Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

Chickens don’t mind the smell

I suppose I will have to man up and put some on their combs...

 

[Cebarmlds]

And save your gloves

 

[duluthralphie]

The little scrawny pullet I said I thought would die when we hit 20 below....Died..

I think the rest will be fine. But one never knows, one could surprize me and wake up dead...



Frozen eggs here today. I think I saw the stupid black dog eating and egg. I could not tell for sure. When I told her to drop it..she swallowed whatever it was fast....So much for all the training spent on her.

I did get two eggs from the outdoor toads today. The first in a month. Both were froze solid and cracked.

 

[holm25]

Ralphie we lost a Cornish Cock last night... Sorry to hear about your bird

 

[BantyChooks]

Good afternoon everyone... Last night when I walked out to the coop it was only two degrees in there (which felt super warm) and I still have zero frostbite and I quit the Vaseline about a week ago after I saw what it did to my gloves (destroy them and put holes in them) and I still haven't had any issues.

Destroyed your gloves? Elaborate.

Even my PC cockerel with tiny wattles (Carey, for those that remember my birds) now has frostbite. I am thinking there is either ventilation or draft issues because all the other years in my old coop never gave me such a headache with it as I'm having this year. I would get pictures as proof but I do not feel like freezing my camera insides.

 

[holm25]

I managed to get three more pictures before my phone died from the cold...


Yokohama Hen

Buff Orpington Hen

Dark Cornish Bantam Hen

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Destroyed your gloves? Elaborate.

Even my PC cockerel with tiny wattles (Carey, for those that remember my birds) now has frostbite. I am thinking there is either ventilation or draft issues because all the other years in my old coop never gave me such a headache with it as I'm having this year. I would get pictures as proof but I do not feel like freezing my camera insides.

 

[BantyChooks]

I think I'm going to start breeding for birds that hatch with coats and boots on.

 

[Cluckies]

So sorry for your losses... terribly cold weather, I don't like it.

ready for spring I am...

 

[Cluckies]

I managed to get three more pictures before my phone died from the cold...


Yokohama Hen
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Buff Orpington Hen
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Dark Cornish Bantam Hen
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Beautiful girls! thanks for sharing!