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Updates from our chickens for tonight..

Henrietta, a white leghorn, is playing broody today. She was sitting on eggs and pecked me and growled when I took them. I didn't think a leghorn remotely had broody instincts.

And I got a pullet egg!! It came from my coop of younger pullets which surprised me. There is Rhode Island reds, BAs, and rainbows. My money is on the rainbows. It almost has an olive tinge to it... A BA egg for reference.
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Super Happy the girls went in their new big run today I finally got the tops and sides all done, I cut and weaved everything all corners,seems and everything that looked like it needed it.. It is like Fort Knox... Just have to do the underground portion... anything that gets into the coop and run deserves to have a chicken dinner..The only damage i did to my body today was wire down into my cutical OMG that hurt...and i was cutting across the roll of wire and it was rolling back up I said to myself DONT cut that last wire AND what did i do...yep cut it anyways snapped loose from the roll as it was curving into a roll it caught my leg and yep cut right down my leg...RRRGGGG no one to blame but myself...cant wait till its done.. i have been damaged doing this thing...but a end is in site...
 
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KlopKlop said:
Updates from our chickens for tonight..

Henrietta, a white leghorn, is playing broody today. She was sitting on eggs and pecked me and growled when I took them. I didn't think a leghorn remotely had broody instincts.

And I got a pullet egg!! It came from my coop of younger pullets which surprised me. There is Rhode Island reds, BAs, and rainbows. My money is on the rainbows. It almost has an olive tinge to it... A BA egg for reference.
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Klopper, My Grandparents had leghorns way back in the 50's when I was a wee lad. The only replacement chicks they got were from broody leghorns. We ate leghorns roosters at about 24 weeks. Of course back then about 24 weeks meant whatever size they were in about mid October was 24 weeks.


Rhetts I feel your frustration I have been there.

The three S' are something to never forget when dealing with Canines.
 
Coffee 1st said:
Super Happy the girls went in their new big run todayI finally got the tops and sides all done, I cut and weaved everything all corners,seems and everything that looked like it needed it.. It is like Fort Knox... Just have to do the underground portion... anything that gets into the coop and run deserves to have a chicken dinner..The only damage i did to my body today was wire down into my cutical OMG that hurt...and i was cutting across the roll of wire and it was rolling back up I said to myself DONT cut that last wire AND what did i do...yep cut it anyways snapped loose from the roll as it was curving into a roll it caught my leg and yep cut right down my leg...RRRGGGG no one to blame but myself...cant wait till its gone.. i have been damaged doing this thing...but a end is in site...
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Sounds like you did well, Wire cuts are just an expected occurrence when fencing. Never say anything deserves to eat them, a weasel could take you up on that. They go through Fort Knox coops like a hot knife through butter.
 
Coffee 1st said:
Super Happy the girls went in their new big run todayI finally got the tops and sides all done, I cut and weaved everything all corners,seems and everything that looked like it needed it.. It is like Fort Knox... Just have to do the underground portion... anything that gets into the coop and run deserves to have a chicken dinner..The only damage i did to my body today was wire down into my cutical OMG that hurt...and i was cutting across the roll of wire and it was rolling back up I said to myself DONT cut that last wire AND what did i do...yep cut it anyways snapped loose from the roll as it was curving into a roll it caught my leg and yep cut right down my leg...RRRGGGG no one to blame but myself...cant wait till its gone.. i have been damaged doing this thing...but a end is in site...
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Blood sweat and tears... That's what makes it worth it in the end!

duluthralphie said:
Klopper,    My Grandparents had leghorns way back in the 50's when I was a wee lad. The only replacement chicks they got were from broody leghorns.   We ate leghorns roosters at about 24 weeks.   Of course back then about 24 weeks  meant whatever size they were in about mid October was 24 weeks.


Rhetts I feel your frustration I have been there. 

The three S'  are something to never forget when dealing with Canines.
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I think these are production strain. Probably quite different than birds of your childhood unfortunately. They are friendly though.
 

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