My TSC did have brown Leghorns, but they were straight-run, so I didn't bother, as the roos wouldn't be worth the bother except for soup fixings. Had they been pullets, I would have snapped some up, as everybody goes nuts for the huge white eggs.DH has been hoping that they would get some brown leghorns in at TSC. We call all 3 of the stores near us each week, so far none.
We would like a few more white egg layers.
Oh, and it has a hardware cloth skirt that's ingrown deep into the dirt AND an attached run. No way the run will hold up if he tries to move it. Feathers,ohhhh the mental picture of the top - heavy coop behind your jeep.
My husband took a large wagon that he made into a blind down the very steep back hill with his four wheeler. He won't let me post the picture, but it ended up on it's side but thank God the four wheeler and my husband were ok. This was after I had mentioned what a baaaaad idea it was. I have to say that he took the whole incident well and he has never done that again. Worse, he had to go to the neighbor to get help to set it back upright. Neighbor brought a tractor.
Leghorns are good and I should not mention that I will be in Albany the end of next month. Anyhoooooooo - I am sure you will get that coop moved and girls will settle in and away from the road.
I spent this lovely day pushing pills for The Man - pfft on working on nice days.It's supposed to be in the high 70s on Wednesday when I am off, though, so there is that. I hope so, as I want to hoe out the eighteen metric tons of shavings and hay that have accumulated in the coop over the winter. The floor of the "playroom" side of the coop is so deeply covered that the lazier girls have taken to hollowing out little depressions in it to use as nests instead of bothering to schlep their fat backsides up to the nest boxes. Granted, were I one of them I'd probably do the same thing, as all that litter is softer than the hay-lined boxes, but still, it's like having an Easter egg hunt every day.
That's how most of mine look too. It kept things reasonably warm, though, so it'll be worth all the shoveling.I've been doing this a little at a time, as I have three coops to do. I am amazed how clean the shavings look after 5 months of 'deep litter'. Guess I must have put too much in cause when piled up outside they look almost clean.
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That's how most of mine look too. It kept things reasonably warm, though, so it'll be worth all the shoveling.
I did notice today that my boys' frostbitten combs are looking great. Two of them have no evidence of damage at all anymore, and Rosco, my boy who got it the worst, is almost completely healed up - he didn't even lose his tips. Hooray for Bag Balm!
