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[BantyChooks]

Wonderful recap. And with that I'm outta here. Try to catch yall tmrw but it's going to be a busy day so we will see. Have a wonderful night all.

Night

 

[BullChick]

 

[Mirajane]

Added a couple newbies

And I just can't get enough of these fluffy cheeks

I usually only have 1-3 breeds, and the only way I can tell the chicks apart is by personality and leg bands!

 

[Mirajane]

What a day! Not caught up with the thread yet, but as I'm worried I'll face-plant on the keyboard before catching up, I thought I should give my building update now. Got a lot of progress made - conduit put in place and secured, door built, roosting tray (to hold sand and sweet PDZ) constructed, screws for mounting nest boxes placed (it'll accommodate three), poop-scooper door framed, and roosts built (I need to lower that higher roost though - not enough head room). After it got dark, I headed to both Lowe's and then Home Depot to get tarps and the rest of the hardware I need for all three tractors (hinges and latches, a door spring, etc.) - got soaked in a sudden downpour in the process. SOAKED. So before heading home I got beer and a mini-cake. I figured I deserved it!!! Sitting here in comfy sweats and a warm shirt, drying off wit a nice Shiner Wicked Ram IPA. Dinner is my favorite chicken and zucchini butter melt - this time with my Monterey Jack that I made at New Years (the wax cracked, so I couldn't let it age any longer). It turned out fairly well - not award winning, but good for homemade hard cheese. Certainly stronger flavored than the grocery store kind. Very good in eggs. Tomorrow I fix the roost height, mount the poop scoop door, frame and mount the egg door, cover and hang the front door, add the carriage bolts to the back for the wheels, and add pulling rope in front (covered in a piece of old garden hose to save the hands). Then out comes the pneumatic stapler and compressor (and a SUPER long extension cord!) and UV-rated zip ties to put hardware cloth around the base and front/back and welded wire fencing (I have it lying around) over the top (it'll be covered in a thick tarp, so no predator worry with the larger spaces). Then cover with 12' x 10' tarp over the top and shade cloth around the other open bits. It's always nice to have a second go at a given set of plans - gives you a chance to fix things you didn't like the first time. Once that's all done, I'll drag it into position, add hardware cloth apron 2 ft all around, add the nest boxes, feeder, waterers, sand, and bedding, and then Tank and the Speckled girls will be ready to move in!!! I hope I can finish it tomorrow... And then I need to immediately start in the next two (well, actually, the next FOUR!!!). Oh, wait, I'm also supposed to be building a brooder... I'm beat - I'm going to catch up and then watch a movie (during which I will likely fall asleep). - Ant Farm

That looks really good! I need to get a tractor built for my young chickens and more chickens to come... This is a great design!

 

[Penny Hen]

Sounds good! Corn bread is my cheat. I like Jiffy better than making my own. I have several jars of my chili left from last season. Just enough to get a better crop this year, and make three times as much!

Okay. Stop by for coffee and pie later, and then we can enjoy a good breakfast.

I love taking my favorite chili and pouring it into a casserole dish topping it with grated cheese and then pouring Jiffy mix on top of it and baking. One of my daughters had stopped by to say hi on a weekend from college and tasted it. I had started making this after she had started college. She rolled her eyes up in her head and said, "Oh Momma! That is fat boy food!" She made sure I knew that that was a compliment.

 

[kwhites634]

Catch y'all tomorrow
Time to recharge the battery

 

[Mirajane]

I'm so tired, going to finish homework and jump in bed. Goodnight All!

 

[country lovin]

I usually only have 1-3 breeds, and the only way I can tell the chicks apart is by personality and leg bands!

I'm not trying to breed I just want a colorful flock to look at and a variety in my egg basket.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Catch y'all tomorrow
Time to recharge the battery

I'm so tired, going to finish homework and jump in bed. Goodnight All!

Good night you guys!!!

 

[Akrnaf2]

....long day today I miss much?

Only a meager 100.000.000 posts! How are you my friend? No more ice fishing fir this year?