This week in a word? Cold. Don’t let the super sunny photos from the beginning of the week fool you- we endured the coldest temperatures of the year in Connecticut this week and are looking forward to a warm up any time now!

Sylvio (Silver Laced Wyandotte cockerel)
Blaze (Black Copper Marans rooster)
Buelah, Buff Orpington hen
Rachel (Bantam Cochin Frizzle hen)
Frederick (Serama cockerel)
Iris (Olive Egger hen)
Margarita (Black White Faced Spanish pullet) taking a winter stroll.
 
Serama cockerel (left, Caesar) and Marans hen (right, ellen deHeneres)
 
Light Sussex cockerel (Chevy)
 
Columbian Wyandotte hen (Lola)
Black White Faced Spanish hen (Margarita)
Sylvio and Iris made it to the cover of my article in Chickens Magazine this month!

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This week in a word? Cold. Don’t let the super sunny photos from the beginning of the week fool you- we endured the coldest temperatures of the year in Connecticut this week and are looking forward to a warm up any time now!

Sylvio (Silver Laced Wyandotte cockerel)
Blaze (Black Copper Marans rooster)
Buelah, Buff Orpington hen
Rachel (Bantam Cochin Frizzle hen)
Frederick (Serama cockerel)
Iris (Olive Egger hen)
Margarita (Black White Faced Spanish pullet) taking a winter stroll.
 
Serama cockerel (left, Caesar) and Marans hen (right, ellen deHeneres)
 
Light Sussex cockerel (Chevy)
 
Columbian Wyandotte hen (Lola)
Black White Faced Spanish hen (Margarita)
Sylvio and Iris made it to the cover of my article in Chickens Magazine this month!
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Liza
Liza
2026 years ago

Just got the Brinsea Octogon 20 Advanced, this would be wonderful!!!

Emily
Emily
2026 years ago

Will have chicks hatching next month, and would love a safer way to keep them toasty! I almost caught a cardboard box on fire with a heat lamp last year, and don’t want to risk it again!!