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[animallover2202]

I got news from my dad the egg hatch. Ok are black cochins autosexed??? Cuz from what my dad said the egg that just hatched is mainly yellow with some black and Alphe is mainly back with some yellow

 

[jsummers]

I use a cone. Its a lot less trauma for the bird and for me too. I have used the other methods and I prefer cones, Its just more humane and less frightening for the birds. Still hoping to plan a get together so we can share how we process our birds. Running into a brick wall finding a location that will allow it.

try the hardy building in markleville

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

The babies are 4 weeks old now! I think they are fully into chicken teenagerdom now.

Marama the Egyptian Fayoumi who likes dustbathing in towels:

Roha the Exchequer Leghorn -- the picture of teenage awkwardness

Tiwhiri the pretty light brown Leghorn lady:

Huka the lovely silver Lakenvelder:

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Hika Ma the manly Easter-egger bantam:

Po baby the black Cochin bantam

Ihi the sweet golden Campine:

And finally, my best little chicky friend, Rangi the troublemaking Ancona

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Aww they are so cute. I love the 2nd picture of marama, it is to funny.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

She was rolling all over the place like that! Silly girl! She's not going to know what to do when she has actual dirt to dustbathe in!

 

[animallover2202]

Is it possible for a white baby to come from a black mom and dad (Mr. Frizz and Ms. May)

 

[CRSelvey]

Well, today my dh made great progress. The window is installed and the flower boxes are waiting. The roof is on the coop, but we still need to extend it out for the run on the other side. You can see the hardware cloth is attached at the bottom under the siding, but still needs to be buried. He also got my tiller working this morning so I can till up and dig out the dirt. I was debating putting in shrubs in too, but I think it would just make it harder to tell if something was digging out there...maybe just a rock garden or some smaller flowers.
This is my wonderful husband. The painting is my job.
This is my son. The windows are covered with hardware cloth too under the siding and will be trimmed out too as well as doors or shutters to keep out the cold in the winter. There is still so much painting to do and then gravel and sand for the run.
This was the inside before the inside siding was put in. You can see the nest box on the right (currently full of tools). On the left side are doors that go the width of the coop so that I can clean out under the roosts that will be there. I'm hoping there will be room for a table to hold the little dog crate I've been using when someone needs to be separated.

My next issue is trying to decide the flooring. I'm planning to put down a layer of linoleum but then I was thinking I could either use sand for quick cleaning or shavings, which would go in my garden later. If I go with sand, is playground sand ok or too fine?

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

She was rolling all over the place like that!

Silly girl! She's not going to know what to do when she has actual dirt to dustbathe in!

I love it when my chickens dustbathe. It is fun to watch them. I had an RIR she would lay in this hole she had dug and every so often would roll around and that is the only spot she would ever dustbathe.She also followed my around like a lost puppy or lost chicken lol. (her name was follower)

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Well, today my dh made great progress. The window is installed and the flower boxes are waiting. The roof is on the coop, but we still need to extend it out for the run on the other side. You can see the hardware cloth is attached at the bottom under the siding, but still needs to be buried. He also got my tiller working this morning so I can till up and dig out the dirt. I was debating putting in shrubs in too, but I think it would just make it harder to tell if something was digging out there...maybe just a rock garden or some smaller flowers.
This is my wonderful husband. The painting is my job.
This is my son. The windows are covered with hardware cloth too under the siding and will be trimmed out too as well as doors or shutters to keep out the cold in the winter. There is still so much painting to do and then gravel and sand for the run.
This was the inside before the inside siding was put in. You can see the nest box on the right (currently full of tools). On the left side are doors that go the width of the coop so that I can clean out under the roosts that will be there. I'm hoping there will be room for a table to hold the little dog crate I've been using when someone needs to be separated.

My next issue is trying to decide the flooring. I'm planning to put down a layer of linoleum but then I was thinking I could either use sand for quick cleaning or shavings, which would go in my garden later. If I go with sand, is playground sand ok or too fine?

Awesome looking coop! And I have never used sand before, but I prefer sawdust, because it is very absorbent and smells like fresh cut wood...until one of the chickens go to the bathroom lol.