What did you do in the garden today?

[jxp]

So, anyone thinking of doing something with their chickens because of this upcoming frigid air over the eastern part of the country?

Like, taking them skiing perhaps? SUPPOSEDLY even we in South Central US will see some of the white stuff on Friday and/or Saturday.
Asking for a friend.

 

[WthrLady]

Totally!

Cute Parrot.

 

[WthrLady]

Like, taking them skiing perhaps? SUPPOSEDLY even we in South Central US will see some of the white stuff on Friday and/or Saturday.
Asking for a friend.

Nope. We regularly get down to -20F in the winter (not the windchill) the only extra thing I do, is do a mid-day egg check, and toss some extra feed or warm peas to them. If they're digesting feed, they're heating themselves.

 

[WthrLady]

Like, taking them skiing perhaps? SUPPOSEDLY even we in South Central US will see some of the white stuff on Friday and/or Saturday.
Asking for a friend.

OMG picturing a flock on skiis. Racing down a hill, a line of hens, sitting on one ski. HA!

 

[Echelontheory101]

Cute Parrot.

Oh! At first I was like what parrot? Then I realized you were talking about my profile picture yes her name is peanut butter that was when she was still teeny weeny a couple months ago! Haha

 

[Echelontheory101]

Can you get them in the soil in their bags and put them in a cool, but not frozen spot? Like the garage?

I think you meant to reply to me, I was the one talking about doing the indoor potatoes and no my garage isn't heated and it's going to be -10° F tonight and a high of 4° daytime temps tomorrow and like this through March so there is no not frozen place outside of my house unfortunately lol but I do think I'm gonna try inside!

 

[Echelontheory101]

So, anyone thinking of doing something with their chickens because of this upcoming frigid air over the eastern part of the country?

I'm in NH and I just went out to give them some hot mash and i threw some hand warmers into their nest boxes with lota of extra bedding. This is pretty typical weather for my area so mine are used to it but I hate when it gets this cold even though i know theyre good. If you have any drafts id seal them up before it gets dark!

 

[Rick589]

Like, taking them skiing perhaps? SUPPOSEDLY even we in South Central US will see some of the white stuff on Friday and/or Saturday.
Asking for a friend.

Well, opened myself up for this one. Makes for quite the image.

 

[TJAnonymous]

My latest interest is meat rabbits. Planning future breedings for tri color. Genetics has always been my hobby. Might as well be pretty as well as practical.

We caught that bug too... Mostly because we ended up with 2 stray rabbits... A buck and a doe. We built an outdoor pen to start a colony. Our doe should kindle in the next 10 days.

Since this picture was taken, they've dug an entire warren in this dirt mound...

 

[TJAnonymous]

Ugh, I hate this weather...

The automatic door to my bachelor coop has stopped working. Actuator is dead, I think. So my male duck is being separated from the girls because he's being a jerk. He's distressed by the quarantine and, since the door won't close, he stays out in the run at night unless I manually put him in.

In the process of doing that 2 nights ago, I realized one of our horses was colicking. DH and I had to stay out in the freezing 20 degree weather for an hour and a half (at midnight) administering to her. We got her through it... Then she colicked again the next morning. This time of the year it's very common... And also life threatening. So I've had to keep her stalled so we can keep a close eye on her.

And, as if I needed any more drama, my daughter's dog (5yr old, half Husky-half Great Pyrenees) has decided to start acting out. I think maybe because my daughter is living on campus this semester and I'm no longer working from home most of the week. She has started destroying things in the house and has had several episodes of diarrhea/pooping on the floor. DH hates this dog...so naturally this is causing a lot of conflict. I've had to start crating her at night and locking her up outside or in a room when we are gone.

And now we are expecting 5-7 inches of snow this weekend. I can only imagine what other crap is going to go wrong this week.