Coop design, should the floor be., BYC page up! please comment! )

[stir-fry]

** Let me rephrase that, since we here at BYC do not like to "tell you what to do." Heaven forbid.

oh please do, you guys are the pro's, im just a newbie egghead.

and strangly, in 3 days were hooked on spoiling these girls, why am i enjoying spoiling CHICKENS?

 

[CoopCrazy]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-wingclipping.html

Heres a good link for wing clipping.

 

[Davaroo]

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There is a tutorial on clipping in the learning section of the main site. Here you go:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-wingclipping.html

 

[stir-fry]

That looks simple enough (famous last words) done deal! does it hurt them? do they freak out?

 

[Davaroo]

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No and most definitely, yes.

Aside from anything having to do with food, almost everything you do "freaks them out."

 

[Davaroo]

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It is one of several attributes that makes you human. It sets you and your higher order of intelligence apart from the rest of God's creatures.

There was a now-famous episode of the original Star Trek series called, "The Menagerie" that dealt with that very thing. Google it.

BTW, keep the avatar. It is priceless.

 

[stir-fry]

well said. I guess I could never be one of those people that takes no foul sense in being cruel to them, Rachel would shoot me if I did anyways, shes a critter lover

 

[Davaroo]

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Good for you, my man. Glad to hear it.
And chickens, unlike some other critters, pay you back handsomely for your kindness.
Eggs, meat, manure, the occupation of a noble and fruitful pastime.... and endless fun are all there from chickens.

Try getting that from a pet tarantula.

 

[stir-fry]

ok so 5 eggs in the first 48 hours from 4 girls. no wait, make that 2 more eggs i just checked lol. and one got mad when i opened the lid, she was busy laying another i think

man thats alotta eggs fr the first 24 hours! and the seller said that after moving them they would stop for weeks to 2 months

 

[Davaroo]

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There may be a lag, since the egg cycle has a certain inertia built in to it. It doesnt turn on and off like a switch.
Then again, not everything about chickens is cast in stone. I took in some transplant birds once, one of which promptly started laying that day - and never quit.
If they do, they do. No biggie.... they'll pick it back up when they are ready.
If they don't, well so much the better.

I know an old man who told me about his life during the Depression. He commented,
"My parents raised chickens, so we never went hungry. We always had grits and eggs, and when we tired of that - we had eggs and grits...
Anybody who was good at raising chickens and a decent garden had a little money in their pockets and food on the table."