We just got some new hens a week ago and the lady we got them from did not have a hen house for them. She only had a roost in a chain link covered dog run that they slept in at night and were free range during the day. The first night we had to wait until it got dark and the 5 new girls were...
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This is great!!!! LOVE IT!!
HMMMMM....This could be super fun to do with my daughter today!! She can catch them and I can paint the nails!! SPA DAY!!!
My hubby named our 2 Aracauna hens Frit and Frat, we also have (named by the 5 year old daughter) Rosebud, Sunflower, Hannah Banana, Gloria, Pearl, Fluffy, Peaches, Humpty (white rock hen) and Marshmallow (another white rock hen).....
Thank you sooooooo much for all of your input!!! On Saturday, we took off the nesting box lid and but new sides for the box that put the lid on an angle. This also made it, so that when it rains, the water hits the middle of the lid and the hinged area stays dry! But because we live in Florida...
They have a similar bag type product at Tractor Supply for about $6. We were there this weekend and bought the fly trap that looks like a dome with a hole in the center. Haven't put it up, yet, but I will let you know how it works!
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Bless your heart! My 5 year old daughter thinks that if the dog food is good enough for the dogs, then it's good for her, too. If I had a penny for every time I've said "Is that dog food in your mouth?" I would be rich.
...store and I found the cap in my purse later that day!
I also took her Black Friday shopping when she was 1...at 2 am.....to Wal Mart....She was P*SSED to be away from her warm bed, surrounded by loud, crazy people in a D*AMN store... She screamed and cried until I took her home... Didn't get...
...like I can't hear her which only makes her get louder. I finally (through gritted teeth) ask her "Do we need to go to the bathroom for a chat?" *read-not a good thing* She says in her sassiest voice possible, "Why, do you need to go potty?" I tell her that if we go to the bathroom, it is...
Illegal.... I know, I know.... The neighbors all around us are totally cool with them and some even come to see the girls, but I still worry. We are actively looking for rural property so we can be legal and happy on a farm!
1-The stay at home Wife keeps saying "NOOOO chickens, honey, PLEASE I have enough to do!!!" for 3 years straight finally says *yes...SIGH* and then claims them as her own after a few months of taking care of them and even cruises Craigslist daily for more.....
2-The stay at home Wife texts...
A.T. Hagan :
Breaking an egg in your pocket is a rite of passage in poultry keeping. Some folks seem to need to repeat the experience a few times before they are convinced.
Oh My Goodness! I am laughing so hard right now I am crying!
We have a coop that has the nesting box built on the backside of it with a hinged lid that lifts up. I have noticed that in the morning the dew drips through the crack where the lid lifts up and when it rains, I have to change all the pine shavings in the nesting box because they are soaked...