Recent content by LoriE

Hi! I am unsure of the age of my pullets (farmer only told me 12-16 weeks). One of my pullets, an Araucana, seems larger than the others -- and more mellow. She is the first and only one that is dust bathing. Does the bathing indicate she is older than the others?

Quote: Ooh, you might have a virus. Works fine for me when I click through the link, but DH is slightly obsessed with virus-scanning our computer.....<grin>

Pretty cool idea! http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/01/alan-grahams-automat.html

Quote: Yes, I typed it up really nicely with a few cute graphics and made it as a PDF. I wish a BYC administrator would post it as a downloadable attachment in a sticky somewhere. hint, hint. In the meantime, just email me or PM me with your email address and I can email it to you. I just...

Is there any place that has this list in a "printable" format? I'd love to put it on my fridge, along with a list of the "not allowed" foods.....

Hi! We just got some pullets this past weekend. How long will it take to "befriend" them? They are pretty calm, but don't come running when I come to the coop or anything that I hear other chickens do. Will it affect the process since they were pullets and not chicks when we got them...

Sorry for the delay in getting this posted. I completed the retrofitting of our wooden slat playhouse just in time for the pullets to come home on Sat. First, I put ODB inside all the walls, door, and window shutters: I also built an interior nestbox that is accessible from the outside...

We currently have a capped (non-used) sprinkler head in our new chicken coop/run area. Has anyone ever figured out a way to use the sprinkler system to provide water to the chickens via pressure valve, etc to fill the waterers? Lori

I am excited (and exhausted), but the coop and run are ready for getting our 4 pullets tomorrow. Too dark for pics tonight, so I will have to post pics in the morning. Paint is still drying, but linoleum, bedding, nest material, food and water are ready to go in tomorrow morning.... How...

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Can anyone answer some of the other questions? Anyway, on to the questions. First off, I live in the high desert (NV at about 4700' elevation). Is there any reason to raise the house off the ground since we don't have any sort of water issues here? Should I cover under the bottom (on the...

Quote: Sorry for the confusion. The roof covers to the peak, but not the tar paper. So there's 1/8"-1/4" spaces between the slats that let air in for the top 12" or so near the apex. Does that help?

Quote: Sorry for the bad pic (I guess). It's actually a 4-decker yellow jacket nest <LOL>. Still a snake would have been cool.......<grin> Lori

Hi! So our conversion from wooden playhouse to coop is underway. We have gutted the interior: And removed the roof which we discovered already has tar paper down the center (not the apex or the overhang): And here's the almost-finished run (6'x7'x4'): And look what we found buried...

Quote: Thanks for the feedback re: water infiltration. Luckily, we live in the desert, and don't have any kind of moisture problems around here. Those chix aren't going to have any problems finding a source for dust baths <grin>! Lori