WEATHER CHATTER
Well our amazing "winter" days have come to an end. Now we are looking at 3+ days of solid rain, heavy at times. Areal flood watch has been issued by NWS.
I meant to move my chickens to a recovered area today but didn't get to it. That means I get to go home and scrounge up some plywood and tarps to cover the currently wet chickens until tomorrow when I can convince them with food that their new home is better than their current one :)
The bright side to it all is that the temperature is staying 40+ at night and near 60 during the day.... wow, hard to believe that this technically is still winter!!
BROILER UPDATE
Baby chicks are doing well, trying a few new methods of tracking this year. Thanks to my wife and friends at Open Gate Farm I have an excellent scale to play with. This year (well at least for now) I am weighing feed that I give the chicks and how much is left at the end of the day and weekly weight checks for the chicks themselves. This gives me an idea of consumption and conversion to see if it matches up with the charts that are out there and will help me understand if there is anything that I can do better!
If nothing else it helps me keep a good amount of care an attention on these little cuties (soon to be eating monsters).
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