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[Noobie39417]

My youngest likes to let her Silkie hang out on her shoulder or arm. She's been pooped on quite a bit. Doesnt deter her though!

 

[Noobie39417]

 

[jthornton]

My youngest likes to let her Silkie hang out on her shoulder or arm. She's been pooped on quite a bit. Doesnt deter her though!

If you spend time with baby chicks poop is part of the package lol. We keep a chick shirt in the coop to wear...

JT

 

[Noobie39417]

Yeah, my middle daughter thinks its gross, Clara just shrugs, washes off and goes about her business. She claims to want to be an art teacher or a vet or both. Have not yet found an animal she is afraid of-not always a good thing...

 

[microchick]

I look at it from the POV that you aren't a chicken owner until you've had a load dropped on you by one of your birds.

Last week I walked under one of the roosts just when one of my Silver Duck Wing bantam roosters let a load fly. It hit the top rim of my glasses, rolled down my glasses, hit my cheek, proceeded down my neck and wound up in my bra.

On top of being juicy, it stank. Now I'm a retired nurse. It takes a lot to make me gag but I was glad I hadn't eaten before this happened. I came inside washed my face, took a shower, washed my face again.

Yep, I'm a true chicken owner.

 

[SueT]

FINALLY, a dry day, several dry days in a row! After I go to Walmart, I'm letting Mama Moonshine take her babies outside for the first time. They are 5 days old. Last year, she took babies outdoors at 2-3 days, but it has been pouring here every day.
So what would I rather do, watch the news on TV or watch chickens? That's an easy one.

 

[jthornton]

Chicken TV!



JT

 

[jthornton]

I checked the strawberry raised beds this morning and the plants that were not supposed to be in the seed pack provided me with a hand full of strawberries. They have a really strong strawberry flavor and are sweet. They put out a zillion runners so have to watch them close.


JT

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I checked the strawberry raised beds this morning and the plants that were not supposed to be in the seed pack provided me with a hand full of strawberries. They have a really strong strawberry flavor and are sweet. They put out a zillion runners so have to watch them close.
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JT

Yum. How do you keep the chickens from eating them, are they fenced?

 

[jthornton]

Yum. How do you keep the chickens from eating them, are they fenced?

My chickens live in Chicken Fort Knox! A 5' chain link fence with hot wires on the outside for daytime activities.


If they get extra light until sunrise they are confined to the run. The auto door opens but they can't get out of the run until I let them out.


The raised beds with the two strawberries is on the side of the house outside Chicken Fort Knox. Here is a photo from November 2019.


JT