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yeah I know. I really should wait. One plus to getting them in the fall is they will begin first lay in the spring. My spring pullets I have now will start in the fall, just in time for molt season which means they'll stop laying almost as soon as they start. Actually I won't jump in until 1...I know what birds I want. 2...my breeder actually has the birds I want. 3...I'm also considering trying my hand at a brooder so I can have more interaction while they are littles. I'll have to do some research and study before I take that step.I was wondering about this(I knew it would happen!)
Seriously...wait until next year.
No need to fill up that new space all at once!
Any plans to let the cockerel back in with the flock?
Those other small coops will come in handy.
Roopecca. *sigh*
My immediate plans are to move the gals into the new coop, then deconstruct the original prefab they are currently in back to the original configurations, meaning I'll take off all the plywood that now makes it totally enclosed. Then Mr. Pecca Roo will be moved in to his old home, that original prefab. He has no need for nests so that area will be open and give him an inside area of 7sqft. I might even remove the roost we installed because he NEVER uses a roost. I'll let him have the chance to use it for awhile before I decide that. The reopened attached run will give him 24sqft run area. Son in law has come up with a plan to increase that run area. So Roopecca will have a bachelor pad within the main run so he can see and be seen.
I admit I am now afraid of him. The final straw was when he bit hubby, Bern, in...um...an area of his anatomy that couldn't run away fast enough. Yeah. He also drew blood on my upper inner thigh. Ouch. His aim is imPECKable.
I can't rehome him. He's mean. He has to wear a bra. His toes are crooked. He doesn't roost. No one would want him except for dinner. I can't let him breed for the same reasons unless I was planning to harvest offspring. I'm not there. Maybe someday but not now. I can't bring myself to cull him. I came close! I felt it was my only option and cried and twisted in my heart. He's just such a beautiful Lavender Orpington. When Bern got tired of being attacked he popped him into the "guest house" and I saw a way to let him live. So, my next project after my gals are good in their new home is to make him as comfortable as a bachelor as possible.