The Middle Tennessee Thread

[Jenski]

Hey there, Okla-DD, your PM inbox is full . . . was going to touch base re. Elkton.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Morning peoples! Yeah its cold here to Jan. We had i at six this morning!
I emptyed my inbox.Thanks been meaning to write down all the pertinent info out of there for a while. Finally got it done.
Are you still interested in going tomorrow? Hopefully everyone will have cabin fever and will get out and bring stuff to sell!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

I'm still here. I keep meaning to come on after work and post a full update. Sadly, I come in and crash on the sofa by 8:30pm. I guess I'm still on Rome time! Hopefully I can switch back to normal time soon. I'm not getting any work done around here. I have to work all weekend, so I'm hoping to run away from work early today. Perhaps I can get some pictures up for you guys tonight.

Silly me stayed at work until after the snow started Wednesday. I made it great until I got out to the boondocks and then I just sort of inched home. All was well though. The chickies were all in bed and snow free.

All but one of the chickens survived my absence. Hattie, one of my original EEs, died sometime during the two weeks. My housesitter said he came home and she was just dead in the run. I have no idea what happened. She was not showing problems before I left. In fact, her egg production had really picked up. Hattie had never been a great layer and she had almost quit in the last year (she was almost three). Lately I was getting a couple of green eggs a week. So I don't know what happened. It is my first loss out of the original 15 chickens. I'm bummed I wasn't here. My housesitter called the chicken contact number I had left for him and the guy told him to just toss the body back in the wood line. I would like to bury her, but I can't find where he put her.

I am itching to fire up the incubator again, but my girls aren't really laying. I keep hoping it will warm up. To have a hatch come out over spring break I need to set eggs late next week. Fingers crossed that the warmer weather this weekend will kick everyone into gear!

I need to go back and read up on how everyone is doing. I hope you all are well and are surviving the cold okay.

A teaser photo for you. This is in Venice on the Grand Canal late one evening. Venice was my favorite!

 

[Shelly_WNC]

Crap! It was so cold here in Pleasant Shade our water pipes froze. It's afternoon and we still have NO water. So I obviously didn't go to work today, just working remotely with this slow internet connection.

My two Wyndottes just chirp away when I open there coop door ... I think they are mad more then anything. They are use to doing their morning walk from the horses feed to the donkey/goats feed. They seem to like to steal everyones food. Then barely eat their own chicken layer feed. I am getting about one egg every two days, because one of them is molting pretty bad. But they aren't fertile eggs so I just eat them.

We are sure looking forward to the warmer weekend. Funny how 40-55 actual seems wonderful to me now, back in FLA that would have been freezing temps.

I hope everyones chickens get through this bitter cold. Citygirl - sorry to hear about hattie passing.

 

[banjoejoe4783]

helo yall im a friend of OKLA DO amd miss him no the okie thread am i wecome to chat with yall on here i have never lived in TN but hav driven through manny times

BANJO

 

[HBuehler]

Such a beautiful day.We had one chicken causality last night...didn't surprise me but doesn't mean I like it

..so close to being able to finish the brooder house-finally! I can't wait until they all move out.I want my house back chicken free..or mostly I may leave the new hatch in for a few days before going out until the nights stay real warm in case the power goes out.
Fluffy Butts are hatching again today

I know by now everyone is getting munchie..We have boxes of GS Cookies now..lots and lots of boxes to sell so I don't have to pay for this trip to Savannah and can spend that money on chickens

well back out to play in the mud and snow

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Hey, Holly! I need some GS cookies. I keep meaning to PM you. Do you have Thin Mints and Samoas?

 

[HBuehler]

They actually come in tomorrow afternoon

all those cookies...good thing we are not big cookie eaters with case after case of them sitting here
Yes,we have all the varieties.Just let me know how many and I will save you some.
Oh,Toast is doing great.He's living with my young MF Cochin's so he towers above all of them but he's so cuddly more like a big marshmallow than toast but when you are a kids chicken you never know

Ethan named his new black rooster Biggy and the hen Tiny..Tiny is bigger than some full sized birds.Megan did a little better she's into sweets so her blue roo is Blueberry..still waiting on the ladies names.

 

[cpegram]

Venice looks soooo beautiful!!! I bet you had an awesome time

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Hey Banjo thanks for dropping in! We welcome anyone hear! Has all the snow melted yet!hA hA hA ! fOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW,bANJO HAS HAD TWO SNOWS IN A WEEK,EACH AT LEAST A FOOT AND A HALF!

Well are you sure none of you want to join Jenski and I tomorrow and go to the Elkton Ky poultry sale! We are hoping everyone will have cabin fever and get out and bring a lot of birds to sell!

One more night of bitter single digits ! It was so cold this morning my early layers eggs froze before I could get them collected!