New Brahma Group: Blue Partridge x Partridge, Plus Dark

[speckledhen]

Oh that's great new, all of them. That will both sad and relief at the same time. I keep saying I will downsize too, but than I get bored and I miss chicks. I have decided not to add to my goats, rabbits or turkeys anymore, but chickens will go on for a few years yet.

Are your original coops still set up for birds?

The original coop with its 12' addition is not set up for birds anymore, has a lot of stuff we need to have taken away in there, plus a bunch of tools from my dad's estate. It needs to be torn down or renovated. The former bantam coop was not set up anymore, but had our satellite equipment in it. We pressed it back into service after we fixed the plywood on the back that had bowed and let in mice, took all the stuff out, put back the divider wall that separated the coop part from the front storage part, etc. It has the largest group of 11 Brahma chicks in there. The small coop that was the last bantam coop, less than 4x8, was left as a coop for broodies or chicks so it has the four older Brahma boys in it.
All that means that we have the 8x12 (8x8 coop, plus 4x8 storage) with birds and the little coop, plus the steel barn with its seven pens. The #7 pen is actually part of Atlas's pen. The divider wall can be easily removed to take it back to its original 9x8 size, which I plan to do at some point, maybe when Atlas is gone, so I can move Hector in there with his hens.

 

[GrannyHeeney]

Ms Hen , how much travel time is between me and you? I'm about 10 minutes east of Greenville, SC.

 

[speckledhen]

Ms Hen , how much travel time is between me and you? I'm about 10 minutes east of Greenville, SC.

According to Bing Maps, with heavy traffic, about 4 hours. With no traffic, it could be right at 3 hours.

 

[GrannyHeeney]

According to Bing Maps, with heavy traffic, about 4 hours. With no traffic, it could be right at 3 hours.

He'd kill me ROFL

 

[speckledhen]

He'd kill me ROFL

Folks have driven a lot further for what they want, that's for sure. Someone once drove 1900 miles straight through to get 3 dozen Delaware hatching eggs from me. It's true!

 

[speckledhen]

All the extra Brahma chicks are sold and gone now, whew! No matter how much some don't like it, you still need males to reproduce, LOL. So, that's over now. I caught Bash on the pasture-facing game camera's latest download. Hector posed like a supermodel so I had lots of shots of him, both far and close up, but Bash is more modest and doesn't act like a ham.

 

[1muttsfan]

No but look how noble they both look, heads up, watching for danger

 

[speckledhen]

Well, it was inevitable. Brandy is going broody for the 2nd time this year. Her chicks are about 11 weeks old and gone to new homes so she is ready for another go-round. I'm not. Not on your life. Not in this heat. No way. And, since Bonnie's were only a week younger, she'll be right behind Brandy.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I keep breaking hens, one after another, since spring. Some are on their fourth visit to the chicken jail.

 

[speckledhen]

I keep breaking hens, one after another, since spring. Some are on their fourth visit to the chicken jail.

I wish chicken jail worked. They just sit there like they're on eggs anyway. Usually, I snatch them off and mist their undersides with cold water to cool them down, but they rarely just quit. Even MaryJo, who has stopped clucking, is doing it again. I just can't deal with any more chicks now.

And, someone in that barn needs to get their golden ticket to the Great Roost in the Sky. The line is backed up, waiting for takers. They just keep hanging on and as much as I love those old gals, it's really time for some of them, especially the cripples and the ones who have egg issues like poor, sweet old June.

I'm so irritated with my husband. He acts like he's on board and in agreement with a course of action, then.....apathy.....inaction.....lethargy.....nothing. I can't win for losing. I put bright neon orange paint on six or seven dead standing trees to cut in our front area and they still sit with their orange eyes staring at me. All it takes is putting a fresh chain on the saw. I guess I'm stuck doing nothing about anything again until the weather cools down and I can get out there and do things myself. I need to make a list and diagrams and slap it on the fridge for him to see so he sees it every time he opens the fridge. If I can't move from here now, I need to do something to this chaotic place.