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Bert looks so comfy!

It sounds like he's integrating into the main flock well. So, is he actually mating or just courting at this point? He seems like such a big guy, would it be harmful like a standard roo mating with a bantam hen??

Are you concerned about those turkey vultures?
 
Bert looks so comfy!

It sounds like he's integrating into the main flock well. So, is he actually mating or just courting at this point? He seems like such a big guy, would it be harmful like a standard roo mating with a bantam hen??

Are you concerned about those turkey vultures?


I really never thought about his size being a problem. Hmmmm. I need to think about that....

I plan to mate him with my Dixie rainbows which are pretty good size themselves. I am not sure what would happen if he mounted his GF the white rock, she is so small.


Rhett, he is going to be moved to roosting on a wood chip bag soon, I need the feed he is on.
 
Can I ask for some advice?
DH and I built a coop this winter and finished it the end of December. We (I) made a mistake in thinking the 2 windows we put in were what everyone refers to as ventilation. Obviously, we now know there is a difference and need to modify it. (read: take hack saw out to cut holes in coop)
The coop is 12x16 with a window on the east and west sides with the door on the south. The interior has a vaulted ceiling so not a flat ceiling.
So my question to everyone is should we go with roof venting or go with on the wall/side venting? If we go with side/wall venting do we go on the same sides as the windows or do we go on the peaks on the opposite ends? If roof vents do we go with one on each roof peak or two on one side? OR do we buy a fan type vent and put it in the peak part of wall? I know, I know, we botched the build with out venting but we are going to fix it and don't know what would be best. What type of venting would be best suited for our bitterly cold winters but work efficiently?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the matter. Sorry for my ignorance! We are still learning!
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I have a vaulted peak too. Ventilation for those types are best in a roof vent with whirly type venting pipe. The singl slant roof does the best from my after thought research with moisture and venting out at the high wall.
 
I have a vaulted ceiling also, I have a couple vents in the roof, not enough.

I have the top of the gable ends, helps lots still not enough. I have plexi-glass over the 3 windows but I leave one chicken door (the one going to the covered run) open 24/7 to help bring in colder air. I am going to have less chickens in it next year. One of my roosters lost so much of his single comb he looks like a rose comb now.

I am going to have more ventilation next year in every coop. The birds outside did better for frostbite than those inside. It is a live and earn thing for me. I like the idea of the open vaulted ceiling for the birds to roost in and it I a tad warmer, but the moisture stinks, However, some of the moisture problems occurred during the warm wet time and not the cold.
 
I SUGGEST THAT THOSE HAVING EGG PRODUCTION PROBLEMS WITH THEIR HENS DO THIS. GATHER THEM AROUND AND EXPLAIN THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO LAY ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY THAT DON'T THEN CONFORM ASK THEM THEIR THOUGHTS REGARDING CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS ?
 
Bert survived just fine last night, He even managed to roost, sort of. He climbed up on a feed sack and spend the night, When I came out this morning he jumped down. I thought it was an earthquake but it was just Bert jumping down. I told Bert not to jump because he could break his legs. I am pretty sure he understood me. I then told him the sad tale of Ed's brother flying into a wall, breaking his neck and becoming fish food. I think that scared the bejesus out of him and he will be more careful.




As soon as I looked one of the hens growled at me. I did not even make a move towards the nest and she was mad at me!. Trying to help Bert get over his mourning for Mrs Bert, I advised him not to get mixed up with the grouchy one.


I have a "redneck" chicken yard. I have pick up toppers and Pallets leaning against each other, I have old deck railing leaning on each other to make chicken ladders and places for the birds to hide in case of eagles.

I looked in the coop, one grouchy hen sitting in the same nest still, chewing me out for looking at her. I think she may have PMS, Which in hens is bad because everyday is the day before ovulation. No Bert, I looked in the pen, No Bert. I had seen an eagle fly over an hour earlier and kicked the dogs out to eat chicken poop and protect the source of said poop.




(edited a ton of times to add all the "L's that did not type the first time, since the pea soup spillage incident.
I have a sticky space bar...so I get a lot of interesting compound words.

I can just see Bert out there in their Chicken yard trying to find his way in the new order. He's getting along isn't he. Bless him....
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Here are my favorite parts of @duluthralphie 's latest installment of the "Young and the Roostless"
I have a sticky space bar...so I get a lot of interesting compound words.

I can just see Bert out there in their Chicken yard trying to find his way in the new order. He's getting along isn't he. Bless him....
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Bert seems to be getting along fine, but Bert is not very aggressive. I did see he had a small drop of blood behind his comb last night, I assume Nameless wanted to prove he is boss. Nameless is a half a step from becoming headless. Now that I have Ed, Ole, Bert and Ernie, I do not need nameless as much as I did.

You failed to tell us how your space bar got sticky.... enquiring minds want to know.


My Hens like chicken and dumplings EJB as long as they are not the chicken in the dumplings they will eat it...They eat anything.
 

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