I ended up buying birds off of Kijiji. The first seller I contacted I was trying to convince myself it would be ok. Not bad feelings about him but a through and through farmer and the birds have been raised that way. I suspected the birds have never been handled and thats not what we were looking for. So we waited... I stumbled on a 25 minute old ad and contacted the seller. It was a lady out in Grafton (10 minute drive) selling some young hens she started last year. She raises a bunch each year to sell and I happened to be the first to respond.
I ended up with 3 Red Sex Link and 2 Easter Eggers. The 5 seem pretty happy in the coop although the RSL are bullying the EE a fair bit. We will see how it goes. Today I will be adding a much bigger run for them so I am hoping that will help. I am also going to add a second perch for them and see if that helps with the squabbles as they try and settle at night. Me being a tech I have 2 cameras in the coop ;-) They are just some extra's I have around so why not. It is amazing to watch them. Since we got them they have put themselves to bed each night at 820pm.
Heres the views from the camera's!
I ended up with 3 Red Sex Link and 2 Easter Eggers. The 5 seem pretty happy in the coop although the RSL are bullying the EE a fair bit. We will see how it goes. Today I will be adding a much bigger run for them so I am hoping that will help. I am also going to add a second perch for them and see if that helps with the squabbles as they try and settle at night. Me being a tech I have 2 cameras in the coop ;-) They are just some extra's I have around so why not. It is amazing to watch them. Since we got them they have put themselves to bed each night at 820pm.
Heres the views from the camera's!
)
