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[jennjenn6]

Those chicks are so so so cute

 

[cooped up]

MAN!!! Rain,rain go away....chicken math might be in store when I put a cover over my run.

 

[Barnmaradotte]

Just heard on the radio, down here in Eugene, we just broke the rain record for the month of march. Over 10 inches.

 

[Oregon Blues]

Seriously. We aren't supposed to get rain on this side of the mountains.

The duck pens are absolutely disgusting. I've got the NPIP inspector coming out on Tuesday and I hope he doesn't turn me in for animal abuse. The ducks are a muddy mess. But happy, I must add.

Ducks love rain and mud. I'm not so delighted about it.

 

[cooped up]

I'm sure PDX broke the record also, I put my 7 wk old ba's in the grow out pen. They probably will be OK,but can't help worrying a little. I'll put them to roost for hte first couple of nights.

 

[oregonboy1974]

i would love to do that but we have had so much rain the chicken run looks like a cranberry bog

 

[jennjenn6]

This rain is making me crazy as well! I'm a "newbie" and my youngin's are about 5 weeks now and wanting to get OUT! They have been in the coop from the beginning with their heat lamps and growing so fast. When I open the back door my one australorp that has grown the fastest keeps trying to fly out, lol.

I can't finish their run until I get a few dry days! (I used a dog kennel and I need to run the hardware cloth around the bottom and get the top finished off too).
Any advice on young ones like that and their first outtings? especially with the rain. I have a chicken tractor completed that's for the front yard that I guess I could put them in, but I'm afraid they would be too hard to catch again! What do you guys do?

 

[Totalcolour]

Any advice on young ones like that and their first outtings? especially with the rain. I have a chicken tractor completed that's for the front yard that I guess I could put them in, but I'm afraid they would be too hard to catch again! What do you guys do?

Well, put on leg bands, and then tie some weights to it and they can't fly, just hobble around slowly and you can catch them.

Chicken Chain Gang!

I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, it would be really horrible for them

 

[cooped up]

Jenn, I just put my chicks in the coop, and I don't think I could of done that if I havn't been handling them for the past 7 weeks.Their grow out pen has a ramp up to their portion of the coop and first time out they weren't going to climb that ramp by themselves.So I went out and called here chickie,chickie....and they came.The past few nights they haven't had any heat or light at night, so they should do fine.. can't help but worry a little.Oh.. all my chicks are aussie's also!

 

[Dukeofhawg]

I had to build my run in the pouring rain. Chicks are 7 weeks old, they are huge.... once the rain stops I'll open the coup and let them finally enjoy their run, but we have gotten 10" of rain in 2 days here in Florence.