fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

My new sign...

 

[fuzzi]

Went out to the coop after dark, and saw that the Dominiques were roosting back on top of the bales.

I put them up on the new roost. Look at all that room!

I think the Sussex are keeping the Dominiques from getting up on the roost.

 

[3KillerBs]

Went out to the coop after dark, and saw that the Dominiques were roosting back on top of the bales.

I put them up on the new roost. Look at all that room!
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I think the Sussex are keeping the Dominiques from getting up on the roost.

Once everyone is laying they'll mix more.

 

[fuzzi]

Once everyone is laying they'll mix more.

I'm doing my best to not be impatient...

When I moved the Dominiques last night one was highly agitated, flapped her wings, one was only slightly upset, but the other two just "clucked" a little as I moved them.

 

[fuzzi]

They're not getting droppings on the new roost!

There's old straw beneath.

 

[3KillerBs]

When I moved the Dominiques last night one was highly agitated, flapped her wings, one was only slightly upset, but the other two just "clucked" a little as I moved them.

If you put your hand behind their feet and press against their ankle they'll step up and you can carry them like a parrot. I find that causes less panic than grasping them around the wings.

Of course I only do that inside the coop so that they don't jump off and get lost.

 

[fuzzi]

Still no

A few shots from this afternoon:

Joel

Martha

Hannah

Rahab

Samuel

Dominiques (3 of 4)

The oyster shell flakes arrived today. I'll put some out for the ladies tomorrow.

 

[fuzzi]

Cheep cheep cheep...

 

[3KillerBs]

Joel is looking like a fine fellow to my eye. Though I admit to not knowing the standard.

He's got a nice, broad chest.

 

[fuzzi]

Joel is looking like a fine fellow to my eye. Though I admit to not knowing the standard.

He's got a nice, broad chest.

He does!

They're supposed to be built like a brick