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[kwhites634]

MC
Glad you found your way back this morning; hoped you would

 

[kwhites634]

Mornin' Bubbles

 

[BullChick]

 

[mlm Mike]

Good Morning Everyone!
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Good Morning!

Well, I booted all fifty chicks that have been brooding in my main coop one at a time out the pop door so I could clean the coop. I had tried putting a couple out last week to encourage them, but it did not work. This time I did not want to step on one while cleaning and refilling the poop board that was emptied when I sterilized the coop. Here they are enjoying their first time outside after they stopped being so afraid.
Does anyone know how to teach them to go back inside at night without strong encouragement?



Yesterday when I got home they had gone out by themselves which I enjoyed, but did not photograph. I did have to work to get them in at dusk. They were crowded in the covered area, but were not going up and in.

I've never have had an issue of them just returning to their coop in the evening to roost.

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I'm glad everyone is feeling better, I hope you get over the lingering cough soon. Spring is finally here, hopefully to stay. Keeping busy outside as much as I can.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Good morning!
My two brooders really needed cleaned last night and I ended up not getting to do it...soooooooo I need to do it today...but not before COFFEE.

Unless anyone wants to come clean a couple of brooders...anyone? Hello? Don't all speak up at once!
(This rainy weather has me feeling particularly lazy...)

Hmm. I'm gonna have to pass on the brooder cleaning also. Maybe next time.

Yes! So much better, thank you! I've got a lingering cough...baby does too...but yesterday finally made him fever free for over 24hrs!! So we're definitely doing better here.

How have you been Mike?

Glad y'all seem to be on the mend. Sick kiddos are never fun.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Well, I booted all fifty chicks that have been brooding in my main coop one at a time out the pop door so I could clean the coop. I had tried putting a couple out last week to encourage them, but it did not work. This time I did not want to step on one while cleaning and refilling the poop board that was emptied when I sterilized the coop. Here they are enjoying their first time outside after they stopped being so afraid.
Does anyone know how to teach them to go back inside at night without strong encouragement?

Yesterday when I got home they had gone out by themselves which I enjoyed, but did not photograph. I did have to work to get them in at dusk. They were crowded in the covered area, but were not going up and in.

Maybe others will have suggestions but it took me right at a week when I moved mine to the coop/run. They would follow the grown birds out in the morning but not at dusk. I would go down and move each from the run onto the roost. I didn't have 50 birds however.

 

[kwhites634]

I'm always up by 5, sometimes much earlier. It's hard for me to stay up long enough to lock up chickens.

Always mark eggs when a setter starts if other hens have access to the building.

I wish I still had ours. I'm not sure what happened to it. It may have gone in an auction.
It was a work of art my siblings probably didn't admire.


I wish I was going fishing. Have fun.

My fishing partner wanted me to go after Crappie with him yesterday, but with all my mower problems & trying to wrestle it onto the trailer an inch at a time from 20' away, I didn't have time, and sure wasn't in the mood to enjoy fishing; I'd just have thought about what I had to do.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Good Luck fishing today!!

I hope to someday make money on eggs lol, wishful thinking -Good luck on your ducks!!



I missed it too, but i left around noon so it must have happened after

Hunting season around here is tough we have too many coyotes and not enough trappers

Good morning

 

[NaJoBeLe]

  My fishing partner wanted me to go after Crappie with him yesterday, but with all my mower problems & trying to wrestle it onto the trailer an inch at a time from 20' away, I didn't have time, and sure wasn't in the mood to enjoy fishing; I'd just have thought about what I had to do.

At least you got it loaded. The point of fishing is to forget what you have to do. If they aren't getting to the mower for a month sounds like plenty of time to get some fishing in.

 

[flocktastic]

Hmm. I'm gonna have to pass on the brooder cleaning also. Maybe next time.
Glad y'all seem to be on the mend. Sick kiddos are never fun.

Yes it's been a real challenge getting everyone well!

Now I'll hope no one else brings anymore cooties home from school