Bad Luck Bantams

[thecatumbrella]

Dandelion is just so darn cute!!

She's infuriatingly cute. The only time she'll let me snuggle her is if I carry her around the yard and show off the landscaping/garden. Thinking of getting her a harness to let off some steam.

 

[ChickenChick46]

She's infuriatingly cute. The only time she'll let me snuggle her is if I carry her around the yard and show off the landscaping/garden. Thinking of getting her a harness to let off some steam.

Lol she likes flowers huh? A chicken on a harness sounds... trying... lol. The other day I went in TSC and the girl who sold me my first chicks was working. She wanted to see pictures so I showed her some, and she told me to bring them to visit. I was like well that sounds like a circus.

 

[thecatumbrella]

~ OPTIONS: DUMB & DUMBER ~​

To perfectly illustrate what life has been like with the Bad Luck Bantams:

I went outside around 10AM to spend some time taking measurements and thinking how we can get a bigger coop under our protected run. About 10 minutes in, I see blood EVERYWHERE! Clover managed to rip off a toenail. It's impossible to see what's going on because her heavily feathered feet are soaked in blood, and she once again has mulch tangled in the down around her leg. Took forever to finally get her cleaned up with a trim and some styptic powder. No measurements were taken. It's very hard to make progress on our overall flock goals when we're constantly putting out fires.

Anyway, I can say I've looked at every prefab available in North America (as usual, the UK has all the good stuff). The only one to meet my criteria is Nestera. I spoke to a couple of BYC members that use them and spent hours reading online complaints. I'm not feeling overly optimistic for winter with tiny ventilation ports on only two sides and a door that tends to "freeze". Isn't that great. Plus, you only get 30 days from your ORDER DATE to trial, a terrifying prospect if it takes forever to get here. Ehhhhh... we'll see. Think I'd rather take my chances by opening up the Omlet.

In preparation for that, I've been trying very hard to get them interested in a new nest box I set up in the run. It's a giant cat litter box with a "private" entrance that tucks perfectly underneath their bench. I mean, I would lay eggs in it. Why not? The worst thing is it says "TOWN TIME" in tacky lettering on the front. So if they refuse to use it, that's what I'll blame. Photo later.

Dandelion has major FOMO (fear of missing out) in ISO, but I'll bring Poppy over for a visit this afternoon with some treats. We start testing integration on Monday. I don't have much confidence, given how things have gone thus far, but we said we'd give it up to a month, so that's what we'll do.

Next up: Looking at sheds that won't trigger the town assessor.

 

[ChickenChick46]

~ OPTIONS: DUMB & DUMBER ~​

To perfectly illustrate what life has been like with the Bad Luck Bantams:

I went outside around 10AM to spend some time taking measurements and thinking how we can get a bigger coop under our protected run. About 10 minutes in, I see blood EVERYWHERE! Clover managed to rip off a toenail. It's impossible to see what's going on because her heavily feathered feet are soaked in blood, and she once again has mulch tangled in the down around her leg. Took forever to finally get her cleaned up with a trim and some styptic powder. No measurements were taken. It's very hard to make progress on our overall flock goals when we're constantly putting out fires.

Anyway, I can say I've looked at every prefab available in North America (as usual, the UK has all the good stuff). The only one to meet my criteria is Nestera. I spoke to a couple of BYC members that use them and spent hours reading online complaints. I'm not feeling overly optimistic for winter with tiny ventilation ports on only two sides and a door that tends to "freeze". Isn't that great. Plus, you only get 30 days from your ORDER DATE to trial, a terrifying prospect if it takes forever to get here. Ehhhhh... we'll see. Think I'd rather take my chances by opening up the Omlet.

In preparation for that, I've been trying very hard to get them interested in a new nest box I set up in the run. It's a giant cat litter box with a "private" entrance that tucks perfectly underneath their bench. I mean, I would lay eggs in it. Why not? The worst thing is it says "TOWN TIME" in tacky lettering on the front. So if they refuse to use it, that's what I'll blame. Photo later.

Dandelion has major FOMO (fear of missing out) in ISO, but I'll bring Poppy over for a visit this afternoon with some treats. We start testing integration on Monday. I don't have much confidence, given how things have gone thus far, but we said we'd give it up to a month, so that's what we'll do.

Next up: Looking at sheds that won't trigger the town assessor.

Poor Clover!! I swear your chickens are doing their dead level best to take years off of your life.