Some people go bar hopping. I go nursery hopping. I would stop at every single one if I could. I had never even heard of Vinland Valley until recenty. Has someone been keeping this a secret or something?
Last night I spent about 5 times as long as thought I would putting up poultry netting over the top of my pen where I have my new leghorns and RIR's. Is there a secret to this stuff? It is not a job for one person, especially when trying to work from a ladder. I would put a little bit up, then try to stretch it along part of one side. Too tight. Take the staples out and try again. Nope. Still too tight. Do it again. Too loose in one spot. Again. GRRRRR. Start over completely. Needless to say I was getting frustrated. All the ladies were wanting to roost before I was finished. They have been jumping up on the edge of the 6 foot chain link panels I'm using for a pen. Of course you know what happens UNDER where they roost. The chain link was starting to look like it had been smeared with some kind of frosting. Not pretty. I finally finished the project, and put up another place for them to roost INSIDE the pen. By then it was late and they had no idea what that new roost was for, even though I sat several of them up there on it. Most of them spent the night on the ground or on the little roost in front of the nest boxes.
So far they are still laying well. I thought their egg production would really drop off for a while after I brought them home, but it hasn't. I wonder if it will now since I messed up their routine with this poultry netting fiasco. I hope it didn't stress them too bad.
I'm seriously considering putting the 10 RIR's in with my marans, BO's and BJG's. It's a much bigger pen with a run, then the leghorns would be by themselves. I'll have to wait a while, though, since I've still got them all quarantined.
