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New Years thread is up. Will tag people tomorrow https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/jacins-poultry-2022.1506285/

Boards are cut. Each shelf holds 2 cages and there will be 2 structures with 3 shelves each. A total of 12 cages, 6 bantams and 6 standard (unless my last cage I make for the bresse pair instead) Roach, my little roachback Phoenix pullet, came back inside. Can't tell if she's a fast learner...

Got the supplies. 2 (15/32 inch) plywood sheets and 14 (2x3) boards. Total of $154.82 for that alone. Wood prices were going up again

On our way to grab cage supplies

Also, bantams aren't out of the question. Preferably ones on the bigger side, but I have some females that are definitely bantam size (thought they're standard breeds) that do okay with the males

But maybe I'll add a pullet or two to the list and hope for the best again.😅

Oh god, yokohamas 😅😅 I have tried for years to get them. Every year they were out of stock, finally got some last year, only to lose half to jumping out of the brooders and being chilled and the other half in the horrible rabbit tray incident of 2021 that also took several other keepers out.

Maybe I'll get a partridge or 2 then. Love the pattern

Thinking about maybe a standard cochin. My mom loves them and I can get them sexed. But I worry they won't be great during the summer when it's so hot here.... That's the hard part, birds here almost need to be both cold and heat hardy

Do you know if all Plymouth rocks are like that? Or do you just know about the barreds?

I'm going to move Ratchet, my silver legwork with the bad toes, up to the red coop. After losing Peanut and a little mix (Cashew), I'm down to 10 girls between 3 males. I got by with around 8 between two, but with the third being here, I don't think I can risk that. Might bring Roach, my little...

Getting supplies to start my rooster shelves on Friday. Then I can finally start moving guys out of the 2021 pen and moving birds around a bit more.

The cull males have been out and about for 4 days now. The snow has made it impossible to close their run door. However, they have yet to mess with my mixed flock next to them that also free ranges.

Starting the new thread in 4 days

We lost a pullet yesterday. She looked like they smothered her by accident when they were all under the coop (don't ask why, there was no reason for them to be down there). Also almost lost out resident hermaphrodite (No, we're not certain she is, she lays eggs and brooded chicks last year...

Impossible to find eggs or chicks unfortunately. And even cold hardy birds have hard times here sometimes. And sadly -8F is actually not nearly as cold as it gets in the winter here.

Oh just wait, that was at 3:00, the hottest part of the day. Now it's dark out and just going to get colder

It's -8°F here.

Yeah. Glenn plateaued at almost 5 lbs liveweight. The Orpington is probably closer to 7 or 8. Not quite as heavy as Big Boy, but closer to him than to Glenn. Unfortunately the Orpington is absolutely not willing to be weighed where Big Boy and Glenn usually tolerate it for a round or two

Weight and height. Even without weighing them, you can tell the size difference just looking at them side by side