window at 8:30 in the evening and see the girls having their own little party. Is everyone ready for the snow tonight? They are predicting 4 to 8 inches for my area.

Rich, I'm still getting an egg a day out of our girls. One may miss on occasion, but very rarely. I think it is the southern exposure that gives them a long enough day.

A light on at night in a coop is a funny looking thing. A TV flickering through the window would really be hilarious.

Don't want to even think about the snow. We're getting the same 4-8 inches here. I was getting used to a snowless winter.

Yeah, it has been kind of quiet. Guess the winter doldrums are settling in.

 

[stoopid]

We got 17 eggs today, the girls are starting to pay the rent after freeloading all winter.
Hubby just put his snow tires on, I wanted to hold off on mine for a few days.
Maybe if it snows bad enough, I will use it as an excuse to NOT go in.

 

[chickendude]

Al, we used to get an egg a day when our chickens were young. I think age has a lot to do with it aside from shorter daylight. Alan has 24 8 month old hens that are giving him 22 to 24 a day. He has kept our egg bin full while our girls were on a by the books work stoppage.
Roberta, how many hens do you have? 17 is a good amount of eggs.

 

[stoopid]

UMMMM, let's say it is waaayyyy more than 17. Unless you're from the town. Then it is 6.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

 

[smkchick]

Wow it sure got quiet in here. Just an update, I replaced the light switch in the coop with a programmable timer. I have it coming on at 4 am and off at 8am and on again at 5 pm and back off at 9 pm. It's been going 4 days now and I now get 4 eggs per day as apposed to 1 every other day. I gotta say it is hilarious to look in their coop window at 8:30 in the evening and see the girls having their own little party. Is everyone ready for the snow tonight? They are predicting 4 to 8 inches for my area.

Bobby and I spend a lot of time laughing about what they must be talking about on the roost at night.

 

[smkchick]

UMMMM, let's say it is waaayyyy more than 17. Unless you're from the town. Then it is 6.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

 

[smkchick]

We've been getting 2 for 2 pretty consistently. Once in a while someone will skip a day, but that's fine. I think Wanda, the Barred Rock, will be the first of the "chicks" to start laying. I've noticed significant comb/wattle development over the last few days. I think Rhonda is still adjusting to her new surroundings, so she may wait a bit. But I find her in the nest a lot.

Gonna put on my boots and go take some video of the girls first encounter with snow. We have a couple of inches here and it's still coming down. Sorry all, but I love the snow. February baby.

 

[smkchick]

They must not get a lot of snow in Rhode Island. Agatha is standing in the coop squawking her head off. She didn't even come out for a kale treat. Gladys is walking around the backyard like she owns it. Which of course she does...