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Ha! The wheels are spinning now! He's not good at carpentry but he's an awesome mechanic. Although......my 72yr old mother loooooves building things. I've got her busy building a 4' x 4' raised coop (that she'll paint red with white trim) for 2 birds I'll be getting from Michael. All you have to do is give that woman wood and you won't see her for a week til the project is done lol I don't think she even goes inside to sleep. I think I'll go with either plain sand (for grit) or that Swheat catlitter made from wheat and smells good, it's easily scoopable.
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While my heart won't allow me to cull them I do understand why others do it. We all have our own reasons for keeping chickens. I have an actual need to 'take care' of something, baby it and cuddle it, like Robin does. If my reasons for keeping chickens were only for profit or showing then I would go about their care differently. I know my weakness and I accept them
This little pullet just isn't active with them. Stands off by herself and hardly ate all yesterday/last night. They don't pick on her at all, they lay with her and hang out with her. They haven't forgotten her. As far as the dust? Phfft! We live on a gravel road and I have....(ready for this??)
13 indoor dogs (in the house-not the RV). Granted they're mostly old laid back dogs & are fully housebroken but that's still a lot of dogs to step over. I worked for a vet for many years and took care of 20-50 dogs at work every day. It was so easy coming home to just a dozen. So the dust from 2 chickens? I'm betting I won't even notice it. I had 16 Silkies and the 8 Cochins in the RV until they were 6 wks old (it was too hot out for them to go out). I didn't notice any dust at all until I made the mistake of putting DE in their sand to bathe in. I liked to NEVER get that stuff outa' here.
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I knew I could count on you lmao!! Some chickens just seem to WANT to be with people, others don't. Chicken Larry begs to be picked up and petted, this little girl seems perfectly content in here with me in the RV, plus she eats a ton better in here.
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I've always wondered why it's so acceptable, even desirable, to keep huge Macaws inside. They scream, they throw food, they bite. Why is that acceptable yet I've seen people on other threads get hammered for wanting to keep their chickens inside? My husband (Master Enabler) thinks it's a status thing. Macaws cost $1500 so people think it's 'cool' to have them. Chickens can be had for free so I guess a lot of people don't think chickens are so 'cool'.
But I do
