Mothers day gift

[AtRendeAcres]

Buying a older chicken you want to look at vent for age & BUGS! (most people have bugs & don't know) for mites you have to look real close in between feathers

I think there is a picture in the book "Living with Chickens" of what the vent should look like if they just started laying verses over year! look for it in library or feed store!

my opinion kids will bond better to chicks
I have a 3 year old grand daughter (gets very excited coming over grandmas)

she is not aloud to handle any chickens while they are brooding because, they are babies (of course we do when she is not around: more they are held tamer they will be)

6 weeks they have tripled their size, are stronger done brooding (at this point we let her sit & play with them 1/2 hour a day & each week we add time)

When kids come over they look at my silkies & other bantams but, they pick-up & play with my standard Cochin & Brahmas!

I guess they want something they can wrap their arms around & carry all over!!! These 2 breeds are real melow & I think they love the attention the more they get the more they want!

Joanne

 

[bigmike&nan]

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I hope you don't mind me being nosey, I used to live in Pacifica, California until I moved across country to be with My Bride - WHERE are you located ??

I think your coop is GREAT. I am wanting to build the wife a 2nd coop so we can have some Bantam Cochins... Yours gives me ideas to show my carpenter inclined neighbor.

Welcome to BYC by the way !!

Michael (of BigMike&Nan)

 

[gavinp]

I live in Monterey, which you probably already know is around 2 hours south of Pacifica. Nice place to live, and like I said we are close to a lot of farm land, so there are no shortage of places to get chickens. I got the idea for the design by looking at posts on this site. I have a bit more to do before it's ready for chickens. My neighbor had chickens and one night the foxes dug under their coop and killed them all. I guess they didn't realize where that saying "smart as a fox" came from. As for the "Bugs" I am going to have to do a little more research on this, it's the first I have heard of this. Thanks for the info!

 

[teenieborch]

Ditto on starting with chicks. Just be a responsible parent and set out the rules from the get-go. No holding baby chicks till they are bigger.

Our neighbors started withchicks when their kids were 1 and 4. The kids were intrigued at first then let it go.

You are the one who will become addicted to holding them!

Have fun, nice coop.