The brutal cold that hit northwest Arkansas this week has made things for poultry growers, already a beleaguered group, even tougher. Profits made slim by rising fuel costs and dropping chicken prices will be sliced even thinner.The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture has reported some growers have gone 48 hours without sleep in an effort to monitor and regulate conditions in their chicken houses .
Cheryl Ann has been busy trying to clean her houses and prepare for babies chicks. I hope the temperature climbs before they bring her chicks.
I have brought every thing I can find in the chick pen to give my chicks water, I fill the containers and the next morning they are full of ice and I have to find new container for water. I soon will have more ice tubs than I have chickens.
After tomorrow it is suppose to warm up to 40 degrees, we may have to turn on the air conditions it will be so warm.
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Larry is dumping ice for all the Feist dogs twice a day and he is dumping it for my chickens. Their big clumps of ice filling my chicken pen and around the dog kennel. When it is cold animals are more thirsty just like when it is hot. I notice I even want more drinks of water.
I am glad I am not a chicken grower in AR right now...You know Brother would be living with his if he was still alive...
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