Anyone want to come lay flooring with me next weekend? In PLATTSBURGH??? OMG, can you say Cooooold?
Stony, the reason I say "draft free" is because I put all ages out there at the same time. If Tough o' bird decides to get chicks, she will be able to put them in the coop sooner if it is draft free. But, yes, all birds can stand a little wind....I fall back on my question of "has anyone ever seen a song bird or crow fall out of a tree dead in the winter?" Nope. Why? Cuz birds are wearing a down coat and were made by God to withstand the elements.
Now Rancher, that is some security force you have in your coop. I may have to resort to such things myself, cuz remodeling Ray's rental property is killing my back. (Please don't tell him, he thinks I'm made of stone and can do anything. I don't want him to find out I need him for the strength stuff. I just take longer to get it done than he does. Like 5 minutes to open a stuck paint can lid) I just have to get my wagon in the back of the car and take it to my brother to repair the broken weld. Then I'll be in business. Now I am buying one bag at a time and just carrying one scoop a day from the big side, where I store it, to the small side of the coop.
Anyone want a Silkie? She's dead meat if she doesn't stop eating the eggs some of the hens lay in "HER SPOT". She's white. Her face is yellow. I *wonder* how it got that color? I wouldn't give anyone an egg eater. Just kidding. I AM going to throw her back into the small side. Those evil bantams won't let her get away with anything.
I got a chicken hook for christmas. Now I didn't know they made chicken hooks, so I never asked for a chicken hook. The other day I let the birds out for a stroll. Ray had made several paths to several buildings with the snow blower, so they had places they could go without stepping in that evil white stuff. They GOT LOST. I went out to close the coop and 1/2 the flock was up by the cars in the semi-dark. They couldn't figure out how to get back to the coop. They could SEE It, but couldn't figure how to get there without stepping in snow. Soooo that chicken hook I didn't know I wanted was put to use, snagging their legs and carrying them back to the coop. Several followed me. Smart birds, they get a gold star. I scared a couple, so they took off flying and made it to the wood pile. Snagged them out of the deeply drifted snow there. (Did I meantion I got a kick a** pair of barn boots too?) Once they were all in the coop I had to turn on a light for them to eat and drink, since I had no idea how long they had been stuck by the cars, lost, looking for non-exsistant food sources among the stones. Silly, silly birds. They haven't come up to the house since that day. Not necessarily a bad thing, since they poop on the deck and that bothers Ray, alot. I guess he is thinking of summer and bare feet. LOL
Stony, the reason I say "draft free" is because I put all ages out there at the same time. If Tough o' bird decides to get chicks, she will be able to put them in the coop sooner if it is draft free. But, yes, all birds can stand a little wind....I fall back on my question of "has anyone ever seen a song bird or crow fall out of a tree dead in the winter?" Nope. Why? Cuz birds are wearing a down coat and were made by God to withstand the elements.
Now Rancher, that is some security force you have in your coop. I may have to resort to such things myself, cuz remodeling Ray's rental property is killing my back. (Please don't tell him, he thinks I'm made of stone and can do anything. I don't want him to find out I need him for the strength stuff. I just take longer to get it done than he does. Like 5 minutes to open a stuck paint can lid) I just have to get my wagon in the back of the car and take it to my brother to repair the broken weld. Then I'll be in business. Now I am buying one bag at a time and just carrying one scoop a day from the big side, where I store it, to the small side of the coop.
Anyone want a Silkie? She's dead meat if she doesn't stop eating the eggs some of the hens lay in "HER SPOT". She's white. Her face is yellow. I *wonder* how it got that color? I wouldn't give anyone an egg eater. Just kidding. I AM going to throw her back into the small side. Those evil bantams won't let her get away with anything.
I got a chicken hook for christmas. Now I didn't know they made chicken hooks, so I never asked for a chicken hook. The other day I let the birds out for a stroll. Ray had made several paths to several buildings with the snow blower, so they had places they could go without stepping in that evil white stuff. They GOT LOST. I went out to close the coop and 1/2 the flock was up by the cars in the semi-dark. They couldn't figure out how to get back to the coop. They could SEE It, but couldn't figure how to get there without stepping in snow. Soooo that chicken hook I didn't know I wanted was put to use, snagging their legs and carrying them back to the coop. Several followed me. Smart birds, they get a gold star. I scared a couple, so they took off flying and made it to the wood pile. Snagged them out of the deeply drifted snow there. (Did I meantion I got a kick a** pair of barn boots too?) Once they were all in the coop I had to turn on a light for them to eat and drink, since I had no idea how long they had been stuck by the cars, lost, looking for non-exsistant food sources among the stones. Silly, silly birds. They haven't come up to the house since that day. Not necessarily a bad thing, since they poop on the deck and that bothers Ray, alot. I guess he is thinking of summer and bare feet. LOL
