Poor kitty. My cat hunts mice in the run, but she stays out of the way of the chickens. One of them pecked her as a kitten, and she hasn't forgotten about that. Steve said when he went in to check the coop the evening I was late, both the broodies were swearing at him. Said they used awful grammar (Mark Twain).sharol it sounds like you have a project there with re-glazing windows. Good for you though, I like to see people repurpose things. You will be glad to have the Orps, they're really nice birds, very calm & big fluffy butts. I have 4 colors of them now & hope to have another color soon as well for breeding. They are a popular breed.
danz I'm glad you're getting your water system in, that will be great when you're done. It makes me envious with having to use hoses or buckets in the winter to water with. It takes forever. Congrats on the new GP, I know you were apprehensive about it. Are you going to try to re-home the other female?
I was hoping to do more painting today but it has rained now so that's out for the day. It seems like I'm never going to get this project done. I also decided while I had the paint I would paint all of my rabbit hutches since they had not had any paint on them. I sure opened a can of worms there.
Ha sharol, I wonder the same thing at times when I see a really determined hen setting on eggs. I have one right now that is so fiercely determined & she only gets off the nest at feeding time in the evening & then only very briefly. She got off of it the other evening when I was out feeding & one of my cats happened to walk close to her nest. She flew at that cat like a cougar & that poor cat didn't know what hit her. I'll bet she won't walk that close to her nest again!
I thought $10 each for the windows was a big improvement over $100 each (what they want to install windows). In addition, I want them hinged and on the outside of the coop so that I can leave them partially open in the rain, and these will work perfectly.
I've never reglazed windows before, but it wasn't an impossible task. They aren't particularly pretty, but it's a CHICKEN COOP not a fancy house. AND, now I have a new skill. YEA.
Danz's orps are gorgeous birds. The best yard art ever.