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[new chick 203]

A new year is nearly upon us! Anyone want to share chicken related resolutions? I'll start:
Tighten up some of the breezy spots in the coop
Make bucket waterers with poultry nipples
Expand the run
Plant some ornamental grasses to screen the run from neighbors
Ummmm.... Probably learn how to cull a rooster.

Good idea!
• Finish plans for new coop so I can get them approved by town by Spring!
• Edge beds in stone so chickens won't kick mulch on to lawn.

 

[OmeletMan]

I will join in on this...

• I am looking to expand the flock a little...I am fascinated with Jersey Giants...I would also like to see some dark brown eggs...and perhaps a couple blue/green ones once in a while...
• If that happens I will have to expand the run to accommodate the new arrivals.
• Install a water heater on the external waterer.
• Build a few additional next boxes
• Build a new feeder that can hold a minimum of 50lbs food.
• Build composter to handle more waste, and convince the wife I need a small tractor with a front end loader to help turn it.

 

[ChampionAlex]

Nice coop !

 

[rudy_rooster]

Good idea!
• Finish plans for new coop so I can get them approved by town by Spring!
• Edge beds in stone so chickens won't kick mulch on to lawn.

Excellent idea (plus it gets us all thinking about spring!)

• Build an incubator to hatch lots of chicks, especially Marans and olive eggers
• Build a mobile pen to house some meat birds
• Plant more grass, etc., and reclaim overgrown part of the yard

 

[littlecritters]

Hi, there is a thread for the Northeastern Poultry Congress to enable folks to pre-arrange sales, swaps, meetups etc. Hope to see some of you there!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/731397/northeast-poultry-congress-2013

 

[Nic&Chickies]

FREE TO GOOD HOME: 1 Mille Fleur D'Uccle hen about a year & a half old.
Does anyone have bantams, yet want one more? (Let's hear it for chicken math!)
I am giving up my last four chickens, and Flower might not fit in where the other three are going. She would be the only banty, and the new home also has full-size roosters (I've always had just hens; re-homed cockerels in the past).
Let me know if you think you'd like to take her. Thanks.
She found a home with another lonely hen in Woodbridge. Turns out the other hen is not a bantam, but they're being introduced gradually, I'm told.

 

[celticgarden]

Baby it's cold outside! I have 9 chicks in a brooder in the basement. They're doing great! Anyone else have chicks at this time? I'm trying to decide when I feel confident about moving them to the coop. They are basically banties (Olandsk Dwarfs) so I worry more about the cold. I'd love to hear from others in CT that have chicks at the moment and what their plans might be to transition the babes...

thanks!

 

[Jakoda]

no chicks here, but I am having a guilt trip thrown on me by my fav chicken Buff I go out and visit them numerous times a day, check water etc...she is always jumping in my lap, in my arms to snuggle, and is just dying to follow me out of the run...hubby says she's cold and wants to come in the house( She's really laying a guilt trip on me

ANyhow my new year project is, rebuilding my dutch barn and expanding my chicken inside area Just finished up a huge poop board/nesting box (in the coop section) I am wanting WARM weather to get my project going.

and would love to get a few more baby chickies
Diane

 

[ChampionAlex]

They should be fine.

 

[celticgarden]

Yeah, I'm all for an early, mild Spring. Looking forward to planting spinach etc.