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Chickassan said:
Chick snuggler?
Dibs on that job iv'e been training. :D
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:woot They need training/taming for sure!

Hubs wants these chicks to be tamer than the others.....:hmm....
The others all listen to me, come to me, are able to be handled by me. :confused:
For example this morning hubs walked to the pen with me so I could get his input on the duck digging project. Rudy was being Rudy....I said "Rudy HUSH". She hushed......what exactly he is wanting I don't know.
 
21hens-incharge said:
:woot They need training/taming for sure!

Hubs wants these chicks to be tamer than the others.....:hmm....
The others all listen to me, come to me, are able to be handled by me. :confused:
For example this morning hubs walked to the pen with me so I could get his input on the duck digging project. Rudy was being Rudy....I said "Rudy HUSH". She hushed......what exactly he is wanting I don't know.
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Maybe you need house chickens!
 
Lol, he does realise there is a limit on how tame they're capable of being?
You getting Rudy to hush is nothing short of a miracle so he's kind of getting top notch taming as it is.
But at least he isn't moping about being replaced by a chicken like mine.
Jerry has sparked some jealousy, can't be helped he's a natural don juan. ;)
21hens-incharge said:
:woot They need training/taming for sure!

Hubs wants these chicks to be tamer than the others.....:hmm....
The others all listen to me, come to me, are able to be handled by me. :confused:
For example this morning hubs walked to the pen with me so I could get his input on the duck digging project. Rudy was being Rudy....I said "Rudy HUSH". She hushed......what exactly he is wanting I don't know.
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I've created a monster...
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This is Merida. She got a terrible eye infection that I could not cure. She is blind. I got another medication for her to clear her eyes up so have her in the house. Clearly lonely I started bringing her in the house and now we snuggle on the couch daily. She purrs and nozzles my neck while we nap.
 
Chickassan said:
Lol, he does realise there is a limit on how tame they're capable of being?
You getting Rudy to hush is nothing short of a miracle so he's kind of getting top notch taming as it is.
But at least he isn't moping about being replaced by a chicken like mine.
Jerry has sparked some jealousy, can't be helped he's a natural don juan. ;)
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I know right!!
Rudy is a trip. She does hear "shush" about a hundred times a day lol.

Shoot Crooky was in the peppers pecking away at what was a beautiful orange pepper. I opened the kitchen window and said her name followed by "You WILL fit in a crock pot. Get out of my peppers!". She hopped out and shot me stink eye......I call that pretty well trained/tamed.

So.....channel is dug and gutter is in place.....now for decisions and more digging.

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Inside the run. That frame us not attached yet so I will center it better before I call it good.
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Outside the run. Only a foot sticks out.

It has a good drop in height so water flows well.
Now to decide if I want to backfill with top soil so I can slope it well to the gutter, add plastic, add leaf guards (to keep stones out of gutter) and top with rock. Alternatively putting rock then plastic then more rock.....

Outside the run.....it is 5.5' to the property line fence. I will have to dig quite a deep trench if I want to keep that slope going......I am thinking of digging a wallow at the end of the gutter and filling with stones. Don't worry I will fix my predator proofing when I have drainage done.

Oh and stink eye....
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Yeah.....she had enough of me and went inside where Webster followed her to guide her back to the group.
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The barn yard is fed and watered. Came in for a cooling break. Wet and dirty, as usual. I looked at the polish I had shipped to me as chicks. Looks like more than half are cockerels. But I got lucky with the Jubilee Orpingtons I ordered at the same time, looks like only one cockerel so far!
 

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