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one thing i learned doing wild bird rescue, birds notoriously hate change- oddly my cochins and ee's are the smartest of the group- the older ones i guess are more set in their ways- give us the old, leaky stinky coop over the taj mahal! sheesh! now your chicks its all so new to them... have you tried just taking the time when fresh litter is down, to just sit on the floor in the coop so they can see mom knows its safe? just a thought

I looked at her backside real well after I got her clean, didn't see any sign of critters at all. Or does Dawn do the same thing for mites it does for fleas? Then I ran around like a mad woman wee looking at everybody's butt, glad I don't live close to anyone and that they all work during the daytime...

dawn will kill parasites for a bit, i found one of the best ways to get mite eggs off is smear skin-so-soft on them and they peel right off!
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yep i do butt checks and all the routine things, the new coop should be better in that the coop is a metal shed, so all i need to do is make sure i soak down the roosts to keep the mites away... i hope!...
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course we live on ten acres shared with the inlaws and no one around here notices anything, unless its dogs going after cattle​
 
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Thelma and Louise, my two beautiful but stuborn Partridge Cochin hens still insist on roosting on the coop's roof at dusk! Their rooster goes inside to the soft grass lined nesting boxes every night without them. Now the backup Mille Fleur rooster that shares their pen this winter is joining the two girls on the roof. If he thinks the will earn him any favors, forget it, the Partridge roo is still the boss.

i think i wouldn't get any sleep at nite knowing they were up there! its bad enough with the guineas in the trees! silly cochins.... they really at times can be quite dense... our 2 partridge pullets - rusty and cocoa - walk around calling each other if they lose site of their buddy- they should have been named moaning myrtle!

nite guys- am heading to that pillow calling my name
 
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Thelma and Louise, my two beautiful but stuborn Partridge Cochin hens still insist on roosting on the coop's roof at dusk! Their rooster goes inside to the soft grass lined nesting boxes every night without them. Now the backup Mille Fleur rooster that shares their pen this winter is joining the two girls on the roof. If he thinks the will earn him any favors, forget it, the Partridge roo is still the boss.

i think i wouldn't get any sleep at nite knowing they were up there! its bad enough with the guineas in the trees! silly cochins.... they really at times can be quite dense... our 2 partridge pullets - rusty and cocoa - walk around calling each other if they lose site of their buddy- they should have been named moaning myrtle!

nite guys- am heading to that pillow calling my name

The pen has a sun screen type tarp roof but it doesn't stop the rain. Silly girls, I guess they are ok in most weather. I put them in the coop at dusk if it gets cold or rainy but it sure would be nice if they could figure it out themselves.
- Thelma on a perch during the day-
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I think they are so pretty.
 
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Joe - I checked my calendar once I got home, and it looks like December 11th is the Saturday I'm headed to Shawnee. I need to meet up with BetsyOK and Greybear23 if they are both there.

Donnie - If you're going to Shawnee on the 11th, I can bring the White Orp to you there. Will that work?
 
Morning Okie's, hope there will be some chatter today like yesterday, I have to run my son to the doc but then will be putting in a long day at the office. My ceilings will be painted today~ I am ready to paint wall's when I get home.
 
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