MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Does anyone else have spinning profile pics? Is it an April Fools Day thing? If so, it's a day late in Australia.

 

[MaryJanet]

Does anyone else have spinning profile pics? Is it an April Fools Day thing? If so, it's a day late in Australia.

Oh. It's stopped! Good.

 

[BDutch]

Does anyone else have spinning profile pics? Is it an April Fools Day thing? If so, it's a day late in Australia.

Yes , one of the BYC managers told in another thread the turning profile pics were an April fools thing. The time slot didn’t match in Europe either.

My chickens were helping too yesterday, when I was splitting and replanting crocuses in the garden. Covered the fresh soil with a piece of fence to give the separated a chance.
BTW crocuses are great in a free range garden, bc the chickens don’t eat them.

 

[MaryJanet]

Yes , one of the BYC managers told in another thread the turning profile pics were an April fools thing. The time slot didn’t match in Europe either.

My chickens were helping too yesterday, when I was splitting and replanting crocuses in the garden. Covered the fresh soil with a piece of fence to give the separated a chance.
BTW crocuses are great in a free range garden, bc the chickens don’t eat them.

Good to know! I'll keep that in mind.

 

[MaryJanet]

I've just come inside from de-pooping the quarantine coop, topping up the feeders and refreshing the waters.

Today, the pullets drank what I consider to be a reasonable quantity of water, 1.5 cups between the three of them, instead of the 1.5 litres they drank on their first night. And they ate a reasonable quantity of feed too, 2 cups of pullet pellets instead of 4.

It's turned out that pullet pellets are everyone's favourite, with layer pellets in second place and crumbles last of all.

I also put a second sawhorse in there for them and I hope it will lead to less pecking at roosting time.

 

[ChaosMom]

I like her self-talk

I got this. Yep. I got this. Come on. Jump. No. Sums. Sums. I got this. Yep. Yep. Yep. Ready. Measure again. Sums. Cross checks. Conditions. I got this. Yep. Ready. And. 3 2 1... WHO MOVED THE BEAM!! THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

Self-affirmations for hens!!

 

[MaryJanet]

In case anyone's interested in checking the quarantine routine, here's a description.

The hens are confined to the big run and the pullets are confined to a separate coop six metres away. People who have followed the thread for a long time will know these as the Funrun and the Big Coop.

I do my chores for the hens before sunset and I do my chores for the pullets after dark, often with my own dinner in between.

I use different gardening clogs for each environment and I wash my hands immediately after doing anything with the pullets. The clothes I wear when working with the pullets go into the dirty clothes basket and I have a shower.

I think these measures will prevent any contamination from pullets to hens, but if you can see a problem in that routine, please say so.

 

[RoyalChick]

In case anyone's interested in checking the quarantine routine, here's a description.

The hens are confined to the big run and the pullets are confined to a separate coop six metres away. People who have followed the thread for a long time will know these as the Funrun and the Big Coop.

I do my chores for the hens before sunset and I do my chores for the pullets after dark, often with my own dinner in between.

I use different gardening clogs for each environment and I wash my hands immediately after doing anything with the pullets. The clothes I wear when working with the pullets go into the dirty clothes basket and I have a shower.

I think these measures will prevent any contamination from pullets to hens, but if you can see a problem in that routine, please say so.

Sounds very thorough.

 

[BY Bob]

I've started making a small run out of puppy play pen panels for the pullets. It'll be around the quarantine coop and the older hens will remain in their big run, so there shouldn't be any contamination.

I hope to finish this project today, along with a second sawhorse that I hope will reduce pecking at roosting time.

I'd love to see photos when you are done.

 

[MaryJanet]

I'd love to see photos when you are done.

It's taking longer to set up the run because I decided to do a few magnet sweeps first. I did one sweep last night and picked up enough to fill a dustpan. I'll do a few more sweeps before allowing access by the pullets.

But I gave them a second sawhorse last night. I placed Bernadette on the new, slightly higher sawhorse and she stayed there.