Subj : Re: Hola
To   : Spectre
From : The Godfather
Date : Mon Apr 24 2023 19:17:26

 Sp> Guess it depends just how cold it gets, but we used to be able to get
 Sp> year round eggs just by feeding them warm food.  I used to have grains,
 Sp> forage, and pellets from time to time.  You'd just stand the pellets in
 Sp> hot water, let it cool a bit and presto warm mash.

Ah wow, ok.  The youtube videos are always full of the extreme options, and videos of coups catching on fire.  In Indiana I suppose it just depends, I would say the past 7ish years we've had very little snow but have had Polar Vortex like wind and temperatures more frequently if I recall.  I just know the wind cuts right through me moreso as the years progress -- could be age, but don't think so.  The hens combs do tend to get frost bit, even with a tarp blocking the wind of the run, and fresh / thick layer of bedding in the coup.  

 Sp> Only thing we ever used any kind of heater for, and that was normally
 Sp> just a 40W incandescent globe would be hatchlings.

As for food we are feeding them crumbles, scratch, and cracked corn.  They prefer weeds, blueberries, and just about any table scraps.  Also tend to produce more eggs the more we feed them what we normally would compost.   I'll have to try the "warm" meals in winter.  We do have on of those bulbs as we did buy them as chicks and had to keep them warm. However now the only thing I have a heater for is their water as it does freeze solid otherwise.  

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