cluckintexan
Chirping
Hi everyone,
I just want to start out by saying THANK YOU for all of the advice, information, and photos. I'm just starting this journey, and it's been a bit of an undertaking. If not for all the things I've learned on here I'm not sure my babies would have made it this far.
I have:
1 Rhode Island White rooster
7 ASI brown pullets (not sure what to call them, they're only a few weeks old but they are sexlink so I know they're females)
3 Pekin ducklings
3 Rouen ducklings
and 1 mastiff who really wants to see what the new babies look like... just a little bit closer lol. He's not mean, just very curious.
My other half (see above photo lol) built me a (way over-engineered) coop, based off of a lot of the advice I read here, and what he's been told his whole life. I'm hoping it'll be big enough once my ladies all get fully grown. My thinking is that since we have such mild winters here, most of the time, I wont have to coop them all winter and the space wont be an issue. I hope at least. On a goofy side note, we've named the coop the Clucking Dutchman, because we just finished watching Black Sails and I fell in love with the pirates lol.
I'll be happy when spring sorts it's self out so that I can let the chickens out during the day because they seem to get depressed when they have to stay in the coop a lot. I wont let them out unless it's at least 75-80 degrees and the breeze isn't chilly because I don't want to hurt them. I'm not sure exactly how old they are, I got them from TSC and they all seem to be at a different stage of development. My rooster is quite a bit larger than the others, but one of the females got tail feathers less than a week after I brought them home. I'm trying to keep them all at what I think is the youngest one's temp requirements so that she doesn't get too cold. Maybe I'm overly concerned, I'm not sure, I just don't want to accidentally hurt one and have to explain that to my 4 year old.
Anywho, thank you again for all of the advice and I hope to continue to learn from you all!
-Brittany
Davey is my RIW, and I've named a couple of the girls that are a bit easier to pick out from the others.
The quackers
well... more like squeakers at the moment.
This is an inside view of my coop, the space between the roost and the nesting boxes is my biggest concern, but I'm hoping I'll be ok. If nothing else, I'll add on later.
They're ok with it for now though lol
I just want to start out by saying THANK YOU for all of the advice, information, and photos. I'm just starting this journey, and it's been a bit of an undertaking. If not for all the things I've learned on here I'm not sure my babies would have made it this far.
I have:
1 Rhode Island White rooster
7 ASI brown pullets (not sure what to call them, they're only a few weeks old but they are sexlink so I know they're females)
3 Pekin ducklings
3 Rouen ducklings
and 1 mastiff who really wants to see what the new babies look like... just a little bit closer lol. He's not mean, just very curious.
My other half (see above photo lol) built me a (way over-engineered) coop, based off of a lot of the advice I read here, and what he's been told his whole life. I'm hoping it'll be big enough once my ladies all get fully grown. My thinking is that since we have such mild winters here, most of the time, I wont have to coop them all winter and the space wont be an issue. I hope at least. On a goofy side note, we've named the coop the Clucking Dutchman, because we just finished watching Black Sails and I fell in love with the pirates lol.
I'll be happy when spring sorts it's self out so that I can let the chickens out during the day because they seem to get depressed when they have to stay in the coop a lot. I wont let them out unless it's at least 75-80 degrees and the breeze isn't chilly because I don't want to hurt them. I'm not sure exactly how old they are, I got them from TSC and they all seem to be at a different stage of development. My rooster is quite a bit larger than the others, but one of the females got tail feathers less than a week after I brought them home. I'm trying to keep them all at what I think is the youngest one's temp requirements so that she doesn't get too cold. Maybe I'm overly concerned, I'm not sure, I just don't want to accidentally hurt one and have to explain that to my 4 year old.
Anywho, thank you again for all of the advice and I hope to continue to learn from you all!
-Brittany
Davey is my RIW, and I've named a couple of the girls that are a bit easier to pick out from the others.
The quackers
well... more like squeakers at the moment.This is an inside view of my coop, the space between the roost and the nesting boxes is my biggest concern, but I'm hoping I'll be ok. If nothing else, I'll add on later.
They're ok with it for now though lol
