Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Sueg4332]

Most Ingenious Chicken Design
I made nets for the top of my chicken kennels out of bail twine. It takes alot of twine and time. Was caring for elder mother and had time.. This one was 6 X 12 when finished. you just fold the twine in half , make a loop so you can attach it to your kennel or fence . On chain link you go thur each section. When you get the stings on the fence you just macrama them together. (tie knots) each sting make about 15 or 16 inches of length. just add another row of strings to make another section.
I make them on a fence now and hang them over the pen when finished.

 

[crazyeggs]

I have a quick question. I sent Laree a pm with my changes and it has not been updated. I know she is probably very busy.. What do I do?? Should I fill out the form again and have her erase the first one or do I wait patiently to see if the changes are made

I want to be included in the contests but the first form I filled out did not have the number I set.

Edited to say if I had finished reading the 30 pages I was behind this question would be irrelevant as I just read her post that she was trying to catch up.

 

[CayuseRanch]

I know laree has been busy based on earlier post. We are missing about 75 people on the spreadsheet and several people posted twice.

 

[wolftracks]

I just set 21 more eggs. Can I add those to my total? It;s no big deal if not. My neighbor asked me to set 9 Game eggs for him and I was saving eggs for Sunnydawn, but she can't safely get over the pass, so I figured I'd put those in too. I'll save closer to when I know she'll be here.

 

[wolftracks]

I know laree has been busy based on earlier post. We are missing about 75 people on the spreadsheet and several people posted twice.

I can't get mine to go through. I'm so frustrated.

 

[wolftracks]

I just set 21 more eggs. Can I add those to my total? It;s no big deal if not. My neighbor asked me to set 9 Game eggs for him and I was saving eggs for Sunnydawn, but she can't safely get over the pass, so I figured I'd put those in too. I'll save closer to when I know she'll be here.

????

I think I may be able to get this stupid form to work for me. We'll see.

I still may be setting quail, but I guess this 21 eggs is a no, so I'll just leave them off.

 

[chick-among-us]

Most Ingenious Chicken Design Contest entry for me is our brooder Deb rescued this from a local auction house it WAS an outdoor barbecue pit....crazy huh? used to cook em ....now is home for them... it looked nothing like this when we bought it for 20 bucks...it had a bottom brace ,which Deb made the bottom or floor of the brooder ....We decided on a baby nursery theme...and my son picked out the colors, deb designed,modified and closed it in and I decorated and painted it. So here it is our nearly seven foot long baby brooder in some of the pics you can see the GREEN house brooder where they go when they first hatch then at about a week or so they go into the big kid brooder....easy to clean you just scoop out shavings with a dust pan.The light can be lowered or raised for less or more heat and we even change out lights to lower wattage on bulbs for older babies...the little shelves make storing things easy and convenient

"All Things Grow with faith and love" little chicks parade up and doen the ledges...and all over the words...they are hot glued on

 

[chick-among-us]

can I enter more than one design thing? like a feeder or just one thing?

 

[ragerkid2]

Most Ingenious Chicken Design Contest entry for me is our brooder Deb rescued this from a local auction house it WAS an outdoor barbecue pit....crazy huh? used to cook em ....now is home for them... it looked nothing like this when we bought it for 20 bucks...it had a bottom brace ,which Deb made the bottom or floor of the brooder ....We decided on a baby nursery theme...and my son picked out the colors, deb designed,modified and closed it in and I decorated and painted it. So here it is our nearly seven foot long baby brooder in some of the pics you can see the GREEN house brooder where they go when they first hatch then at about a week or so they go into the big kid brooder....easy to clean you just scoop out shavings with a dust pan.The light can be lowered or raised for less or more heat and we even change out lights to lower wattage on bulbs for older babies...the little shelves make storing things easy and convenient

"All Things Grow with faith and love" little chicks parade up and doen the ledges...and all over the words...they are hot glued on

That is sooooooooooo soooooo sooooo sooooo soooo super awesome!!! I love it!

 

[craz e laid e]

Well...I have an unpleasant experience to share.

In the last month since she finished her molt, my polish hen developed a nasty case of mites in her crest, and I brought her in to put some Ivermectin on her. I already had her in my hands, right?

Wrong. Always treat the chicken outside.

I dumped her drops of Ivermectin in her crest as I parted it to get to skin, and then let go to put the lid on while she placidly sat in my lap (she's one of the calmest, cuddliest chickens I have, and that's saying a lot, because mine are all teddy bears).

Then she shook.

I was covered in mites. They had begun running for the hills already and when she shook they went flying all over me...and my mudroom, I imagine.

I pitched her out the back door and ran for the shower.

Made me itch, just to think about it!