A neighbor came to visit
- Thread starter Ken N Tx
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Widow of Vietnam Vet
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- Cohocton NY
CHARMING!!!!!!!!!
Years ago I bought 100 Rhode Island Reds-as roasting chickens- ( the best chickens I ever ate)
They arrived on one of the coldest early spring days and I had already prepared their place in the barn with a warming light.
They came in a sturdy box maybe 4 feet square.
Then the temps dipped here again and when my daughter got home from school, one day , I had to tell her that 100 chicks needed to spend a few nights with her, in her room. She kind of liked the idea and the chicks were so adorable.
Then one morning as I got ready to refresh the hay and straw bed in their box, and give them meal and fresh water, they had started to roost on the box sides so they went out into the barn again! and did fine after that.......
Our baby angus steer Joey had to spend a night in her room as well. I had given him penicillin as I feared he had pneumonia, but the tile floor with a pile of hay as his bedding, and was easy to refresh and keep clean, and my daughter slept on the couch. He was only a few days old, still drinking calf formula from a very large bottle, and by the next day he was back in the barn and did very well.
We had a fire call down the road many years ago, I could not respond to the fire dept auxiliary as the road was blocked off with fire equipment.
Our Chief , who was also a Sherriff, stopped by my house the next day to talk about the call, because it was a minor fire they put out immediately, yet he had called in mutual aid and had to cancel that.
The house had a much bigger fire many years before that , when he was Chief, but it was extinguished fast- and the former owner had about 20 chickens living in his kitchen at that time, so the Chief didn't know what to expect!
These are what I raised.
Years ago I bought 100 Rhode Island Reds-as roasting chickens- ( the best chickens I ever ate)
They arrived on one of the coldest early spring days and I had already prepared their place in the barn with a warming light.
They came in a sturdy box maybe 4 feet square.
Then the temps dipped here again and when my daughter got home from school, one day , I had to tell her that 100 chicks needed to spend a few nights with her, in her room. She kind of liked the idea and the chicks were so adorable.
Then one morning as I got ready to refresh the hay and straw bed in their box, and give them meal and fresh water, they had started to roost on the box sides so they went out into the barn again! and did fine after that.......
Our baby angus steer Joey had to spend a night in her room as well. I had given him penicillin as I feared he had pneumonia, but the tile floor with a pile of hay as his bedding, and was easy to refresh and keep clean, and my daughter slept on the couch. He was only a few days old, still drinking calf formula from a very large bottle, and by the next day he was back in the barn and did very well.
We had a fire call down the road many years ago, I could not respond to the fire dept auxiliary as the road was blocked off with fire equipment.
Our Chief , who was also a Sherriff, stopped by my house the next day to talk about the call, because it was a minor fire they put out immediately, yet he had called in mutual aid and had to cancel that.
The house had a much bigger fire many years before that , when he was Chief, but it was extinguished fast- and the former owner had about 20 chickens living in his kitchen at that time, so the Chief didn't know what to expect!
These are what I raised.
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stretch5881
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- Wisconsin
My folks had the same kind of chickens when I was little. They went from the mail car straight to the coop. I think it was warmer in the coop than my bedroom.
