Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

From what I've read & done myself, a lot of people kick their chickens to the coop by 6 weeks of age, but the weather is usually kinder than it is right now.
I'm sure they will be ok if you put them out in the coop. You have a heat source, right? If you don't, you could put them in your garage for a few days to get them acclimated to the lower temps before they go into the coop.
They are going to fight like the dickens due to the pecking order when you first bring them out there, so that will keep them warm for awhile.
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Jim & others will have much better advice than I, however. They have tons of experience in these matters, and your climate zone.
Good luck!
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Yeah--that is the problem with having them in the house...if it gets cold while they are in then it is hard to get them acclimated to the weather...I just brought 8 quail IN for the winter! I figured that it saves me the work of another pen and watering in the cold. I am also thinking of putting the bunnies in the smaller coops with the chickens so I dont have to deal with water for them either. I wonder if my chickens would attack them? You that have rabbits in the coops..what came first and was there any trouble? I cant put the rabbits together because they are boy and girl but...at least they would have more room to bounce around in a coop.
Today the blue Am that is laying must have been stuck in the shed cause she laid her egg in the feed can that was open! I didnt get anything built today--DD25 and I went to Wal-mart and then watched a movie...it was a nice day to do that. Now it is 50* outside and I wish I had someone to go on a horseback ride with! It is gorgeous out there! Saw a bunch of friends at the store...was nice to catch up. THeir grocery prices are NOT cheap though...I wonder why so many people shop there for food?
I think I am going to head up and read my book--too much football down here for me!

Sweet dreams everyone! Terri O
 
Hi... just checking in. No FT yet? Did someone piss her off?
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Hope not.

Not much to say I guess, chicks still hatching? Been cleaning today but that's about it. "Pretty Boy" tried to mount one of the girls today... he has allot to learn!
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Night all!
 
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Nope, not ticked off !!!!! I posted a long post yesterday and Poof !!!!!!! Gone !!

Been real busy, and tired, I've been reading but to tired to post, or should I say type. Been doing all of DH chores since he's been hunting and "getting ready" for the hunt !!

He got a buck & a doe yesterday !!!! Joy Joy, now he is in a real pissy mood, don't know why, maybe because the "Hunt is over" for him !!!
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Now him I'm ticked at !!!
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So now I have 4 donkeys, three with four legs !!!!
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So after coffee I have to go out and fight the snow and feed and water the critters. I asked if he did it when I got up and he said, "It's not my weekend ! " I told him I would do it hunting weekend if he did my silkies one day.
Think he'd have some empathy for me with the snow !!!! NO, he said it wasn't in the wedding vows !!! See what I deal with !!!!
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Anyway, my nephew also got a doe yesterday over in Oneida county. He's only 17 and so far has gotten one before all the adults every year. That's my baby !!! I mean young man !!!
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Since it's been so long since Chuck has gotten a deer, what do they charge to process these days? He won't do it himself, to lazy !!! (Now before anybody jumps down my throat for calling him lazy, when we met that was one thing he said, "I have to admit I am lazy !" Geez if only I would have had my eyes open when I heard that !!!!
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I caught all of my 6 new peacocks an dewormed them with Valbazen. That was fun catching them all by myself !!! Seems like just holding them they lose feathers !! They were everywhere !! So after doing each bird I stopped to pick up feathers !! Way to many to stuff down panties or into bra !!! So had a plastic bag out in the greenhouse and shoved them in there. I still haven't posted pictures on the peafowl site to find out what color those hens are yet. Haven't uploaded the pictures of my new pony or goats either to share with you guys,
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So, guess I'm just one of those nagging old wives around here. Babysitting for an adult sure can be challenging at times !!!!!
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Sure wish he would snap out of it sooner then later !!!

Oh well, SSDD (Same Sh!t, Different Day)

Wish I could remember what I had posted yesterday, was alot brighter of a post !!
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All this talk about renters makes me ask again........ Anyone want to buy a duplex in Racine? I have pictures of that too, just didn't upload them yet either. Sure wish you could must paste them onto a post without uploading them, now who's acting lazy, it does rub off you know !!!
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I told my brother I would drive my nephew down to Oshkosh for his mom to pick him up so my brother could stay up until tomorrow to hunt. Changed my mind after all of the snow. Once you've been involved in an accident with a semi on black ice you don't find it enjoyable to drive in this kind of weather (Chuck was driving not me) So now my brother will be going home a day early. I told my nephew to just skip one day of school, he said he didn't want to miss any school, he wants to keep his grades up !!!! HMMM, Are we even related ????
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I would have done anything to get out of school !!! He is such a good boy, he wants to be a dentist !!! Wish it didn't take so long, I need one now !!!
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So if he does follow through, I'll have a dentist to make me dentures in my old age, my niece is a RN now and will be a Nurse Practioner in the Spring and her sister is a Pharmacist !!! Hmmm makes me wonder, am I related to any of them ???
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Picked up 50 lbs of carrots (at least I think they were 50lbs) at the sport shop yesterday. $6.95 a bag. Horses and goats really like one bag already !!!! Oh and I put some out in front of my game cam. I had 4 does in front of it last time I checked. Will be curious to see after hunting season is over just how many I get then.
I searched all the Goodwills up here and only found 1 huge cookie tin. I has a Terry Redlin print with a horse and buggy. I don't think I want to use that for a heater. So I bought some hog pans at Fleet Farm for $3.49 each and will make them out of that. I checked out the ones in the store for $40 and that is exactly what they are using. Identical. Now I just need to figure out what to put on the bottom. I bought sheet metal screws. May take them back and get the self taping ones.
Bought extention cords to use for the cords. Ceramic sockets, washers, nuts and threaded tube. Should be all set. Any ideas of what to use on the bottom. They one is the store was a very thin hard plastic. I was thinking of using some rubber roofing and thin sheets of panneling or ???????
Ok, coffee is getting cold and my animals are hungry !! Catch ya all later !
 
Well good morning! I feel like Cind and I are talking to each other! (with a few words from CC) Everyone must be out hunting or something...hopefully all is well with the ones that arent hunting.
The dogs were making howling noised too early today so I put my pillow over my head and I slept until 9:15! OMG!
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I must have been really tired...so now I feel pretty good and rested...a few more cups and I will be ready to get outside and start working on stuff...cause ya know I cant stay in here and listen to the people shouting at a bunch of guys chasing a ball around a field!
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(Go Pack!)

Have a fantastic day everyone...and I sure hope we get back to out chatty selves soon! (I miss you guys....
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) Terri O
 
At least FT is back, TO. She always gives us a lot to read, so it doesn't feel like too many people are MIA.
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JK. We missed you FT.
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And what do you mean by "a few words from CC"?
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Guess I've been a little busy lately, but aren't we all?

It was so nice out the past 2 days, so DH & I got a lot done around here outside. We worked in the carport/covered run, out in the barn and got the garage cleaned out so both cars are now in there. Now that was an accomplishment! One of the neighbor kids was interested in buying one of our old riding lawn mowers, so DH was working on that too to get it running again. (Hasn't been started for a couple of years). The kid wants to put a blade on it to plow snow with, and that is a perfect machine to do it with. Very solid, heavy duty tractor, unlike some of our others. Problem is, now that DH got it all fixed up, he wants to keep it because it is so HD.
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This coming from the man who keeps telling me we have no room for anything in the barn, which is almost all his stuff.
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BBP, that is a funny pic. Miss Nosey.
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Love it. That lav looks like a beautiful bird too.

Sounds like my load is ready for the dryer. Better get to it. I hope we have a great game against the Bucs today!
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Go Pack!
 
Yeah Pack!!!
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Well I don't know if you have missed me but I have missed you all quite a bit. I tried reading up but just can't do it right now. Thanks for the link FT, I dunno how he will be when I get home.

I am at my mom's right now. She has been ill and I am in LaCrosse for a few days. Then will be coming back here next week again. DS30 is much better. I got a bad Resp infection.

Good News is the chickens got their straw all put in so they are cozy now.


I m gonna go get supper for mom and maybe I can get back on tonight a little. If the site works.
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Kris
 
Hey all--processing beans right now to have them ready to go for chili and other stuff...I am doing 2 varieties tonight...just hanging out so I might as well! DH is fixing the truck with a frozen e-brake. I have 20 mins or so to go on the first batch and the second is in the slow cooker ready to be put in jars....I sure wish it didnt take 90 mins to process! That is a loooong time! I think I will go out and lock up the critters while I am waiting...I made some chili for tinight so I hope the people get home to eat it! AND--I made another loaf of bread that is cooling on the counter...guess I oughta get it in the micro so the dogs dont get this one too hey? Yeah--good idea! Later--Terri O
 

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