Kat’s Journey into Chicken Keeping

[drstratton]

Well, this is not chicken-related, but...
We put two-dozen Bluegill fingerlings in the pond!

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since we put the pond in ourselves when we cleared the land we live on, there were no fish obviously.
Last summer we put 100 fathead minnows in and let them multiply.
God supplied us with frogs.
What would a pond be without fish, frogs, and ducks, right?
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That will be some good eating...

 

[drstratton]

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Not sure if this sounds correct but,,, SHOW ME YOUR CAMPFIRE, AND I WILL SHOW YOU MINE,,
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[drstratton]

Love the Boxers, what beautiful dogs they are

Thank you. We love them. They are so much fun.

They really are beautiful!

 

[BY Bob]

So back to my chicken story...
It was the end of May and I had four baby chicks brooding in a cardboard box in my spare bedroom.
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It wasn’t long, not even two weeks, until THIS happened. Baby Leghorn began flying out of the brooder.
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It was time to get stepping on the coop and run.
so we made a trip to Home Depot, and came home with building supplies.
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We put together a 5ft x 6ft shed and screwed it into the wooden platform. Then we framed out the walls of the run.
The fun part was putting up the hardware cloth. Ugh!
I actually took about a million pictures but you don’t want to see all those.
As you can see In the last picture, my husband had a lot of help.
The building project went pretty well.

So I had two 2-week old chicks, two 1-week old chicks, and then THIS happened...
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Can you believe it? A guy not far from us was selling Muscovy ducklings on Craig’s List!
We had four 1-year old Muscovy ducks already, and I had been wanting to add to our flock. So I came home with six fluffy-butts.
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So four chicks and six ducklings. They soon outgrew their cardboard box brooders, and we graduated them to two large dog crates on our deck. It was warm outside by now, but I still put their heat lamps on at night.
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We put a rush on finishing our coop. (This was our temporary roof. We have a metal roof on now.)
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Voila! The Chicken Lounge.
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So the ducklings and chicks were finally in their own home.

That is a very nice coop and run. Well done.

I had to giggle that the leghorn was the first to escape. Of course it was. They are very curious, smart, and great fliers. It looks liked your coop will hold her though. Enjoy your journey with chickens. You are going to have so much fun!

 

[BY Bob]

Well, this is not chicken-related, but...
We put two-dozen Bluegill fingerlings in the pond!

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Since we put the pond in ourselves when we cleared the land we live on, there were no fish obviously.
Last summer we put 100 fathead minnows in and let them multiply.
God supplied us with frogs.
What would a pond be without fish, frogs, and ducks, right?
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That is very cool! What a great addition you created. I love it.

It's very interesting that the frogs found it on their own. Maybe that explains how they find my pool even though I'm miles from any body of water.

How deep is it? I assume the rain keeps it full.

 

[BY Bob]

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Not sure if this sounds correct but,,, SHOW ME YOUR CAMPFIRE, AND I WILL SHOW YOU MINE,,
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Here's mine. We do ours at night. There's is a shooting star in the upper right!

 

[BY Bob]

That will be some good eating...

Yes, this too. Delicious.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

That is a very nice coop and run. Well done.

I had to giggle that the leghorn was the first to escape. Of course it was. They are very curious, smart, and great fliers. It looks liked your coop will hold her though. Enjoy your journey with chickens. You are going to have so much fun!

When I first realized that she wasn’t a Buff Orpington like she was supposed to be, I was a little p.o.’ed. But I got over that. I love her now, and I am glad it turned out this way. She is very clever and very amusing!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

That is very cool! What a great addition you created. I love it.

It's very interesting that the frogs found it on their own. Maybe that explains how they find my pool even though I'm miles from any body of water.

How deep is it? I assume the rain keeps it full.

It was very deep when they first dug it out, but I imagine dirt eroded inward.
Yes, we have hundreds of frogs, it’s amazing.

 

[BY Bob]

When I first realized that she wasn’t a Buff Orpington like she was supposed to be, I was a little p.o.’ed. But I got over that. I love her now, and I am glad it turned out this way. She is very clever and very amusing!

She will challenge you. They are very clever and if you win their heart you will have an amazing partner in crime. I miss mine dearly.