I finished the poop sling today. I mounted two dowels in the coop and made a sling. I got this great waterproof canvas on sale at JoAnn's. Yes Primrose is in the nesting box. She is not broody and not laying. She hides there at night and they poop on her back and in the nesting boxes. No more! They can't see her or peck her and no more poop back.
Primrose has a good chicken mommy!
I finished the poop sling today. I mounted two dowels in the coop and made a sling. I got this great waterproof canvas on sale at JoAnn's. Yes Primrose is in the nesting box. She is not broody and not laying. She hides there at night and they poop on her back and in the nesting boxes. No more! They can't see her or peck her and no more poop back.
Great idea!
Poop sling worked great last night. No poop at all on Prim or in the nest boxes.
I only got 3 eggs yesterday, figured it was the thunderstorm that caused them to not lay, had 3 eggs by 8 AM and six for the day, I wonder what to expect tomorrow after I harvested 4 of their flock mates, the 4 mean Roos are gone, only Bossman left of the original bunch, he is a gentleman Roo, never takes a feather out of a hen and when he gets near them, they just melt and invite him to mount and this is more than one time a day for each hen, it only took 5 minutes for things to settle out when they went to roos, usually it would take 30 minutes and the yard was so calm this evening, no squabling, no fighting and no rooster fights, you had to see them to know they were there, what a difference a machetie makes when it is used wisely, I skinned and gutted them ole roos and iced them down in ice chest to finish latter, took all of an hour to process them. I think the hens were happy the trouble makers were removed, I know i AM
I only got 3 eggs yesterday, figured it was the thunderstorm that caused them to not lay, had 3 eggs by 8 AM and six for the day, I wonder what to expect tomorrow after I harvested 4 of their flock mates, the 4 mean Roos are gone, only Bossman left of the original bunch, he is a gentleman Roo, never takes a feather out of a hen and when he gets near them, they just melt and invite him to mount and this is more than one time a day for each hen, it only took 5 minutes for things to settle out when they went to roos, usually it would take 30 minutes and the yard was so calm this evening, no squabling, no fighting and no rooster fights, you had to see them to know they were there, what a difference a machetie makes when it is used wisely, I skinned and gutted them ole roos and iced them down in ice chest to finish latter, took all of an hour to process them. I think the hens were happy the trouble makers were removed, I know i AM
