Official Squatch Watchers

[MrsMistyReal]

Guess who laid her first egg todayView attachment 1249533

Awesome way to go

 

[MrsMistyReal]

I would be glad to help as well. Hey if you don't mind what kind of budget are you looking at for a coop

100- 200 price range cheap is good medical bills are out of hand

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Yeah but i can't think of anything terrible that may have caused my depression. So i am left with the not enough chemicals in the brain theory.

Possibly weather/ time change does a number on me.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

You know you can ask us questions about building it right?

Even technical questions.

Oh and graph paper is your best friend!
Make a plan, stick to the plan.

Buy materials carefully so no waste and do please ask if you have questions.

An example of careful buying......
Home depot shed siding $35 a 4x8 sheet.
Construction and over buy reseller near me $7 a sheet. Sure some had edge damage but I picked through with an employees help to find several undamaged sheets.

A gallon of paint at Home Depot about 30 bucks.
A gallon of oops paint at home depot 9 bucks.
I have gotten some great colors that way.

Great ideas awesome thank you

 

[CapricornFarm]

Possibly weather/ time change does a number on me.

I have had symptoms of depression since the 1980s.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

My original run was 16x4x6 with 4 regular hens, and they needed more room. My coop is 6x4x6 and was more than enough room. Where we are, invest more thought in a larger run, because that is where they will spend most of their time, especially if you can cover it. That is just my opinion.

Thank you no I appreciate all the advice/ help I can get

 

[MrsMistyReal]

I have had symptoms of depression since the 1980s.

Not menopausal

 

[TexasSam]

Ok bad idea

No it's a great idea

 

[Anansi]

I'm sorry, but you did right by her, Sammy, the only way that it would have been different would have been hand raising and feeding, and the feeding would have been a lifelong process.

I'm one of the few that would be willing to spend that time, but that's because she would have started as a pet, and eggs would be a perk. She would be raised indoors from the start, and had a different lifestyle with more individual attention possible multiple times a day.

Culling is an inherent process for most people with larger flocks, or where breeding is intended. Plus the others would have removed her their way, especially of they deemed her a threat to the safety of the flock, which would have been less humane for her.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

No it's a great idea

Ah yes good phew thanks this is alot of work but lots of fun