BYC Café

[OrganicFarmWife]

So 3 happy cheepers? Are you going to order more or what?

ETA good morning, I guess I need another cup o coffee

Lol you are as awful as my husband I have a couple more then three
Yes i will order more in a couple weeks. I had planned to raise extra and sell/give the extras away. I may nothave extras at this rate :/ But i thought i would try again.

My little brother came down and helped me work on the tractor. He started the roof and is repairing some of my larger mistakes

DH keeps telling me i have quite the nice trailer for three chickens :/ Hopefully my luck improves.

I started work on the broiler pen. No new pictures because there is nothing to show. I just took the old screws and chicken wire off. I figure i will dismantle it ad then put it all back togeather with new screws and wire.
Going back and forth with using chicken wire again or hardware cloth. It is only going to be used during the day, mostly to protect young birds from cats. (For those that have not hear my story, I lost most of my layers to my farm cats ) I know it does not speak well of my chickens herder abilities so far

 

[WVduckchick]

Heehee sorry OFW.

That's looking great!

 

[Bunnylady]

My little brother came down and helped me work on the tractor. He started the roof and is repairing some of my larger mistakes

I had to laugh at this - been there, done that, got the T-shirt, bumper sticker, and tattoo!

I swear, most of my "projects" take so long because of all the time I spend undoing things and redoing them right. One of the reasons that I am doing what I am with the rabbitry roof is that I made the roof pitch too shallow when I first built it, and it has always leaked. Plywood and shingles are much quieter in a hard rain than metal, but unless I want to rebuild basically from the ground up, I had to go with a material that can be that slope and not leak (and cleaning up a construction site provided all this unused and unwanted metal) . . . .

Sorry, bunnies, but it's gonna be noisy from now on.

Sorry about the losses - I'm betting we've all been there and done that too (I know I sure have!) As disappointing and frustrating as losing them is, when it happens as a result of something you are in some way responsible for (like equipment or your other animals) the "guilt factor" makes it particularly painful.

Feeling a tad guilty myself this morning. The chickens in the new coop had been housed in 4 separate cages, and I knew that things might not go smoothly when I put them all together. There were a total of 5 Barred Rock hens, 3 California Whites (Leghorn hybrid), 3 Easter Egger hens and an Easter Egger rooster. The EE's and the BR's seem to be getting things worked out relatively OK, but I could see that the White girls weren't assimilating well. They spent a lot of time in the coop, and when in the run, seemed to be practically joined at the wing. Well, a couple of days ago, one was out in the run by herself, and when BB2K found her, she seemed almost comatose and had a nasty, bloody wound on her head. Soooo, she has been moved into a rabbit cage by herself, her "sisters" are in a large cage next to her; looks like I get to build yet one more coop/tractor/whatever.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

I had to laugh at this - been there, done that, got the T-shirt, bumper sticker, and tattoo!  I swear, most of my "projects" take so long because of all the time I spend undoing things and redoing them right. One of the reasons that I am doing what I am with the rabbitry roof is that I made the roof pitch too shallow when I first built it, and it has always leaked. Plywood and shingles are much quieter in a hard rain than metal, but unless I want to rebuild basically from the ground up, I had to go with a material that can be that slope and not leak  (and cleaning up a construction site provided all this unused and unwanted metal) . . . .  Sorry, bunnies, but it's gonna be noisy from now on. 

Sorry about the losses - I'm betting we've all been there and done that too (I know I sure have!) As disappointing and frustrating as losing them is, when it happens as a result of something you are in some way responsible for (like equipment or your other animals) the "guilt factor" makes it particularly painful.  

Feeling a tad guilty myself this morning. The chickens in the new coop had been housed in 4 separate cages, and I knew that things might not go smoothly when I put them all together. There were a total of 5 Barred Rock hens, 3 California Whites (Leghorn hybrid), 3 Easter Egger hens and an Easter Egger rooster. The EE's and the BR's seem to be getting things worked out relatively OK, but I could see that the White girls weren't assimilating well. They spent a lot of time in the coop, and when in the run, seemed to be practically joined at the wing. Well, a couple of days ago, one was out in the run by herself, and when BB2K found her, she seemed almost comatose and had a nasty, bloody wound on her head. Soooo, she has been moved into a rabbit cage by herself, her "sisters" are in a large cage next to her; looks like I get to build yet one more coop/tractor/whatever.

Thank you
I love my Barr Rocks but they are MEAN.

 

[Tumbling K]

Good Monday morning everyone

 

[scottcaddy]

Good Monday morning everyone

Good Morning BertS

There is a cool feeling in the air this morning, down to the low 40's now.
I'm glad that it's only a 4 day cold spell.
Stay warm everybody!
Scott

 

[Tumbling K]

Good morning Scott. It was 40° this morning when I started my truck.

But the weather was decent enough this weekend but it did not hinder production at the house

 

[scottcaddy]

Good morning Scott. It was 40° this morning when I started my truck.

But the weather was decent enough this weekend but it did not hinder production at the house

AHHHhh, Seeing as how you are good at helping produce babies and chicks, which one went well this weekend?
Scott

 

[scottcaddy]

Or was it the accent wall in the house?
Scott

 

[Tumbling K]

It was a long list of things this weekend.

Finished the wall for the wife.

Repurposed a dresser I had built for the boys, to act as our TV stand/DVD cabinet.

Built two more frames for roosting boxes.

Got our 2 acres in my moms 1 acre mowed
Home another ceiling fan for my mom.

It was almost too productive. I'm glad it is Monday and I can go back to my real job.