Believe me, that was the plan! Coop was originally scheduled for delivery when they were two weeks old. I got jerked around by the custom coop guy for months and then had to scramble to get something in place when he flaked two days before Christmas. The Chicken Gardener guys came though like champs!
Wish I could help you there, but I just had a non-dominant rooster rejected by the dominant rooster after about a year together, and trying to put him into a bachelor pen went miserably for me.
From THE CHICKEN GARDENER in Portland. They do a delivery run down to the Bay Area pretty frequently (seems like every 4-6 weeks). It's all cedar and really solid. Inside it has a slide out pan for the bedding and passively ventilates from the bottom out the top. I'm going to make a big screen window to put into the doorway for summer and add external nesting boxes to maximize space.
Believe me, that was the plan! Coop was originally scheduled for delivery when they were two weeks old. I got jerked around by the custom coop guy for months and then had to scramble to get something in place when he flaked two days before Christmas. The Chicken Gardener guys came though like champs!
I'm hoping to hatch out some more eggs this spring I've decided I love my 3 breeds and want to work on all 3. I love the buff orps nature but I'm not keen on them as layers. Maybe this spring will change my mind.
one of them would lay about 3-4 times a week when she started but stopped this winter but her hatch mate has yet to lay an egg they were late march hatches. We will see.
My pita and my dels lay 5-6 times a week and layed all the way up till they molted. (Pita started a couple of weeks ago in the middle of winter)
I have returned to the 21st Century! I don't think I mentioned it, but I woke up to a flooded kitchen Christmas morning and I've been without running water in my kitchen ever since (my plumber was out of town, I didn't want to deal with a stranger, and then my BFF's sister said she'd come fix it, but kept getting delayed). So Carrie finally made it over yesterday and had everything fixed in under 15 minutes. I also no longer have chickens in my house! This is a major event after the past three months of fighting with the custom coop bozo who never did deliver anything. The Chicken Gardener gys showed up with a coop on Sunday and had it fully installed in about an hour. I'm certain I'll make some alterations down the road (adding more ventilation and external next boxes), but I'm just SOOOOOO happy my chooks are now scratching in the dirt. First night I had to put them up into the house by hand. Second night they had the idea, but no the execution, LOL! The first one up the ramp planted herself in the doorway and all the others lined up on the ramp and just settled in. Made it easy to put them away. Hopefully tonight they'll go the whole distance. Happy to report that my dog has almost no interest in them. He sniffed, they eyeballed him, then he went and took a nap. Sadly, his sister who spends most of her days with us is VERY EXCITED BY THEM!!! She spent all day whining and shaking. So she's staying home the rest of the week and we'll work on getting her to chill out this weekend. The coop & your birds look so great! Glad to know your headache had a happy ending.
Just wondering of anyone is going to the show in Modesto at the end of January? I'm going and would like to buy a couple Salmon Faverolles pullets. I currently don't have chickens but would like to start with these, and maybe some orpingtons. Don't have to be show quality but if they were my son would be showing them at Stanislaus county fair for Ceres 4h. Thanks. :cd
Just wondering of anyone is going to the show in Modesto at the end of January? I'm going and would like to buy a couple Salmon Faverolles pullets. I currently don't have chickens but would like to start with these, and maybe some orpingtons. Don't have to be show quality but if they were my son would be showing them at Stanislaus county fair for Ceres 4h. Thanks.
I have 3 black orps & 1 chocolate orp - all pullets. Incubator hatched by me on 08/30/14.
Asking $40 each. They are from Papa's Poultry (Jeff McCormick) in Redding).
If someone would like them, I could justify to my hubby that I need to go.
But it's not like I'm not going anyway...
The coop & your birds look so great! Glad to know your headache had a happy ending.
