Expert chicken enablers needed

[BigBlueHen53]

Midlands, England

Ah. That's a bit far for me to send you my Ameraucana eggs, unfortunately. I'm right smack in the middle of America, in SE Missouri.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Progress report

I did a deeper clean of the waterers then I have done for awhile now!

I measured and took pictures of the shed

The dogs did the wall art

It's a cheap shed and did get blown down the first time we tried to put it together. The floor is just dirt, some of the wire skirt from the run is also sticking out from under the back wall. We where planning on just doing a skirt but now with the rat problem, I don't know


Its about 166cm wide (something more the 5ft) and 347cm long (more then 10ft because that was the length of my measuring tape)

Any ideas on where to put things or what things are helpful to put in it welcome

 

[MROO]

Progress report

I did a deeper clean of the waterers then I have done for awhile now!

I measured and took pictures of the shed

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The dogs did the wall art

It's a cheap shed and did get blown down the first time we tried to put it together. The floor is just dirt, some of the wire skirt from the run is also sticking out from under the back wall. We where planning on just doing a skirt but now with the rat problem, I don't know


Its about 166cm wide (something more the 5ft) and 347cm long (more then 10ft because that was the length of my measuring tape)

Any ideas on where to put things or what things are helpful to put in it welcome

Oooo - once you get that anchored, it's gonna be NICE!
It looks like your gorgeous doggo is telling you it's time to quit playing "chicken" and start playing fetch!

 

[SpotTheCat]

Oooo - once you get that anchored, it's gonna be NICE!
It looks like your gorgeous doggo is telling you it's time to quit playing "chicken" and start playing fetch!

She is desperate for play time! Sadly she hurt her wrist and isn't allowed to play for weeks still. She is not pleased about it

 

[MROO]

She is desperate for play time! Sadly she hurt her wrist and isn't allowed to play for weeks still. She is not pleased about it

Poor Pepsi! Time for some chew toys, I guess.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

Midlands, England

Which midlands (as in east or west)?

 

[SpotTheCat]

Which midlands (as in east or west)?

I am not really comfortable with being more specific since it is public

 

[Beaus plus baby Bunny]

I currently only have 2 chickens and we want to get more this year but the very sad news is...

I lost my chicken motivation years ago and never regained it. No chicken maths! No chicken projects!

Now I am trying very hard to get the motivation and enjoyment from it again. This is in random rambling because I have no clue what you would even post for this subject but I am sure the expert chicken enablers will work it out! And it doesn't really matter if it goes "off topic"

Recently rats have managed to tunnel into the quail runs, thankfully we had very few casualties. Currently the chickens are in one of the quail runs and the quails are in the chicken run. I am planning on digging up the quail runs floor and putting wire in (it has a wire skirt already) but I currently do not have the physical strength to actually do it

Better news we finally put up a shed to turn into a chicken/quail coop. It will have a partition and be attach to 2 separate runs. It still does needs some important things done and the interior planned

i have something worth possible interest

have you heard of cochins

they are round soft feathered foot birds,

they are very gentle and quiet and they also lay through winter
here are some photos of some cochins.

not to mention the fluff
another thing they are too chonky to escape you coop
also they are so fluffing adorable as babies
im specifically talking about largefowl

 

[Bsmac]

@BlueTheBrahma @Marie2020 we need some UK help over here!

@TwoCrows @Debbie292d @wrathsfarm @GreenJay

We have a serious situation of the chicken doldrums! Bring reinforcements!

I have to really fight off chicken math every time I go to TSC for supplies! They have had some really nice breeds this spring. But, I am not buying anymore unvaccinated chicks!

 

[Bsmac]

i have something worth possible interest

have you heard of cochins

they are round soft feathered foot birds,

they are very gentle and quiet and they also lay through winter
here are some photos of some cochins.

not to mention the fluff
another thing they are too chonky to escape you coop
also they are so fluffing adorable as babies
im specifically talking about largefowl


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Very nice birds!