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Originally Posted by mendocinosunris 

 

Thanks - I love Ft Bragg too. We invade your town whenever it gets too hot on this side of the hill. 

Originally Posted by BigDaddysMom 

We do a yearly trip to Fort Bragg. We rent a house on Ward Ave right on the beach. All our kids, spouses, grandkids and my parents come for a week. Because of my husband having to take off to care for me after my back surgeries and my daughter planned a trip to take us to Hawaii in November, my husband didn't have the vacation time so we aren't going. I'm having a really hard time missing it. We would have left next Sunday. I pray we can all get back on track with our annual trip next year.

 

You Fort Bragg, Mendo area people walk the beach for me!

Originally Posted by zooweemama 

Coop done. ALL the chickens in. 6 week olds and the 4 week olds together over night. I have to note there is a HUGE difference that 2 weeks makes. The 6 week olds look like monsters! We put them together yesterday evening while we were putting the finishing touches on the coop. So we could be around to see if it wasn't working out. The 6 week olds pecked a tiny bit to make sure they 4 weekers knew who da boss was. Nothing serious though. This morning all 18 still kicking. No blood nada. They stick in their age groups though. I am liking the alfalfa hay idea. I think  it will give the chickens something to do since they all have to stay in the coop/run for a couple weeks. 

 

I can't find sweet pdz here! 

 

Oh and the poop boards are not done yet but I figured- get the chickens in the coop and we can work on those as we go. I am so happy to have all these chickens out of my house! I bet the 4 week olds are too. They have SO much room to run around. They had been stuck in their little kennel brooder all this time. They were squirting through the chain link though so we had to grab the old chicken wire from the coop and wrap it around the base and even had to use a piece of that orange construction plastic fencing stuff for a part of it. Not pretty but no more chickens squirting through. LOL

Originally Posted by zooweemama 


Still debris outside from the demolition process. But that's easy stuff.




Curious about my iPhone.

One of my 6 week old buff Orps.
As i said its not pretty but the sucker should be a bolt short of fort Knox. Boards and hard ware cloth everywhere.
If it doesn't make sense - I blame autocorrect. Sent from my sweet iPhone 4s.

Originally Posted by lawatt 

 

As i have several introductions in my future, this is both encouraging & a helpful tip!

 

Tomorrow i'll be picking up my friend's australorp pullet, who's the same age as my two cuckoo marans (7 weeks tomorrow) -- trying to decide whether it might be wise (or is that just chicken math?) to get a second same-age pullet (if i can find one available nearby) to introduce at the same time, so that the dynamics will be 2+1+1, instead of just 2+1?  any thoughts? will it make a difference?

 

(then in september i'll get to do it all over again, as i'm getting four chicks in early august...)

 

thanks,

laura

Originally Posted by lawatt 

 

thanks -- the coop is quite big (henhouse is 8x4' inside a 8x12' run), i'll be armed with treats, and i'll put some leafy oak branches inside the run for hiding behind -- and, the two marans chicks actually haven't left the henhouse yet, they seem rather boggled by all the space!  they did try out their ramp yesterday, briefly -- then headed right back inside!

 

Originally Posted by WasabiChicki 

Thank you a whole bunch, Megan!!!!

I looked @ numerous sites that all say different things & for some reason, that page didn't come up in my google vent gleet search; very helpful!

Wish us luck, starting treatment now!  

Originally Posted by zooweemama 

Coop done. ALL the chickens in. 6 week olds and the 4 week olds together over night. I have to note there is a HUGE difference that 2 weeks makes. The 6 week olds look like monsters! We put them together yesterday evening while we were putting the finishing touches on the coop. So we could be around to see if it wasn't working out. The 6 week olds pecked a tiny bit to make sure they 4 weekers knew who da boss was. Nothing serious though. This morning all 18 still kicking. No blood nada. They stick in their age groups though. I am liking the alfalfa hay idea. I think  it will give the chickens something to do since they all have to stay in the coop/run for a couple weeks. 

 

I can't find sweet pdz here! 

 

Oh and the poop boards are not done yet but I figured- get the chickens in the coop and we can work on those as we go. I am so happy to have all these chickens out of my house! I bet the 4 week olds are too. They have SO much room to run around. They had been stuck in their little kennel brooder all this time. They were squirting through the chain link though so we had to grab the old chicken wire from the coop and wrap it around the base and even had to use a piece of that orange construction plastic fencing stuff for a part of it. Not pretty but no more chickens squirting through. LOL

Originally Posted by zooweemama 


Still debris outside from the demolition process. But that's easy stuff.




Curious about my iPhone.

One of my 6 week old buff Orps.
As i said its not pretty but the sucker should be a bolt short of fort Knox. Boards and hard ware cloth everywhere.
If it doesn't make sense - I blame autocorrect. Sent from my sweet iPhone 4s.

Originally Posted by Papa Brooder 

Does anyone have the address for the party today?
Thanks!

Originally Posted by zooweemama 

Question- if you have a LOT of run space can you have a smaller coop? Or not really?