Posts by Speed

Yep, got a little hail here as well. Gardens look ok. I had to put up a fence around the garden to keep the chickens out. Poor Peggy with the broken leg, she wasn't getting any better so we put her to rest tonight. At least she won't be...

Quote:Originally Posted by Gordonhillfarm Woohoo  Wilton  will  start  having  their  swaps  the  first  sunday  of  the  month  .  Yeaaaa!!!July ...

They were all squawking up a storm yesterday. The one Araucana, she is stupid as heck. She decided she'd spend the night outside in a pine tree last night, halfway up the 40 foot tree. We put some wooden eggs in the nesting boxes. It's...

So this was morning 3 with the hens I picked up this weekend and no eggs yet. I'm hoping that there is at least 1 egg tomorrow morning. Any ideas what's going on?

Mine are all about 16 weeks now but we have had them out in the coop since they were 8 weeks. The first week they were out we had to corral them all in, the second week was much easier and by the third week they were going in all on...

Quote:Originally Posted by hudsonnascarfan well we do have a tsc in bangor but they never have anything going on there same with blueseal but blueseal doesent really have the area for a swap but tsc does have a good sized parking...

Quote:Originally Posted by jenkassai Quote:Originally Posted by Speed We have been trying to get a good name for our coop too with no luck until just now. Our coop is named "The True Grit Inn".  As soon as we...

Quote:Originally Posted by klf73 I am going to be downsizing some of my layer flock. Since dh got me all my "special" breeds I don't have enough room. They will all be from last year, my original flock will still be free...

So we've had our new chickens for 2 days and not an egg yet. I'm sure it's due to the transition from their old home to the new home. I've got some plastic Easter eggs I'm putting in the nesting boxes to hopefully show them were to lay....

Quote:Originally Posted by watchdogps I just had a thought- what about using the cat/small dog vari kennels with the doors removed as nest boxes? I have several of these I could use, and no cutting involved...5 gallon pails work...