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By Nature is getting hammered by a circling storm, apple-sized hail and the circle has multitude tornados..going around & around the 2 states of Kansas & Nebraska...ain't blowing away, just going around & around..80 MP winds....amn am I glad I am where I am...
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Tune in the weather channel...

Geeze heading right for Eenie too......
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....and it will be getting dark......
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..POOR EENIE !!!
Probably in the closet signing that song of hers...hope she is OK!!!!!!!!!!
Hope they all are OK!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Scary scary stuff! So glad we don't get those here! Hope he and his family are all safe!!!

Tam, show some pics of Wyatt & Wynona to VelvettFog!!!!!!!!!
 
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Is it really cold there in winter?
Stick to pea combs then, If not, try a couple Cuckoo Marans or Black Copper Marans...you will not be disapointed.
One thing everyone needs to do when picking out a breed is to consider the weather where you live.
Frostbite can be an ugly issue to those on the Eastern & North of the state, and can get low temps here!
I keep my standard comb birds locked in the coop during the few days of 20 & 10 degree days we have....
By the same token, feather footed breeds get so muddy here it is insane...covered with clay dingle balls and have to be brought in & bathed to soften & remove the dingle balls.
If I were going to get dotties, I would get some chicks from WA4-HPoutryMom, babies from Wyatt & Wynona , both birds are on her BYC page.
Gorgeous!

"Really cold" is relative
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I've lived here for 35 years. Coldest that I've ever seen it was about -15. Twice in that time span. Normal winters for us could have a week or so of single digits. We will get into the teens every winter. I will probably run power to the coops to keep the water from freezing, so heating is not really a problem.

I don't like feathered-feeted birds
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Dave


BTW: -15 is *really f'in cold*
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No it isn't, 30 below is cold, as in North (north north) Idee-ho.
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"Really cold" is relative
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I've lived here for 35 years. Coldest that I've ever seen it was about -15. Twice in that time span. Normal winters for us could have a week or so of single digits. We will get into the teens every winter. I will probably run power to the coops to keep the water from freezing, so heating is not really a problem.

I don't like feathered-feeted birds
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If it gets to 20, limit their time outdoors to just a half hour or keep them cooped with a heat lamp on...hopefully you have insulated your coops, or condensation will breed moulds like crazy...bird's breath & moisture from poop & water fonts can make condensation in a small place awful.
Hard to heat as well, unless a bird is directly under a heat lamp..the heat is sucked away and gone.
The cold wins the contest.
Over there, I'd stick to pea comb breeds...

So what are some pea-comb examples?
 
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