California - Northern

[Nikon]

I believe I'm officially a crazy chicken lady

It dawned on me as the hubs and I drove to Auburn to meet up with Debs_flock to pick up our newest addition to our flock (Hershey, the Black Copper Maran) and I'm walking through a street fair (oops, didn't know there was one) holding a CHICKEN! Women and children are pointing and snickering. One lady stopped me and exclaimed, "Is THAT a bird!?". Silently praying as I pass by a giant Saint Bernhard dog that he doesn't what I'm holding, I finally made it back to the car! Never in a million years thought I'd ever check that off the bucket list!

LOL! Thanks Deb for the pullet!

 

[chiqita]

I would have answered that wrong! I thought BBS was one gene set that was a spectrum. 10 was black and 1 was light light splash.

If it grows out black - it doesn't carry the Bl (Blue) gene.  None of its chicks will ever be blue.  Blue is dominant - if its there it shows up.  It would be classified as "Black".

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Very nice! I'm glad we don't need fencing as high. Do you have problems with predatory birds?

I have it all. I cover the run for those. No climb keeps out the other critters

Awesome! I wish I had my run done! I will post a pic of my shoddy workmanship so far. Who dug your post holes? lol No post holes for me!

I am going to be using hardware cloth I guess for the run because mine won't be as big as yours. That and I have it already. I am trying to decide if I need to dig down and do the apron thing or if it is necessary? I would think tent stakes would be easier than burying the hardware cloth?

Where did you get your tent stakes? Were they very expensive?

I dig my own post holes thank you

hardware cloth works fine. I use whatever I have. I built a brooder out of extra shelves when we moved in to this place and had the stucco wire

Figured out the problem with the pictures and it is an iPHONE problem. Yup that's right! I said iPHONE has a problem. I recently switched to iPhone about 6+ months ago and I am not that impressed.

Anyway, back to chicken stuff.

Here are the first pics I took this weekend. This is already several weekends in to it. It probably took me about 3 days for the framing.

This weekend I added the bottom


The back


and the sides.



Now I am going to work on the poop board and the roost. Then I need to get the roof on and the doors and the hardware cloth around the bottom and then I could probably move them in. That means I have a lot to do this next weekend. I could probably move them in without the roof because it is closed with hardware cloth, but that seems odd to me to leave them out there like that without the roof on. I will be adding on to the run after they have been moved outside.

After I get them out there I will work on some other ventilation and I am trying to figure out how to make the nesting boxes that stick out the side of the coop. Anyone have instructions on that? I can't figure out how they are attached.....?

looks good to me. for good air flow you need a vent or two high and a few low

I believe I'm officially a crazy chicken lady

It dawned on me as the hubs and I drove to Auburn to meet up with Debs_flock to pick up our newest addition to our flock (Hershey, the Black Copper Maran) and I'm walking through a street fair (oops, didn't know there was one) holding a CHICKEN! Women and children are pointing and snickering. One lady stopped me and exclaimed, "Is THAT a bird!?". Silently praying as I pass by a giant Saint Bernhard dog that he doesn't what I'm holding, I finally made it back to the car! Never in a million years thought I'd ever check that off the bucket list!

LOL! Thanks Deb for the pullet!

lol nice !

 

[lizanne]

I'm going to end up processing my extra roo's. You have such a hard time finding them somewhere to go, Last year I ended up giving 4 Silkie and 1 OE roo to a lady I bought chicks from. She said they would probably end up someone's dinner though. I have the Cornish X this year, and since I'm already processing some I might as well do the roo's as well. They might be real small though, because I'll have to do them as soon as they start crowing. I had my little EE crow a couple mornings ago. I had a talk with him, and put him in a crate in the garage. I let him out a little later that day, and he hasn't crowed again.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

I'm looking for a few rare breeds, does anyone know of anyone on here that sell them privately? Hatching eggs preferred.

Bielefelder
Augsburger
Partridge barthuhner

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I'm looking for a few rare breeds, does anyone know of anyone on here that sell them privately? Hatching eggs preferred.

Bielefelder
Augsburger
Partridge barthuhner

mike in Redding has the Bielefelder I believe

 

[Chickengirl1304]

mike in Redding has the Bielefelder I believe

Does he have a profile on BYC?

 

[chiqita]

mike in Redding has the Bielefelder I believe

I don't think anyone that has biebs are laying yet besides gff. They have not been around for 6 mths.

But mike has some of the first!

 

[chiqita]

I think it is elite poultry?

 

[Chickengirl1304]

I don't think anyone that has biebs are laying yet besides gff. They have not been around for 6 mths.

But mike has some of the first!

Oh I see thank you maybe I can get on his waiting list do you have contact info for him by chance