Kat’s Journey into Chicken Keeping

[Grammy60]

The baby ducks are growing!
9 days old.
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Oh, my gosh They are so adorable

 

[BY Bob]

The baby ducks are growing!
9 days old.
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They really are. Very cute!

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning folks

The ducklings are adorable, but who doesn't love a duckling

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Oh, my gosh They are so adorable

They really are. Very cute!

Good morning folks

The ducklings are adorable, but who doesn't love a duckling

They are so cute. All fuzzy and those cute little faces. I am just so happy that their MOM is looking after them because last year I raised their parents and aunts and uncles, and they were very MESSY! Ducklings are so much messier than chicks! They get food and water and poop everywhere!

 

[BY Bob]

They are so cute. All fuzzy and those cute little faces. I am just so happy that their MOM is looking after them because last year I raised their parents and aunts and uncles, and they were very MESSY! Ducklings are so much messier than chicks! They get food and water and poop everywhere!

Duck poo is a far cry from chicken poo for sure.

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning everyone

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning folks

 

[Grammy60]

Hello everyone

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Good morning folks

Hello everyone

Hello, Bob and Sue, and All My BYC Friends!
I’m sure I am behind in all my threads again. I spent the day changing the litter in the coop.

I finally got to use my new large flat bottom shovel and it was so much nicer to work with than that spade I had always used! Haha.

Oh, and of course there was an Inspector
on the work site making sure I did it correctly.

I sprayed down the ceiling, walls, and floor with an insecticide that I picked up at TSC. I don’t have a lot of bugs, mostly some flies and gnats, but I like to stay on top of it.

I left everything air out and dry and then I put their “furniture” back inside and put in the fresh pine shavings, and some straw for the nest boxes.

I do this about every six months. I do maintanance every week but that isn’t as intense.

I also broom-swept their porch area, and raked the run,

and cleaned out Princess’s little crate and put all fresh straw in her nesting spot.

As you can see, she promptly layed an egg in her new nest!

Two of the other girls also layed eggs in their new nesting material!

I am going to take that as a thumbs-up (or I should say a “beaks-up”) to my cleaning job!

My butt is kicked. (It was 87 degrees and sunny!)

 

[Ribh]

Hello, Bob and Sue, and All My BYC Friends!
I’m sure I am behind in all my threads again. I spent the day changing the litter in the coop.
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View attachment 2724347I finally got to use my new large flat bottom shovel and it was so much nicer to work with than that spade I had always used! Haha.

Oh, and of course there was an Inspector
on the work site making sure I did it correctly.
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I sprayed down the ceiling, walls, and floor with an insecticide that I picked up at TSC. I don’t have a lot of bugs, mostly some flies and gnats, but I like to stay on top of it.
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I left everything air out and dry and then I put their “furniture” back inside and put in the fresh pine shavings, and some straw for the nest boxes.
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I do this about every six months. I do maintanance every week but that isn’t as intense.

I also broom-swept their porch area, and raked the run,
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and cleaned out Princess’s little crate and put all fresh straw in her nesting spot.
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As you can see, she promptly layed an egg in her new nest!

Two of the other girls also layed eggs in their new nesting material!
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I am going to take that as a thumbs-up (or I should say a “beaks-up”) to my cleaning job!

My butt is kicked. (It was 87 degrees and sunny!)

My lot love coop clean days. They love having everything all clean & sweet smelling. They love to supervise & hate that I lock them out but I have too many tinies to want chickens underfoot ~ particularly when one of them is Olivia! That's a lovely set up you have for them.