Oregon

[LeslieDJoyce]

I've set up a special coop and run for cockerels so I can grow them out a bit before they go to freezer camp. I have an absolutely gorgeous mutt rooster that I almost hate to eat. I think he is part Silver Laced Wyandotte and part Easter Egger ... he weighs a ton! I should have moved him ages ago.

 

[Suzierd]

I've set up a special coop and run for cockerels so I can grow them out a bit before they go to freezer camp. I have an absolutely gorgeous mutt rooster that I almost hate to eat. I think he is part Silver Laced Wyandotte and part Easter Egger ... he weighs a ton! I should have moved him ages ago.

You should put up a picture of him maybe someone will give him a home.

 

[iwanaplae2]

Just wondering what everyone here in Oregon does to get ready for our winter rain and wind. I'm on the coast and this is my first winter having chickens. So far we have put up 2 wooden panels with plastic under the hen house to give the girls some added shelter and added the camo roof to their coop to help keep the rain out.

This is my first winter with chickens so I'm learning as I go. But here's what we have done so far... we built our 4x8 coop 2' off the ground with an attached 8x8 (plus the 2' under the coop) run. The run is framed out, wrapped in chicken wire, and covered with corrugated plastic. That being said, the nasty storms that have moved through left the run area pretty wet. And we found a pretty major leak in the coop roof. So here's what we have done (for now), we nailed and stapled a blue tarp over the coop roof. We have a thick layer of shavings on the coop floor. The wall of the coop that is inside the run has two fairly large vent openings. For whatever reason, the girls insist on dog piling in front of them at night. The latest storms have been blowing rain into these vents... leaving the girls cold and wet. Yet of course they won't move. So we took some of our left over corrugated plastic, placed it over the vent, and screwed it into place. This way it's protected from wind and rain, while still allowing airflow. We also spread straw throughout the run. The girls love scratching through the straw catching all the hiding bugs! And I love not walking through mud lol. I haven't yet, but plan on covering the other coop vents, just not sure with what yet. I want to keep airflow, but restrict rain from getting in. If anyone else has ideas please share.

 

[Fall Chick]

We am in Oregon and we are in search of a companion call duck for our female. Do you know of anyone that has call ducks for sale in the is area (Clackamas County) if so, that would be fantastic~Thank you!! ~Missy

 

[OR4-hmom]

We am in Oregon and we are in search of a companion call duck for our female. Do you know of anyone that has call ducks for sale in the is area (Clackamas County) if so, that would be fantastic~Thank you!! ~Missy

Welcome Missy,
I don't know of anyone down here with calls but you stand a much better chance of finding drake up there. Good luck in your search and again, Welcome.

 

[Fall Chick]

Thanks so much, we will hopefully find one soon

 

[iwanaplae2]

Let the battle for the new pecking order begin! We purchased a new chicken (aprox: 18wks old now) a couple of weeks ago at the poultry swap. We've kept her quarantined until this weekend when we moved her out to the coop with our 12 wk olds. Saturday she spent all day and night in the coop safety in her crate. Yesterday she was let out of the crate by kept in the coop. They all seemed to handle last night together. This morning I let them all out into the run. She immediately tried to take charge over my EE's. But so far my BR (our head chicken) is keeping her in check...for now. We'll see how it goes.

 

[poochell01]

My girls haven't laid in over a week any thoughts?

 

[Zanna]

My girls haven't laid in over a week

any thoughts?

Decreasing day length and/or molt. Also check thorougly for mites/lice. I have a headlamp and I lift their tails and check the vent area after dark.

 

[OR4-hmom]

My girls haven't laid in over a week any thoughts?

With last weeks rains I've had a few rodents in 1 of my coops at night. The girls stress when the rats are on the roosts or rafters at night. A lot of mine are going through their molt also. I also have a skunk that has moved in under one of my other coops.

How old are your birds? Didn't you get them this spring?