here are the 9 that hatched! 3? have beards 1 has a rose comb. 1 is clean legged. the rest are feather legged. 1 is pure partridge cochin.
for the past 2 years I have been experimenting with feather sexing. last year I had 90% accuracy.
from the feather sexing I have 3 (possibly 4) pullets...
I have a Brinsea mini advance 1 it can hold 7eggs and works great. I have incubated on and off since 2015. Last year I had a started hatch of 18 chicks.
This year will by first year of pure bred hatching. (that is not this hatch) I have 3 roosters: a blue cchin, a partridge cochin, and a quail...
the dimensions of the grow out pen is :40in h 32in L and 25in deep:
For the poop boards the dimensions are :67in long 25in wide and the lip is 1in
The nest boxes are :24in by 27in by 12in
and by the way the light has never worked so will be removed
Yep when I am painting this Coop, they will be in the other (new one) coop.
The broken glass has been on the list forever (literally since we got that Coop) but we never had a window to replace it with. Now we do , it will be smaller but better, thicker, and clearer glass in it. Also to take the...
here are the pics of today's doings.
I forgot to put the "reservoirs" on the poop boards so the bedding doesn't fall off. so that took most of the day then I had to actually put the roost up on the second poop board and make supports. Today I made the nest boxes (only 4 because that coop won't...
I am horrible with dimensions I measured the coop today it is 6feet 2inches by 8feet and half an inch. (I did not build this coop it really bothers me that it is not a normal size).
tomorrow.
but it (in my opinion) looks great. the new coop will not be delivered tomorrow due to the huge rain storm coming through. that won't stop me from working on the existing coop.
the bantams kept getting out of the barn so they are crammed in with the standards in the coop. I will be...
I cleaned out my existing coop an I am going to paint tomorrow (maybe). I will defiantly be building the roost and poop board. and possibly nest boxes.
Due to weather the coop might not be delivered this weekend. but that gives me time to work on the existing coop.
I feed mine a mix of 21% protein game bird feed/ feather fixer/ and 17% protein layer crumbs. depending on the time of year it varies how much game bird feed. but I always do a 1:1 ratio of feather fixer to layer crumbs.
My birds are breeding birds and that does make a difference.