Texas

[carikermoon]

It's literally freezing here today. I think we will be frozen again tomorrow. But ONLY because I have fresh plants in the ground fresh out of the green house

No it's below freezing here for the next couple of days because my chicks were shipped today and I didn't use Ideal which would have been closer... no, I had to use a hatchery in Ohio where it is currently -10 today.

 

[orumpoultry]

Uh oh! I'm sure they will be fine. Fingers crossed.

 

[cheepcheep riri]

What is this and how can I learn?

I want to be the *Crazy Chicken Clickin Lady* !

More info please

There are forums on it. I'm just as new as you are.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

We were hoping to get bees this year but the timing was off so I'm shooting for next year. But we finally made the decision to do it after talking to folk at the bee exhibit at the State Fair. Young couple with a child, 4 or 5 years old. That kid knew about bees even as young as he was. They told us that he was involved with bee keeping and had no problems. I figured if a little kid can be around the bees and do well, and even be able to tell me a few things about the bees they had in a glass hive there, then it couldn't be as worrisome as I had thought.

It is a thought, mine are older than that. Though, my 9 year old girl could talk about chickens and various breeds for some time. It does not surprise me that the young guy could discuss bees. Whatever the parents are into, usually the children follow suit.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

It's literally freezing here today. I think we will be frozen again tomorrow. But ONLY because I have fresh plants in the ground fresh out of the green house ( not because I failed to check this weeks weather before transplanting... )

My girls are not enjoying this. I've also got some four week olds huddled under a heat lamp, and I'm praying this doesn't cause a power outage. There's enough of them ( over 50 ) they would survive it but they're so used to the heat I wouldn't want to risk it....

Mine have survived cold temps before, I am sure they will be fine.

 

[needlessjunk]

I let the ducks out this morning and was breaking all the ice off the water bowls. She decided to go swimming and I didn't realize the pool was frozen over too. Poor girl made a hole in the ice but couldn't get out or move around. It hasn't been this cold in a while. This is the first time this year I've had to deal with their water freezing over.

 

[chickieluver26]

So, no one can take my little rooster

 

[wday]

So, no one can take my little rooster

what is it?

 

[bnjrob]

So, no one can take my little rooster

Anyone who gets into chickens need to have a plan with what to do with roosters. Not trying to sound harsh but many backyard chicken keepers need to start looking at this issue more closely. If you cannot keep roosters, and you cannot butcher them, then you need to have a plan in place to get rid of the roosters you aren't keeping. Or you ONLY need to buy verified females and not chicks, because chick sexing is still not accurate and the only way you can be assured of getting only females it to get older birds.

Roosters are a dime a dozen and most of us that raise chickens on a farm don't want to buy roosters that we are going to eat - we have enough of our own roosters to butcher. But some people may be willing to take a rooster off your hands if you give it to them and allow them to butcher it instead of demanding that they treat that rooster like a member of the family and put diapers on it and let it come in the house to watch television.

Everybody wants their rooster to go to *a good home*. We don't have enough *good homes* to go around for cats, dogs, horses, rabbits, etc. - there is even less *good homes* available for roosters. I encourage everyone to be responsible. Buying chicks and hatching eggs is fun, but it also means you will have unwanted roosters and you need to have a plan in place before you get to the point of desperation and your HOA threatens to kick you out of the neighborhood because you have roosters.

 

[chickieluver26]

what is it?

A Delaware x laying breed cross