Consolidated Kansas

[Hawkeye95]

Okay, the floor is in, I added more floor joists to secure it and hold more weight on the inside (like ME). The back door is put together and is on it's hinges... If i have enough left over lumber-- I want to add a cross brace to look like the Z on a barn door (but I need to make sure i have enough wood. I started the nest box and then got about half way thru it and my drill's battery died. I ran inside to switch it out and then got hungry and I'm still in here. TIRED. It's been crazy windy out there and it really wears you out. But I'm so close now-- I want to leave the roof for last so that it's easy to do everything on the inside without having to squish myself.

The nest box looks HUGE on this picture-- but I swear it's just the perspective. It's really not that gigantic. Going to make a slanted roof. The door will be on the side-- NOT the roof.

And since I keep talking about my poor kid's redwood playset--- this is the pile of lumber I'm working from. I'm actually starting to run low on good long pieces that I can use that aren't cracked, broke, or whatever. It was taken out by a really bad storm last fall. The kids are still sad.

 

[shotah]

Lookin' good, Hawkeye!

 

[Deerfield Acres]

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[Deerfield Acres]

Welcome MarcAustin

So, here are a few pics of my chicks. Can't believe they are already 3 weeks old! They are so much fun. So, if I can figure out how to do this here goes:

This is one I call Black Bird. It's a cute EE chick. See it's little shoulder feathers?





Lots of Speckled Sussex chicks and check out the little Buff Brahma bantam in the lower right corner.




Back up waterers. They have a 2 gallon waterer on the other side of the light box.




A Buff Orp chick and Speckled Sussex

Dale the Whale, meat bird. He's on top of the light box for his photo op. Some of the birds can fly up here on their own. No way DTW can make it with all that junk in the trunk! He's a Cornish X Rock, but you probably already knew that.

Love the eyeliner on this EE chick. How cute is that?

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Here's a pic of the light box and enclosure, don't remember if I posted it before. If I did, oh well, sorry.

I'm only using one 250 watt bulb now and put bedding on top of the bulbless side for the chicks who are able to fly up. I sprinkled a little scratch on the bedding so they would have something to look for. This photo was taken when they first came and they would all stay under for warmth. Now they are all over the place and one has made it to the top of the enclosure. I know because it left a little calling card. Gotta get these birds moved.
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Hope everyone had fun in Yates Center. Looking forward to hearing about it!

 

[Hawkeye95]

Thanks Shota and Karen! I think it'll look a whole lot better when I get the finishing stuff on it to cover up all gaps, holes, etc.

Karen-- cute chicks!! I love your Gale the Whale chick! He's HUGE!!! Whoa! Your set up looks great!

So I got a better look at my windows that I bought and now I'm not so thrilled. There is some rotting on them. I'm going to have to switch out some wood on it. I know it's possible, but I don't know how. It will need to have the grooves routed back into the pieces I replace-- and I noticed there is some rabbiting in the construction-- not mitered. My DH is going to kill me when I tell him I need his help to show me how to do that. He has every wood working tool imaginable to get it done, I'm not worried about that. Just worried about the time and cost it's going to incur. Great.

I was hoping I would just have to do a bit of wood filler, sand and putty it back up. Ah well, this is my luck.

 

[Deerfield Acres]

Correction. No wonder I can't believe the chicks are three weeks old -- they aren't. They are only 2 weeks. Sheesh, just seems like 3 weeks?

I'm a little obsessive over them.

Hawkeye: Sorry about the windows, how frustrating.

 

[Trish44]

Well Hawkeye your coop is looking good, looks like you're getting closed to finished with it before too long.

It looks like it was kind of quiet here today with everybody at the Yates Center sale. It's been a long day for me, I'm not used to getting up at 6 a.m. & I had 4 hours of driving today too. It was a fun day & interesting. I guess there weren't as many animals as there might be later in the year, but we did see some interesting things today such as Yaks & Zebus, lots of mini horses, mini donkeys, llamas, & a muntjac to name a few. There were some gorgeous pheasants & peacocks there today, very tempting. Congrats Candace on getting those beautiful pheasants for your hubby's birthday! I came home with a blue Mini Rex buck, not exactly the color I went looking for, but he is a pretty boy anyway. Oh Danz, I figured out what my little hen is, she's a golden penciled hamburg. She sure does make a funny sound, not like any chicken I have ever heard before. She is a pretty little girl, she just caught my eye & I decided I had to have her. I really didn't go there intending to bring home any chickens at all, but at least it was just one so that's pretty good. I'm about to crash now, so I think I'll see you all tomorrow.

 

[Marty1876]

Hi everyone! Looks like your all keeping busy.

Your coop is sure coming along Haweye! Good work just flat out going for it!

Here are some babies that started arriving two days early today.... (corturnix quail)




they are hanging in our quickie box brooder with winnie-the-pooh, compliments of my 6-year-old. LOL

 

[HEChicken]

Congrats on the Coturnix! I hatched them last year and it was so much fun. I can't remember if it was their due date or a day early but I had told DD to keep an eye on them for me as I was going to be gone for a few hours. She called right as I was headed home and when I answered there was a long, dramatic "pregnant" pause before she said "they're hatching!" and the excitement in her voice was contagious. By the time I got home 15 minutes later, one was hatched and there were several more pips and zips. It was so fun to go off and do some chores and come back to see how many more had hatched each time. Is this your first time with Coturnix?

 

[Marty1876]

No, I have jumbo browns and jumbo whites. However, they are the most rapid hatchers, hands down.

We are having a quail hatching party (they were supposed to arrive monday night) for my DDs Kindergarden class on Tuesday. I've been worrying they wouldn't get her on time. Now I'm just worried there won't be any still hatching!