I don’t know a ton about chicken tending yet however I do know this for sure boring is awesome. All my minor “exciting” moments have be filled anxiety and worry and I have read many others that included tears and true fear. I think I myself will shoot for boring as all heck! Your sweet chickens are gorgeous and happily doing chickeny things and that is perfect
I don’t know a ton about chicken tending yet however I do know this for sure boring is awesome. All my minor “exciting” moments have be filled anxiety and worry and I have read many others that included tears and true fear. I think I myself will shoot for boring as all heck! Your sweet chickens are gorgeous and happily doing chickeny things and that is perfect
Got a row of hardware cloth on the upper part of the little run Sunday, and need at least another row. But it was too cold yesterday to work outside with a bare hand.
I finally had a good idea for keeping the platform crosspieces from slipping off of the run's welded wire sides and dumping the platform, so I worked on that inside. I wanted it all easily removable. Had to account for the thickness of the platform and the width too. It came to me right when I woke up. Sleep is the best! So I worked on that inside:
After a fruitless search for hook-n-eye screw-in eyes in our storage I saw some cup hooks. Screwed them into the underside of the crosspiece.
Used pliers to make into an eye
A long zip-tie through it. Happens to be removable but that's good if changes are needed.
And a carabiner to latch on to the zip tie. Not sure if the carabineer would stay on the welded wire, or stay with the crosspiece. Probably the latter.
Tried it out this morning, seems good so far!
On to a proof-of-concept model of how the ladder might attach to the platform.
Jaffar isn’t budging! I tried to get him to perch on my hand (to take him outside) “NO WAY” he says, and then flogged me with his wings and jumped up on my shoulder. I guess he’s quite happy where he is. Now he’s having breakfast. And I don’t know what to do next.
I opened the back door, to the yard, to see if Jaffar was interested in going out. NOPE, he refuses to go outside. We both had steak and eggs for breakfast.
