Help me be strong .....

[Craftygirl]

Lucky for you!

LOL today is a new day and look what happened! Meet Ethel and Sylvia...

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I would be of no help to anyone looking for strength. Researched and decided to start small, just 3 hens for my personal egg consumption and a few to share. But, wait, I want well socialized, friendly hens and how can I get chickens and deny myself the fun of baby chicks??? The feed store had a minimum purchase # of 4. For some reason, I wanted an odd number so, 5 chicks came home with me when they were a few days old; 2 RIRs and 3 Barred Rocks.

They are thriving and so funny and sweet. All five are very affectionate and curious about whatever I'm up to but, wait...oh, my, is one of the Barred Rocks a cockerel? Comb at four weeks is much bigger than the others and starting to become pink already...yikes, wattles developing already, too! Hmmm, maybe I should get another "replacement chick" for the space that will open up when I re-home the roo? But, it would be so lonely all by itself among the big girls...come to think of it, I'm not entirely sure that one of the RIRs isn't a cockerel...

2 more babies come home and into the "brooder" (ugh, I realize that I have sentenced myself to an additional month when I will be unable to soak in my deep spa tub). Keeping up with the chicken math? I now have 7 chickens living in my master bathroom, with occasional trips outside to a playpen for the five week olds (working furiously to complete their coop and run), and I'm not really sure if any are roos and will have to go.

And so it begins...if I keep going like this, I'll have to move to a bigger place farther out in the country (oooooh, aren't Golden Laced Wyandottes pretty...)

LOL - I'm not the only crazy person with chickens in their bathtub. In my case I never use the stupid thing (funny, because when we bought the house I thought I was in love with the garden tub), so might as well put chickens in it, right?

 

[Beeps and Peeps]

It's perfect! Easy to disinfect initially, to clean as needed, it's huge and the faucet is a secure place for a heat lamp clamp
Also, since the bathroom has an easily cleaned linoleum floor, I didn't bother putting any screen over the top when my older five became able to get out. I love walking in and seeing a few chickens roosting in the edge of the tub and my cockerel perched on the edge of the vanity counter.
Another bonus, there is a great shower stall with a door so I can keep pine shaving bale, chick feed, apple cider vinegar, cleaning supplies, etc. secure in there.

To me, it makes perfect sense...still, glad to find I'm not alone

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

It's perfect! Easy to disinfect initially, to clean as needed, it's huge and the faucet is a secure place for a heat lamp clamp
Also, since the bathroom has an easily cleaned linoleum floor, I didn't bother putting any screen over the top when my older five became able to get out. I love walking in and seeing a few chickens roosting in the edge of the tub and my cockerel perched on the edge of the vanity counter.
Another bonus, there is a great shower stall with a door so I can keep pine shaving bale, chick feed, apple cider vinegar, cleaning supplies, etc. secure in there.

To me, it makes perfect sense...still, glad to find I'm not alone

All my husband can say is, "You know there is a 'You might be a redneck if......' joke in this, right?"

 

[Beeps and Peeps]

My Daddy was born in a cabin up a Kentucky mountain with no electricity or running water, didn't eat anything they didn't eat or kill, was proud to be a real hillbilly.
Of course, my mom is from a family of sophisticates and is horrified by that title...
Finally got back to the mountains and seasons after far too long in Miami (dragged there against my will when school age, stayed for family and carreer); ive put in my garden, got my chickens and amIglad to be a half-hillbilly.

Your husband may make jokes, but you clearly have a good one if he puts up with chicks in the tub!

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

It's perfect! Easy to disinfect initially, to clean as needed, it's huge and the faucet is a secure place for a heat lamp clamp
Also, since the bathroom has an easily cleaned linoleum floor, I didn't bother putting any screen over the top when my older five became able to get out. I love walking in and seeing a few chickens roosting in the edge of the tub and my cockerel perched on the edge of the vanity counter.
Another bonus, there is a great shower stall with a door so I can keep pine shaving bale, chick feed, apple cider vinegar, cleaning supplies, etc. secure in there.

To me, it makes perfect sense...still, glad to find I'm not alone

No you are not--I have also brooded in the bathtub. Your story is so funny!