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What did you do in the garden today?
Never made it to 0 today. The tank heaters couldn't keep up with the ice formation for the stock. Long cold day. Lots of warm mash and veg for the hens. Slow warm up to above freezing again by Tuesday. Minimal snow coming here, for a change. -
What did you do in the garden today?
windchill hit -40 this morning during chores low was -8 without it, our HIGH today is only -2. Sigh. Sinus' from going from in and out are screaming. -
What did you do in the garden today?
yep. I used my strawberry ice cream recipe and replace with huckleberries, and do a swirl of huckleberry jam. FUll fat custard base vanilla. I don't live in mountain berry country anymore, and those were the BEST. We can get HB ice cream down here. But it's not the same. -
What did you do in the garden today?
I did, we call them bush berries. As opposed to true mountain huckleberries. -
What did you do in the garden today?
How'd I miss this?? You mean bush huckleberries?! :D Delicious :) -
Preparing for a prolonged cold snap
Where I'm at, we regularly see brutal winter temperatures that have a high of 0F for a week at a stretch. (NOT the windchill, which was, well, you don't want to know.) The birds handle it JUST fine as long as they are ventilated, draft free, have water access, room to move and hunt and scratch...- WthrLady
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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What did you do in the garden today?
Fan-friggen-tastic.....ugh -
What did you do in the garden today?
OMG picturing a flock on skiis. Racing down a hill, a line of hens, sitting on one ski. HA! -
What did you do in the garden today?
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. -
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What did you do in the garden today?
Ya they do. It rattles the herd when members go missing. They're all half brothers and cousins, and have been around each other since birth. They'll figure out how to be a smaller herd, and I'm sadly, getting used to not dealing with the bully being around far too quickly, but I sure miss my... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Can you get them in the soil in their bags and put them in a cool, but not frozen spot? Like the garage? -
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What did you do in the garden today?
I lost Angus, the baby of the lot only 8.5 years old, the mischievous one, who would drive all the others and us insane, bucking, fighting, chasing, un-tying my shoes and stealing my hats. And Cosmo, my favorite, at 11 years old, who followed me around like a 220 pound puppy always looking for... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Had to put 2 down. 4 remain, one of which might be mildly lame/limpy for life, but that's better than dead. So, so far....