RedlegDuck
In the Brooder
- Feb 7, 2023
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My wife and I have been keeping chickens and ducks now for close to ten years. We have had challenge, fun and tragedy in our poultry journey. Sure, the occasional loss of a bird, but nothing like the arson of our first coop!
Now, we have a coop…soon to be renamed the “Duck House”…that looks better than our own home…and a flock of runners which we love. We had given away our Copper Maran birds, having been disappointed in their egg production and the aggressiveness of the “accidental” rooster.
What with the economy and such, our financial planner suggested that we start a farm stand to sell produce from our large garden and eggs…so here we go, again! We started with six hens, a Welsemer named trouble, who was taken by a predator in the afternoon, early last week, a lavender orpington, black orpington “accidental” rooster, and a couple of golden laced wyendots. We lost a lavender orpington shortly after we moved the chicks to a coop we bought through Ocean State Job Lots…I think a raccoon opened the latch and pulled it out. Then, additionally last week, a golden laced wyendot met the same fate. So, we are down to three birds, but with nine more on the way, late this month.
We have decided to build a chicken tractor/hen house like one of the ones on this site. We have a nice covered site to park it, and our garden adjacent to the coop.
Here we go, again!
Now, we have a coop…soon to be renamed the “Duck House”…that looks better than our own home…and a flock of runners which we love. We had given away our Copper Maran birds, having been disappointed in their egg production and the aggressiveness of the “accidental” rooster.
What with the economy and such, our financial planner suggested that we start a farm stand to sell produce from our large garden and eggs…so here we go, again! We started with six hens, a Welsemer named trouble, who was taken by a predator in the afternoon, early last week, a lavender orpington, black orpington “accidental” rooster, and a couple of golden laced wyendots. We lost a lavender orpington shortly after we moved the chicks to a coop we bought through Ocean State Job Lots…I think a raccoon opened the latch and pulled it out. Then, additionally last week, a golden laced wyendot met the same fate. So, we are down to three birds, but with nine more on the way, late this month.
We have decided to build a chicken tractor/hen house like one of the ones on this site. We have a nice covered site to park it, and our garden adjacent to the coop.
Here we go, again!