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[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Good luck tomorrow! 9 more days till I'll be kicking back at elk camp! Can't wait!!!!

 

[SadieSue]

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All my coops have lights.
Some have not enough windows, so I have lights run year round.
They NOW come on at 6 AM & shut off by 5PM, which gives the birds a bit of fading daylight to get up & roost.
Some prefer not to light their coops, but let their birds stop laying.
Those are usually in extremely hard winter weather, such as RFF.
Her birds have to deal with such extremes, that she lets them stop laying, and be able to use all their fats for their survival.
Understandibly so!
She gets some COLD COLD weather there.
I do not get such extremes, so I light.
A timer is a great helper...so look into that, and a brooder light, both can be had at Walmart, on an extension cord that is safe and out of rain/wet/dampness.
Your pullets should then lay at 5-6 mo of age.
And guessing, as you did not say what breed they are.

Thanks CL for the input about lighting. No need to guess, my breeds are listed in my signature! I had been debating whether or not to give them a break over the winter but I like the idea of taking climate into consideration to help make that decision.
I'm going to take a field trip to the hardware department tomorrow to see what I can see. I just might be able to get this figured out. Sure would be nice to have 8 laying hens this winter instead of only one or two!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Good luck tomorrow! 9 more days till I'll be kicking back at elk camp! Can't wait!!!!

Hey would ya be willing to refresh my memory about what type of nicely colored lead injectors you have.

 

[justbugged]

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Malvina moulted all of a sudden: one day her cage was absolutely full of feathers, but the only way she looked different was that her tail had dropped off. That was about ten days ago, and now she's laying (today, too, yay! because nothing else is).

I'm pretty much wrecked right now- I had to search out and capture every freaking towel we own, which was... neither easy nor pleasant, and neiter was it complete. I did four loads today, and will have to do at least two tomorrow; all of the worn-out towels I use for bovine OB emergencies were mixed in with the good towels- mostly because my daughter likes thin towels to use on her hair, and all of those are washed in hot water and plenty of bleach until they disappear entirely, so they're plenty thin. There's still six towels on the line, but somebody else gets to bring them in: as soon as I put the individual meatloafs in the oven I am clocking out. We have coleslaw, and The Daughter can make her awful instant garlic mashed potatoes herself.

(So of course I got up and made the little meatloafs and put them in the oven and wandered around for a while; I started writing this about 6:15)

I have girls molting around here too. At least they aren't completely bald. It's good to know that I wasn't the only one to get a load of laundry on the line today. The load didn't get very dry. I had to put it in the dryer for a bit. At least the towels will be soft.

 

[Kaneke]

g'night all, folding a bit early, gotta get up at 5:15 to get DS to Burien by 8:45 .. gonna be a long day but this time I think I'll try to find a wifi hot spot and get online, rather than sitting in the courtroom all morning "being supportive"

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Good luck tomorrow! 9 more days till I'll be kicking back at elk camp! Can't wait!!!!

Hey would ya be willing to refresh my memory about what type of nicely colored lead injectors you have.

Oh yes, I have a PINK camo 20 ga. shotgun and a PINK .38 sp.

I should take a pic and make them my avatar, huh???

 

[broodytood]

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Hey would ya be willing to refresh my memory about what type of nicely colored lead injectors you have.

Oh yes, I have a PINK camo 20 ga. shotgun and a PINK .38 sp.

I should take a pic and make them my avatar, huh???

That's funny! Our oldest just asked for a pink shotgun for Christmas!
Survived the 75+ multiple age kid soccer movie party. Phew! I going to bed! They are probably still vacuuming up all the popcorn.

 

[justbugged]

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I am so glad you mentioned the greenhouse. I had forgotten to close mine up today. I shouldn't have opened the door all day. I have lemon tree in bloom in there. So given that I didn't go through the sliding glass door to get there, I will say thank you. I didn't get Charlotte moved today. So that is going to be first on the list of things to do in the morning.

 

[justbugged]

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If you have extra deer around my DS has a license, and needs a safe place to hunt.