They should be happy! Is that a tractor?I now pronounce the grand opening of chicken city!!! (Minus the paint job that I have yet to start)
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Awesome job!
No it's an old dog house modded into a coop. My big girls kept picking on the little ones so I separated them. When they get bigger and can fend for themselves I'm taking out the middle and making it one big area
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Thank you.. It's kind of hillbilly right now but the final product will be nice.
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Awesome job!
Thank you.. It's kind of hillbilly right now but the final product will be nice.
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No, not hillbilly at all! its your own repurposing, and I think its awesome! Any time you can reuse an item to fit your current needs its fantastic! I am sure the chickies are loving it too. I have an old truck cap I used for my duck house inside the coop run, the ducks wont go into the coop anymore. (except to lay eggs) I have another for my younger geese for shelter, so the big ones don't eat their higher protein feed.
I will have to post my main coop pics once i get electric in there again. (Warning, its an old and ugly shed!) I need to paint the thing too, would love to paint the inside white! The electric lines were originally put underground, no conduit, straight wireso if it rains it pops the breaker. I have expanded the run once already, but with all the new chicks.. I gotta think bigger
Going to rewire hopefully this weekend...
Hi Everyone. New chicken keeper here and really enjoying it so far. I was thrilled to find this thread and see so many like minded people that I can call neighbors.
Not being one to tiptoe, we started with an order of 25 assorted rare chicks from McMurray. It has been so much fun trying to figure out what we got. Of the 27 chicks they sent, we are pretty sure we know what we have with the exception of 2 hens (well, pretty sure they are hens)
We actually have 4 chicks colored identically. 2 of the chicks we have tentatively identified as Silver Leghorns. The mystery chicks are identical, but have dark/slate/grey colored legs compared to bright yellow for the leghorns. I would also say they have slightly longer legs also.
Here are a few pics:
Here is a good look at one of the dark legged chicks
and now one with yellow legs (We think it is a Silver Leghorn)
And another compare shot with both birds almost cooperating.
The chicks are about 9 weeks old at this point. Any ideas on what they might be?
Not being one to tiptoe, we started with an order of 25 assorted rare chicks from McMurray. It has been so much fun trying to figure out what we got. Of the 27 chicks they sent, we are pretty sure we know what we have with the exception of 2 hens (well, pretty sure they are hens)
We actually have 4 chicks colored identically. 2 of the chicks we have tentatively identified as Silver Leghorns. The mystery chicks are identical, but have dark/slate/grey colored legs compared to bright yellow for the leghorns. I would also say they have slightly longer legs also.
Here are a few pics:
Here is a good look at one of the dark legged chicks
and now one with yellow legs (We think it is a Silver Leghorn)
And another compare shot with both birds almost cooperating.
The chicks are about 9 weeks old at this point. Any ideas on what they might be?
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Hi Everyone. New chicken keeper here and really enjoying it so far. I was thrilled to find this thread and see so many like minded people that I can call neighbors.
Not being one to tiptoe, we started with an order of 25 assorted rare chicks from McMurray. It has been so much fun trying to figure out what we got. Of the 27 chicks they sent, we are pretty sure we know what we have with the exception of 2 hens (well, pretty sure they are hens)
We actually have 4 chicks colored identically. 2 of the chicks we have tentatively identified as Silver Leghorns. The mystery chicks are identical, but have dark/slate/grey colored legs compared to bright yellow for the leghorns. I would also say they have slightly longer legs also.
Here are a few pics:
Here is a good look at one of the dark legged chicks
and now one with yellow legs (We think it is a Silver Leghorn)
And another compare shot with both birds almost cooperating.
The chicks are about 9 weeks old at this point. Any ideas on what they might be?
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Another good hatch Tuesday, finish off with 1 BR, 12 new GLW chicks, and 2 Cornish Cross/GLW mix!
Been waiting to officially announce.. yep they do lay, and I have 2 hatched this week. Very robust, big chicks!
they are splashed with black flecks, mostly white in color. Really big hearty babies! Now the question will be, can they also breed, lay eggs etc.... pretty exciting!
Also recently realized one is a ROOSTER, not a hen. Tank is a boy. LilX is the hen, we are thinking renaming her "Bertha" both are over 10 lbs!
Been waiting to officially announce.. yep they do lay, and I have 2 hatched this week. Very robust, big chicks!
they are splashed with black flecks, mostly white in color. Really big hearty babies! Now the question will be, can they also breed, lay eggs etc.... pretty exciting!
Also recently realized one is a ROOSTER, not a hen. Tank is a boy. LilX is the hen, we are thinking renaming her "Bertha" both are over 10 lbs!
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itsjustme~ I'm just getting online-- it's been a busy day. I'm happy to help with the map and will PM you.
Re: the discussion about other states~ we have a member who lives over the state line in Illinois I believe.
AATH~ Chicken City looks like fun! Don't worry, I still need to finish painting my year old coop! When I go outside, my hens beg me to take them out in the far back yard (where there's lots of grass unlike the fenced-in yard!), so it's hard to get anything done in the fenced area. I don't want to suffer the wrath of mad hens!
Cluck and Jchny~ Congrats on both of your new broods of chicks!! I'm kinda thinking about putting some wooden eggs in to see if I can get a broody hen who would hatch two eggs. My coop was made for 6 hens and I have 5, but just 4 egg layers. I'm not sure what the story is with my Jersey, but she pretends to lay eggs. I could use a couple of more egg layers since family and friends enjoy the eggs.
Re: the discussion about other states~ we have a member who lives over the state line in Illinois I believe.
AATH~ Chicken City looks like fun! Don't worry, I still need to finish painting my year old coop! When I go outside, my hens beg me to take them out in the far back yard (where there's lots of grass unlike the fenced-in yard!), so it's hard to get anything done in the fenced area. I don't want to suffer the wrath of mad hens!
Cluck and Jchny~ Congrats on both of your new broods of chicks!! I'm kinda thinking about putting some wooden eggs in to see if I can get a broody hen who would hatch two eggs. My coop was made for 6 hens and I have 5, but just 4 egg layers. I'm not sure what the story is with my Jersey, but she pretends to lay eggs. I could use a couple of more egg layers since family and friends enjoy the eggs.
I don't have many pictures of the inside of my coop, but there's a thread for that.There haven't been any really recent posts, but there's 30+ pages and lots and lots of interior coop pictures: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/565476/interior-coop-pics
Pipd~ I'm afraid you need to go to a weekly meeting of "Over-posters Anonymous"! hahaPipdzip posted: (Also, cool, this is my 2000th post!)
Btw, Pipd-- you take excellent photos!
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