I love the coop!Dear Husband relaxing watching the chicks explore their new urban run/coop. We finally got the door built and on this afternoon! Became a race to complete this project before hyper heat hit. Looks like Tilly, Inga, and Ting will be happy inhabitants. We do have 2 more Bantam Cochin chicks, one Blue and one Frizzle, who look more like males every day. Will evict the boys out once they crow.
Quote: I talked to Kings Feed and the rep for my area. You only have to buy 5 pallets....I think it's 40 bags a pallet, or is it 20? Maybe 20 because I had enough people committed to purchase to pay for 1/2 the order. I have the property to store that quantity and sell it but don't really want to get involved in another business. In my quest to bring it to my area I found that a place in Chico is bringing it in seasonally. Not one of the feed stores but the hay supplier...and someone in Gridley. I'm too tired to come up with the names but I will find my brain in the morning if anyone's interested.
Quote: Isn't it funny how we teach them things that we didn't mean too? And it's sticks like glue!
Quote: I have this one. I twist it through the fencing so it mists into two runs. Mine has an adjustable nut and is at the lower end of the hose so maybe that's why it puts out a good mist.
Love your set up! Nothing like enjoying the end of the day after a job well done.
Dear Husband relaxing watching the chicks explore their new urban run/coop. We finally got the door built and on this afternoon! Became a race to complete this project before hyper heat hit. Looks like Tilly, Inga, and Ting will be happy inhabitants. We do have 2 more Bantam Cochin chicks, one Blue and one Frizzle, who look more like males every day. Will evict the boys out once they crow.
Oh it sounds just wonderful! Sometimes I wish I had hens and chicks. I wonder if you could take the hen to the male at another place and bring her home, like they do dogs... Enjoy the fog. It's going to be in the 100's this weekend in Sacramento and maybe to the foothills.
AdorableWORM? DID YOU SAY WORM? I WANT THE WORM!!
that is never fun.
Dear Husband relaxing watching the chicks explore their new urban run/coop. We finally got the door built and on this afternoon! Became a race to complete this project before hyper heat hit. Looks like Tilly, Inga, and Ting will be happy inhabitants. We do have 2 more Bantam Cochin chicks, one Blue and one Frizzle, who look more like males every day. Will evict the boys out once they crow.
I was the one that had the guy call me and say that "Black chicks give the best.......................and are the most accommodating in bed"....................lucky him! Click!!!!Re the heat. If you don't have a mister you can make them a puddle/damp area. The little ones love scratching in it and laying in it and pecking at it.
Did my best to get "What sex is this chick?" pics for you guys. I have to send them from my phone to my email then upload them here but will get them up today. Wanted to grow out and process the extra roosters but the pen I was going to use is no longer available..chicken math. I think I only have 4 or 5 of them. I may take them to the feed store and just hope that someone will be good to them before they are processed
Deanne was it you who got the interesting responses to your CL ad? I got a series of semi literate solicitations from some guy, nothing overt, over my SFH add. Admittedly the title is "Rare and Beautiful Swedish Flower Hen Cockerel/Rooster" apparently the fact that it included pics and was in the farm and garden section was insufficient evidence for the guy who wanted to "get something going" and took "a chance on me by sending me his real contact info."uhhhhhh Thanks???? My husband said that using the word "cockerel" was my downfall and that I should refer to them as "young roosters" in the future.
Sheesh.
H is taking me away for our Anniversary which was in May but we postponed on account of chicken needs. We are headed to Mar Vista Cottages which is between Pt Arena and Gualala. They deliver fresh eggs to your porch every morning of your stay from their mixed flock and welcome guests into their gardens to pick what ever they want to eat.H made all the plans. Do I know how to pick em or what???
