Wow you guys were busy today! We went boating and didn't get home until it was time to close up the coop!
I loved the Italian chickens...which is also the name of a delicious dish my mom used to make for company.
Seriously, I only got to visit Italy the one time. I'd love to spend time there...forever would work. 
All the talk of pecking order makes me think again of how much i have to learn. I may have been a member of BYC for years, but there are my first chickens! And it's also why I'm concerned about Eenie and the chicks.
I don't want to move her and the eggs on day 12. I keep reading sooner is better. I can move her and the chicks without much problem. Right?
I have questions about using the small coop. If I leave it in good shade, it won't have access to the main flocks run. It won't fit inside it. Theyll be out of sight of yhe others for the most part. Maybe just a cage-like area inside the main coop? Like the crate, but larger? I can do that easily enough using materials we own now.
Anyway. It's late and I need my bed sooner rather than later. I'll pester with more questions another day.
Here's my mama mug for Monday.
I loved the Italian chickens...which is also the name of a delicious dish my mom used to make for company.
Seriously, I only got to visit Italy the one time. I'd love to spend time there...forever would work. All the talk of pecking order makes me think again of how much i have to learn. I may have been a member of BYC for years, but there are my first chickens! And it's also why I'm concerned about Eenie and the chicks.
Wow oh that is super cutecan it be put some place really shady? I think you said it was very hot.
Nope. In fact you were the only one! But it's all good. We've decided, in the next few days, to use the dog crate we had Sheba in to isolate the nest Eenie is in. By putting it, side door open, against the nest, she'll have that space all on her own and the others will no longer be able to lay there. Every day I find eggs from both of the other girls under Eenie. That has to stop. I can't have then shoving into the nest on day 21 and crushing (or just killing) a newly hatched chick. They're going to be upset, but they have 2 unused nest boxes and 49 square feet of floor to lay on. They can lump it.
I don't want to move her and the eggs on day 12. I keep reading sooner is better. I can move her and the chicks without much problem. Right?
I have questions about using the small coop. If I leave it in good shade, it won't have access to the main flocks run. It won't fit inside it. Theyll be out of sight of yhe others for the most part. Maybe just a cage-like area inside the main coop? Like the crate, but larger? I can do that easily enough using materials we own now.
Anyway. It's late and I need my bed sooner rather than later. I'll pester with more questions another day.
Here's my mama mug for Monday.
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