Going to make a sick and a goose house or of pallets
House the coop/pens coming along?
My day was annoying. Drive 35 miles to get part for Vehicle (Actualy had 2 die on us this past week, in SAME DAY
) , repair barn roof (Lost 3x12 sheet of tin on 4-27, didn't realize until today.) fix vehicle x 2. Rush in Brocoli plants to garden (way behind on planting everything).
Have meat project eggs due tomorrow, 3 are starting to pip. No sign on Rouen or the sole BA egg in with them. Hoping they don't drag out a hatch I have a lot due on the 13th and want to use that 1 LG for hatcher and other incubators for incubation. Might have to use lower shelf on DIY bator if breed pens pick up production. This week I have collected 13 WLH, 19 BSL 11 RIR and 12 Meat project ( Autsra-white x CX, OUTLAYED the RIR this week, And almost the WLH But there are 4 CX and only 3 RIR but 5 WLH) eggs from breeding pens as well as adding anything they lay tomorrow.
Not counting the 28 Rouen eggs I have all in the mix. And 3 more with a broody BSL that I am not sure is liking them, or her brood pen. I am setting pen eggs tomorrow night and collecting for 1 more setting before I switch things around a bit.
Replacement cockerels are doing outstanding as well as the CX chicks we received. Keeping 1 heat lamp on for the barebacked runts. Hard to believe less than 2 weeks ago we had 36 degree nights. 1 of the replacements is growing outlandishly faster than others, may have to put him with CX hens later.
Daughter is building Ohio brooder in AG class for use in our poultry biz/hobby. She gets a grade and helps out with the birds to top it off. And to beat that her teacher wants to buy laying hens from me. But that's down the road a few months already discussed selling started/POL birds and chicks. Am NOT selling my breeders or my layers that are paying their bills now. And feeding the meats on top of themselves.
Still ALOT of remodeling to do in buildings. And might make up a tractor or repurpose a pen that was left here when we bought the place. Thinking smaller tractor though so I can get them in some narrow places, like around the garden and such where mower won't fit.
All in all its going good by leaps and bounds. The newest additions to my flock (WLH and RIR) are some of the highlights of my days this past week. IF I can keep the 3 y/o from opening their pen to check for eggs, he brought me 11 from the open coop, or "Hen House" as he calls it, in a bucket today, "I got lots of eggs Dad, ALOT!. The 2 y/o won't go looking but if she sees 1 or sees somebody with 1 she HAS to carry it to house and put in egg basket. And they always want to feed the birds, all chickens are BABY BIRDS. Until I correct them then "chicken" is ok. And they know which are roosters and which are hens that lays the eggs. Best part is he knows which hen will peck at him if he tries to get her egg, and will give her 4 feet of room if she is nesting. Only 1 does she's a feather foot cross with Delaware color. Helps that all other white birds are penned at this time I think.
Gonna hit the sack so I am not temped to look in on the pippers. And sorry for the encyclopedia entry your reading thru.