MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

A long video of last night's relaxed roosting.

 

[RoyalChick]

A long video of last night's relaxed roosting.

Love the stump-ramp back and forth!
Also the chattering.

 

[Shadrach]

A long video of last night's relaxed roosting.

They use the ramp a bit like the field lot use the extension roost bar.

 

[MaryJanet]

Love the stump-ramp back and forth!
Also the chattering.

The stump is a very handy holding platform

 

[MaryJanet]

They use the ramp a bit like the field lot use the extension roost bar.

Back and forth, queuing up, gotta get up but gotta respect the aunties ...

The youngsters' perch is a new one we put in on Saturday. Flat, with all the sharp corners and edges sanded off. The natural branch wasn't working out. Too much squabbling over who got the high spot and too much crowding in the low spot.

 

[MaryJanet]

Watching that video again, I'm very satisfied with the non-slip under the ramp cleats which I put in several months ago. So far, it's held up quite well against the elements. It's the type of non-slip many people use in their cutlery trays. And I'm very satisfied with the width of the ramp, which gives two hens enough space to pass each other without incident. At one point Mary went up as Peggy came down and neither was knocked off course.

 

[MaryJanet]

Today the youngsters learned about chilled grapes. They found it very exciting!

The Tomboy hasn't been crowing at all during the daytime, but he's very loud at sunrise. Not sure how much more time I can give him.

 

[BDutch]

Not sure how much more time I can give him.

Maybe talk to the neighbours and ask them to give a sign if he is annoying them? That’s probably the best you can do in your circumstance.

 

[MaryJanet]

Maybe talk to the neighbours and ask them to give a sign if he is annoying them? That’s probably the best you can do in your circumstance.

They're hard to catch. I think I'm going to make his appointment. I can always cancel it

 

[Shadrach]

I'm very satisfied with the non-slip under the ramp cleats which I put in several months ago.

So you should be. It's big improvement over what I have at the field and I really should sort the field ramp out.