Chicken (Poultry) Addiction Anonymous *Chat Thread*

[Jloeffler]

Christie, very cute pics! The little fluff balls are adorable! I love the one where you are holding one up to your face she's just gazing at you like she's in love

good choice of pics.

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

Thanks

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yeah Lily loves me and i love her.

 

[kellyjo8437]

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[Miss Lydia]

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alright kellyjo8437 this is the place you tell all about your addictions even the one about the klondike bar,

 

[PartridgeRooster]

Well my long time seperation of breeds is being changed somewhat to decrease work load. I have helped each breed I have enough with selling or mostly trading purebreds to others for years. Now I will be combining the Buff and White Orpington flocks "6 Buff hens and 1 Rooster and 10 WO hens and 1 Rooster.
Next will be my Seabrights, since I have all the colors but only 4 hens of each and 1 rooster, those will be combine into one flock. Will be keeping the Silver Rooster and giving the others off to the older couple a few miles away, the wife loves the Sebrights.
My W Cochin, Buff, Black, Silver Laced and Blue Cochins will be put together with all Roosters staying as they each have more than enough hens. Keeping my lovely Australorps pure along with my Big Black Jersey Giants. Silver Laced Wyandotte and White's will go together with Silver Rooster, the White's Rooster is with the Cochin's now.
YES I HAVE ALOT OF CHICKENS!
Since I'm a Rock fan the Rock flocks will stay pure for the most part. My Barred Rocks and mix flock will combine.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Yes you do, sounds like some pretty birds, ever take pictures?

 

[Jloeffler]

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Wow! You had/have separate pens for each color?? And I counted at least 13 colors/breeds you would need to separate?!? I don't suppose, for those of us whose brains just shut down in contemplation of this (yes, I mean me) that you have any pics of your set up?? And unlike the cow requested (

) I will immediately comment! Promise!

 

[PartridgeRooster]

Sorry don't take pictures of the Home area on the case of any crazy internet people. May just be paranoid but there are some wacko's out there.

 

[PartridgeRooster]

Here I did some quick paint shop for your imagination.
The top right I double stack the nest boxs and can open them from the rear to collect eggs. The larger nest box in the corner I use for broodies hatching chicks so they can have a few days with them to bond. On the left are the roosts. The little brown slash marks are the doors, the top one for me to come in and clean up and the bottom is the chicken run door. The lower section is the run itself and is actually much larger than the coop just didn't have the right software or patients.
The many chicken coops run along the south side of my main barn and are attached to said barn, theres a small hallway in between the two that I store extra supplies. The coop sits off the ground about a two feet to help prevent predators and is more helpful for cleaning time as I have a dropping cache under the floor and can collaspe the floor to clean. Kinda like a trap door. All the run doors are on a simple pulley string and with a simple tug they slide up on little rollers well oiled and I put them on hooks and at night when we count them in, I unhook and the gravity takes the door down, simple.
The Chicken runs I have at twenty feet long, ten feet wide and about seven feet tall. They have a basic wood frame with a mesh layer of wire fence covering it and dug a foot under. Its a little fortress. I forgot to put the last chicken door on the picture as its at the end of the chicken run for when I let them free range for the day.

 

[PartridgeRooster]

You ladies

, may of notices my signature change and think PICTURES of all the new animals I have so here is your one chance to see them.

Brat 1 year old, daughter of next one

Clove about 8, just had a cria who we named Daisy

Daisy, few days old now.

Brownie the one on the left is a pygmy

The mother Patches we have no kid, we just got done milking her.

If you want their names got to Back Yard Herds and search under "Herford77" farm journal
I think thats it for now