Today's temperature = # of eggs.

[ellymayRans]

Today in IN

Hi 17 Lo 14***Not sure how our Low is to be 14 when it's 14 right now!***
2:30 this afternoon Feels Like 1 It is soooo cold outside!

3 Eggs from all 3 laying hens
EE, BA & Salmon Fav

 

[cluck5]

Hi Gifa!! I didn't really have time to check the conversion, but, I knew if I was wrong (which I was) that there would be an intelligent individual out there to correct my mistake!! Thank you.

 

[cluck5]

TammyN: Thank you for the idea, it has been so unbelievably windy that the plastic didn't hold up well, even the heavy gauge. I know I'll need to do something different next winter for sure, this is our first time with chickens so it's all a learning experience! I will check out that tarp on ebay you mentioned, (sometimes the shipping costs 2 x as much as the product to have things shipped from the U.S. to Canada). Have you tried the oatmeal or the sunflower heads? I think I will give the chickens some left over spaghetti tonight.

 

[Mykee]

Today was 28 F and we got 1 egg from 4 hens: 3 Buff Orps and 1 Dom. They are all 4 or 5 years old.

 

[Gifa]

Hi Gifa!! I didn't really have time to check the conversion, but, I knew if I was wrong (which I was) that there would be an intelligent individual out there to correct my mistake!! Thank you.

I have always found it kinda cool that the scales converge at -40... You've nearly been that... and that... to me, is incredible...

 

[twinzmom]

7 eggs and about 20*F, windy with snow showers.

Cayenne powder in the feed? Please explain....

 

[WhiskiRanch]

So proud of my girls. A got an egg from all 9 of them today!!! it was 56 degrees today. Suppose to be nice like this for awhile too. lets hope so!

 

[MsChickenMomma]

The high was 10 degrees today, and I got 3 eggs from my 6 layers. I have 13 hens, but 7 of them are almost 5 years old, and are only laying maybe 1 egg a week, sometimes not even. I'm getting 10 more hens in the spring, so that will help boost the production a bit.

 

[cluck5]

I have always found it kinda cool that the scales converge at -40... You've nearly been that... and that... to me, is incredible...

Gifa: I can't believe it either, really it is so cold. I can't wait for spring to arrive, the chickens too I am sure. You'd think that being so cold in winter, it wouldn't be too hot in the summer, not so, sometimes it can be +40 Celsius (that's 104 in Fahrenheit...I used your conversion chart

), I know that can be an average temp for parts of the U.S., and that some states get even hotter, both extremes are hard to take.

 

[mkeawsh]

TammyN: Thank you for the idea, it has been so unbelievably windy that the plastic didn't hold up well, even the heavy gauge. I know I'll need to do something different next winter for sure, this is our first time with chickens so it's all a learning experience! I will check out that tarp on ebay you mentioned, (sometimes the shipping costs 2 x as much as the product to have things shipped from the U.S. to Canada). Have you tried the oatmeal or the sunflower heads? I think I will give the chickens some left over spaghetti tonight.

I remember that first year and all the mistakes I made and panicked about everything that first winter worrying about the chickens. My husband was wondering if I was going to survive that first winter with them. LOL

My chicken love leftovers. We have a compost pile that we throw all our discarded food on and the chickens have a feast. They love pasta. LOL

Oh, I almost forgot - 20 degrees but now wind - YEA, 16 eggs but I forgot to check three nest boxes and had to give one egg to my dog. It was frozen and cracked.