2018 Newbie Chat!

[BBZZZZTT]

Speaking of a dozen eggs, just checked my coop. Needed a basket for collecting today, I had exactly a dozen!
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Cute picture!!

 

[BBZZZZTT]

Found a new egg color today!

I think it was Nala, though all I have to go off of is that I saw her exiting the nest box earlier on the camera. So it could have still been Belle and she was just investigating.

Here it is in the middle, beautiful little speckled olive egg!
On the left is Kida's egg, and on the right is Lilos first egg from the other day (welsummer)

 

[CannedMonster]

Found a new egg color today!

I think it was Nala, though all I have to go off of is that I saw her exiting the nest box earlier on the camera. So it could have still been Belle and she was just investigating.

Here it is in the middle, beautiful little speckled olive egg!
On the left is Kida's egg, and on the right is Lilos first egg from the other day (welsummer)
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Gosh those are beautiful!
You guys are starting to get me thinking about cool egg colors lol.

 

[Shorty22366]

Gosh those are beautiful!
You guys are starting to get me thinking about cool egg colors lol.

Me too. I like all the pretty colors.

 

[llombardo]

I didn't really pay attention to what colors mine would lay but I looked them all up the other day and it seems to be a nice mix. I bought a basket today. I guess now all I do is wait and wait and I guess wait...

 

[llombardo]

I did get them this today

 

[llombardo]

And these for me..

 

[CannedMonster]

I did get them this today

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I was going to get one of those lol.
Someone else bought it before I could.

 

[llombardo]

I was going to get one of those lol.
Someone else bought it before I could.

Everybody was looking for it. It was on clearance from 99.99 to 29.99. It took me a total of three days to get it. It was like Christmas shopping for a hot toy for a kid...I swear

 

[llombardo]

So I am thinking about building a bigger coop. 100 plus hours on an enclosure wasn't enough.

I got two different ideas and they are probably backwards but it's the only way it can work.

I can do a raised coop in the enclosure so I don't lose any groubd for them or I can do a shed like attached to the run. The shed like one would be about 4x16 and bigger (would allow for more chickens)then raised one. I'm trying to stay with dimensions that would require the least amount of cutting.

Which way would you guys go?

Then I'm going to take the pre fab and give the one rooster that in another area. . I may even considering hatching some chicks and if there are roosters I will have room in the rooster bachelor pad, so I don't have to worry about homes for the boys.