Illinois...

[EllieDeg]

I don't know if anyone outside in winter can be happy but perhaps we can make them less miserable.....
If I can add 1 suggestion it would be to have parts of the run covered so they can wonder around a bit. Maybe yours will be ok but my birds hated walking in snow. Here is a funny photo of them afraid to come out of the roost on the first snow.
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Could I see more pictures of your set up here? I'm currently considering adding our old play house like this to my chickens current coop and would love to see some inspiration!

 

[SnootyHen]

So I switched the babies to PDZ and my office is a mushroom cloud. I guess it's the trade off for not smelling like wet pine shavings but OMG can they move outside now!?!

 

[SnootyHen]

I think I have a mystery new layer. I found 2 eggs this morning when I went to clean. One looked a little darker than my Mystic Marans usually lays but I figured it was the GLW and Marans. Then later I found the Wellsummer's egg. Then not long ago, I saw the Marans int he box and she laid an egg. The one from this morning could not have been my Leghorn or Barnevelder so it has to be the Red laced black Wyandotte or the Russian Orloff. And I have no idea which! Neither has shown any interest in laying at all but both are plenty old enough to lay.

 

[cavemanrich]

Are you sure your children are not pulling a fast one on you and slipping that egg into coop???
That homeschooling gets monotonous and boring. Need some ACTION.

 

[Faraday40]

Here are some of Xansie's chicks. (hatched in September)

These orp girls are getting big, fast. Already much bigger than mama.

They have some serama "sisters"

 

[WhyDoILikeChickens]

Here are some of Xansie's chicks. (hatched in September)

These orp girls are getting big, fast. Already much bigger than mama.
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They have some serama "sisters"
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The one on the bottom is gorgeous. Of course they are all gorgeous, especially the bottom

 

[WhyDoILikeChickens]

Could I see more pictures of your set up here? I'm currently considering adding our old play house like this to my chickens current coop and would love to see some inspiration!

Nothing fancy with this. The run is a carport frame, half covered with paneling and half chain link. The play house just fits inside the run though had to disassemble to get it in place.
We have a second play house from a play set blown down by the recent tornado/storm. I wanted to fence it in and add to the run but decided it would be too difficult to secure and have access to clean.

 

[Faraday40]

Happy Halloween!

Teddy was as a little bat and DS was Sans (character from video game).

Our town still had Trick-or-Treating. Mostly people putting candy on tables along the sidewalk (and waving from a distance or through window). Such an odd year with Covid.

 

[BReeder!]

Happy Halloween!

Teddy was as a little bat and DS was Sans (character from video game).

Our town still had Trick-or-Treating. Mostly people putting candy on tables along the sidewalk (and waving from a distance or through window). Such an odd year with Covid.

Same type of trick or treating here. My son is well-loved by many of the neighbors though, so he was hooked up pretty well with goodies. He ended up filling his candy bag several times.

 

[WhyDoILikeChickens]

Similar story. Lots of tables, buckets, and amazon boxes with candy. We didn't have much time to spare so I'm not ashamed to admit we may have returned to the unguarded treats after hours.
<6pm share
>6pm alllll minneeee!
I was happy to see neighbors and chat for a few.