It’s been over 48hrs and I didn’t see anything weird today. Spent most of the day in my backyard (too much yard work) and so I was able to watch them a lot. Hoping they stay healthy.
Also if anyone has any ideas of how to catch a fox that would be awesome. It took out my kids favorite chicken...
I went on vacation and forgot to empty my counter compost into my large compost bin. I got back the night before my 48hr shift and threw a veggie in there and noticed it was incredibly moldy and thought to dump it but completely spaced. Long story short my son and father decided it would be a...
I did hours of searching and it seemed like most doors were a pulley system up and down or they cost an arm and a leg. My fear was they didn’t lock. My run isn’t 100% secure because they go in at night and have a locking door that no predators can get into.
Anyways I went with the omlet...
Put a bench in the coop, self watering system from a 55gallon barrel (eventually the roof will drain to the barrel), and a food bucket that’s water proof...ish.
I got two BRL Wyandotte’s from Murdoch’s, both are supposed to be female. One grew way slow, slower than the two barred rocks I got a week later. The other grew way quick. Wondering if the bigger one is a male. I’ll get better pictures tomorrow hopefully but here’s the three I took yesterday...
She’s finally growing. Still smaller than the others but is outside with them all holding her own. I’m starting to wonder if her bigger “sister” is actually a “brother” and that’s why she didn’t grow as much. The bigger one has pretty big waddles for 6 weeks.