Surviving Minnesota!

[Siggie]

Good morning all! Just spent the last 30 minutes trying to catch up on everyone. @ralphie I was feeling sorry for you until I realized how you were "losing" your chickens....I guess I am a little slower to catch on these days!

Trying to get everything in order for this weekend. I wasn't even going to put up a tree (feeling sorry for myself - my DH isn't really into Christmas) then I found out 3 of my grandchildren are coming up !!!! Wow did my mood change!

The tree is up, there are loads of presents under it and I can't wait!!!

The weather really took a turn didn't it! I agree with who ever said it (don't have the energy to go back thru the posts to look) the first day of winter kinda felt like spring ha ha! I walked outside and the breeze felt warmer than the air, I was confused for just a second.

My chickens actually walk out onto the snow when it's this warm. Otherwise they stay up at the barn and take advantage of the sun beating down on them as they snuggle in the hay that my brats refuse to eat. (my horses seem to think they are little princes and deserve alfalfa or something better???)

Well if I don't have time to stop back on here.... I wish EVERYONE here a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Hope you have plenty of family and friends to share it with.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Here is why I put a cage around my heat lamp that I use in the run on extremely cold days. The bulb broke away from the metal.


Cage

Bad angle for the photo, the cage also goes across the bottom of the cage. If the heat lamp falls, it stays in the cage.

This is how Triplell had her barn fire I believe. The whole bulb dropped right out of the socket. Wrapping in wire the way you did is a must.

Many of the drugs will only be available from a vet perscription . So that will leave most of us without a option as a vet visit will cost more than the chicken is worth . Big producers will be able to afford this I guess . All about cutting back on use of antibiotics and other drugs in our food supply .

I don't use alot...but I have in the past for my pets. The political/ financial stench of it is coming from miles away. Even though its being done in the 'public's best interest.'

 

[Cebarmlds]

Good morning all! Just spent the last 30 minutes trying to catch up on everyone. @ralphie I was feeling sorry for you until I realized how you were "losing" your chickens....I guess I am a little slower to catch on these days!

Trying to get everything in order for this weekend. I wasn't even going to put up a tree (feeling sorry for myself - my DH isn't really into Christmas) then I found out 3 of my grandchildren are coming up !!!! Wow did my mood change!

The tree is up, there are loads of presents under it and I can't wait!!!

The weather really took a turn didn't it! I agree with who ever said it (don't have the energy to go back thru the posts to look) the first day of winter kinda felt like spring ha ha! I walked outside and the breeze felt warmer than the air, I was confused for just a second.

My chickens actually walk out onto the snow when it's this warm. Otherwise they stay up at the barn and take advantage of the sun beating down on them as they snuggle in the hay that my brats refuse to eat. (my horses seem to think they are little princes and deserve alfalfa or something better???)

Well if I don't have time to stop back on here.... I wish EVERYONE here a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Hope you have plenty of family and friends to share it with.

Merry Christmas!!

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Many of the drugs will only be available from a vet perscription . So that will leave most of us without a option as a vet visit will cost more than the chicken is worth . Big producers will be able to afford this I guess . All about cutting back on use of antibiotics and other drugs in our food supply .

I don't use alot...but I have in the past for my pets. The political/ financial stench of it is coming from miles away. Even though its being done in the 'public's best interest.'

I'm with you @Bogtown Chick . Sure, regulate the use of antibiotics/hormones with big commercial producers, but don't take it off the shelf. Pretty soon you'll need a prescription for blu-kote or VetRx. Oh, and to buy chickens.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Many of the drugs will only be available from a vet perscription . So that will leave most of us without a option as a vet visit will cost more than the chicken is worth . Big producers will be able to afford this I guess . All about cutting back on use of antibiotics and other drugs in our food supply .

I don't use alot...but I have in the past for my pets. The political/ financial stench of it is coming from miles away. Even though its being done in the 'public's best interest.'

I'm with you @Bogtown Chick . Sure, regulate the use of antibiotics/hormones with big commercial producers, but don't take it off the shelf. Pretty soon you'll need a prescription for blu-kote or VetRx. Oh, and to buy chickens.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Not sure why it posted twice. Must be BYC happy hour.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

The couch is delivered but the delivery boys did not bring the Ottoman.

Delivery time was from 12n-2pm. They arrived at 1:58. They had to take out the old furniture. Put legs on the new couch. Set it up. It's 2:30 before I'm out of the house again. I called the store to find out it was still there and not being shipped from Ashley, yet. It's at the store. I told them to bring it tomorrow and call me 15 minutes before they arrive at my house I'm not going to take 2 1/2 hours away from work again. Or I guess they can pay me back 1/2 a day's work?

"It's the holiday season.... and hooped di do and a dickery dock...."

 

[duluthralphie]

The couch is delivered but the delivery boys did not bring the Ottoman.

Delivery time was from 12n-2pm. They arrived at 1:58. They had to take out the old furniture. Put legs on the new couch. Set it up. It's 2:30 before I'm out of the house again. I called the store to find out it was still there and not being shipped from Ashley, yet. It's at the store. I told them to bring it tomorrow and call me 15 minutes before they arrive at my house I'm not going to take 2 1/2 hours away from work again. Or I guess they can pay me back 1/2 a day's work?

"It's the holiday season.... and hooped di do and a dickery dock...."

I know exactly how you feel. I went outside, carried feed and water, talked nicely to all my birds spending an hour with them, petting the ones that needed petting...


And I got rewarded with 1 little blue egg! That's it, ONE EGG! How am I suppose to fill 3 big incubators one egg at a time?


I am tempted to tell them no eggs, no food! That will teach them.

 

[MNChickMom]

I am also batting a nice big zero with hatching eggs. We bought a buff orpington trio at Hutchinson show. So far we got 3 eggs from them. 2 eggs one day and 1 egg a few days earlier. Lights are on 14 and 1/2 hours a day, they are getting fancy food from heims mill. (Which they are going through like mad.) And nothing except poop to clean out. Grrr. I think we will be relying heavily on breeders this year. What kills me is that I can't make it better or fix my daughters problem. I'm failing as a mom!

 

[I Love Layers]

Just got out of school.
Time to go home of chores and get ready for the storm. We have to move cows out of their current pasture into the calving pasture til the storm blows over. My dad doesn't want them down in the creek bottoms when it happens. There's more cover in the calving pasture also. I think we're going to try and pour them also.