Mis gallinas, Samantha y Perla, todavía no ponen huevos. Casi no han salido de su gallinera desde que comenzó a nevar. Normalmente, cuando salgo a abrirles la puerta, se tumban, caminando una arriba de la otra para tomar un trago de agua. ¿Sabían que la gallinas regulan su temperatura tomando agua? Es por esa razón que tengo que tener mucho cuidado que no se les congele el agua. Ha! Con temperaturas bajo de 20-30 grados, prevenirlo no es fácil.Aquí en Boston estamos en lo peor del inviero y dicen que viene otra tormenta. Yay. Ojalá que pronto pase el frio por que ya me anda! Quiero que mis gallinas pongan huevos pronto.
Compartiré una foto del primer huevo!
I learned something new! I didn't know that about chickens regulating body temperature with water. How do you keep it from freezing? (It's so cold here too!) ... Do you use some sort of electric bowl? I think I've heard of some people having electric bird baths to keep the water from freezing.
ReplyDeleteTracy, keeping the water from freezing (& clean) has been our biggest challenge. I found a pet food warmer for $17 at Walmart that holds about a quart of water and is designed to be outdoors. It is electrical. Some of the better waterers unfortunately need to be inside the coop. The one I built isn't big enough to accommodate a waterer without the girls getting water all over the place which would put them at risk for a cold. :-(
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