Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[naturespace]

Naturespace...you report all the abuse, chicken and owners, to me and I will deal with it promptly.  But a word of CAUTION....MD has spent so much time in the corner in 'Time-out' that he is starting to enjoy it and he is even making up little sayings about sexing baby chickens now    I'm not sure how much good the punishment is doing  .....................Mike

Mike, very good point. He is like my Labs. They don't know when they did something wrong. Everything is fun. Oh well. I think that's why I like him so much.

Oh and I might have deserved it. I usually do, I just met my match.


Seabright, really pretty girls. I like their colors a lot. Darker colors are what MD says is the standard. maybe it not just him. i have lighter colored girls like my avatar. Your boy looks really nice too.

 

[Maggiesdad]

You're not foolin' me! I know you know what's going on!...

 

[Sebrightsrock]

Thank You

 

[Flat Rock farm]

Naturespace...you report all the abuse, chicken and owners, to me and I will deal with it promptly. But a word of CAUTION....MD has spent so much time in the corner in 'Time-out' that he is starting to enjoy it and he is even making up little sayings about sexing baby chickens now

I'm not sure how much good the punishment is doing

.....................Mike

Go get him Mike

 

[Flat Rock farm]

Updated Pics

Beautiful birds!!!

Your rooster is very similar to mine

 

[Maggiesdad]

Buckabucka - when they roost on the wall, is it an interior wall, or is an exterior wall where the eave is open? Some of the Canada crew were talking frostbite and how a 2x4 roost laid with the wide side up enables the ample fluff they have to fully cover their toes... My girls sleep with their heads under their wings. We are headed down to the mid teens in a couple of days.

 

[Sebrightsrock]

Beautiful birds!!!

Your rooster is very similar to mine

Thx I'd love to see a pic of your roo

 

[buckabucka]

Buckabucka - when they roost on the wall, is it an interior wall, or is an exterior wall where the eave is open? Some of the Canada crew were talking frostbite and how a 2x4 roost laid  with the wide side up enables the ample fluff they have to fully cover their toes... My girls sleep with their heads under their wings. We are headed down to the mid teens in a couple of days.

Yes, it is an interior wall, but directly between the two open vents, covered in hardware cloth. It is a large hoop coop, 20x24, 10' tall in the center. The vents are up high on the two ends, a semi-circular type shape maybe 8' across and 1 and 1/2 feet tall. This "roosting" wall is parallel to the vents and about 10 feet from one end, and 14 feet from the other, a 2x4 wide end up. There is another 2x4 roost at a more traditional height. I've sometimes seen a lone hen or two on that roost when I've gone in for eggs after dark.

One of our earlier snowstorms was very windy. The snow only came into the coop on the very ends, but It's hard to believe they weren't being hit by some moist wind. Since then, I attempted to put up a wind block. An old electric blanket is hung about a foot from each end, and stapled to the vent in a few places (really pretty ).

I'm hoping the wind block is sufficient. Last night was dry, but very windy and cold. My instinct is to want to staple the blanket up tight around the vent, but from everything I've read, that is a bad idea.

I don't know when the frostbite began exactly, but we've had 16 below this month, and many nights slightly below zero. Both roosters have a little on the tips of their comb, and slightly bigger spots on the edges of those giant wattles.

 

[ronott1]

I took some pictures yesterday. Leela is on the right. She is 14 months old or so. The blue one is a Blue Marans x SG Dorking.



Sienna foraging with a Partridge Pene



Enjoy!

 

[1muttsfan]

Buckabucka, that sounds like more ventilation than you need for cold weather, especially since it is cross ventilation and at the roosting level. You would likely get plenty of ventilation if you closed off one end, the north/west wall would be best, and provided a wind block on the other side.