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[chicken hawk 33]

Exactly.

please stop.

 

[Saris]

That's the best attitude... hope for the best and be prepared for the worst. Won't be disappointed that way. I'll bet those capons will be absolutely delicious!!!

Yeah, I have some little mixed babes to practice on, I hope I can make myself do it. They'll be so tasty....

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Some girls want diamonds... I'm happy with a Super Coop and Mama Garden plotted and planned by Handsome Devil (referred to as HD). The first picture is the outline of the raised beds we'll build at the end of the run.



A panoramic taken from the inside of where the run goes...we are building the space to the left out for the coop 18ft x 8ft. It is the back of the girl's playhouse. We will tap into the electricity so I can build a brooder and hospital cage above the nesting boxes. We are pouring a slab for ease of cleaning and security. Half of the open space above the wall will be greenhouse glass, with the rest hardware cloth, where it will come across the front, framing it all in and giving them protection at night... We will mount that old wagon wheel flat on a post for a fun roost, along with a ladder roost.

The posts will be 4.5' high with hogwire. I am moving the blood orange and fig trees out of the center. We are planting 2 avocados "inside" the run space- 1 along each wall, for protection and to screen our neighbors yards. Outside the run fence I'm planting lavender and rosemary bushes for pollinators, chicken smell camouflage and rodent deterrent. We are adding a gate at the corner from where I took the pano, to be able to close off to use for new bird integration, breeding and/or broody hens... We are adding a small 5'x4' coop at the mandarin tree end too.



I am keeping my "Bielefelder Family" over in the area the big girls have their coop now. I am planning for the big girls to move to super coop when these babies are ready to go out...just so everyone is on new territory.

Lastly, we will fill in the open space with polished gravel and put a picnic table and benches in the middle, along with my favorite adirondack chairs. This is the best Valentine present EVER! I have a feeling it is also bday, Mother's Day, anniversary , and likely Christmas...

Wow, Trojan lady... that's quite an undertaking! Sounds like you've got a nice system in the works, so it should be awesome when it's finished. Congratulations!!!

(you forgot to include NYD 2017)

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

please stop.

Very nice looking silkies, Seth!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Yeah, I have some little mixed babes to practice on, I hope I can make myself do it. They'll be so tasty....

I ordered the caponizing tools, too!!!

 

[Saris]

I ordered the caponizing tools, too!!!

Awesome! When are you gonna practice?

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Yeah, I have some little mixed babes to practice on, I hope I can make myself do it. They'll be so tasty....

The Chinese don't waste much time or effort when they caponize...

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Awesome! When are you gonna practice?

Not sure, but I may be getting "lessons" from someone who knows how to do it in June (if I can swing it). He says best birds to learn on are white australorp cockerels.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

The Chinese don't waste much time or effort when they caponize...

I'm ordering the Chinese tools - they're supposed to be WAY better...

 

[Saris]

The Chinese don't waste much time or effort when they caponize...

I bet that guy has been doing it for a while though.

Not sure, but I may be getting "lessons" from someone who knows how to do it in June (if I can swing it). He says best birds to learn on are white australorp cockerels.

I'm still looking for a local to give me lessons

I'm ordering the Chinese tools - they're supposed to be WAY better...

I don't think mine are the Chinese tools, but I'll work with what I have.