Our Mixed Flock Journey!

[drstratton]

Looks like a nice set up Rene!

Good morning Debby! Thank you...it will work in a pinch! I'm excited that we will be have a more permanent solution soon!

 

[drstratton]

That is true but yours is moving quickly as well. I did have quite a headstart on yours.

Only just slightly...

 

[drstratton]

I know the feeling. However I also know that the break makes them more likely to live longer and the thought that we will have more time together helps me to smile at the empty nest.

This is my feeling too! Looking forward to a long & happy life for my flock...

 

[drstratton]

What a wonderful run you have given them. That has turned out beautifully.

Thank you Bob...I'm very pleased with how it turned out!

 

[drstratton]

I will now admit what I think many that read my thread probably suspect. Because Sydney was so far down the pecking order the witches give her lots of greif when she got off the nest to eat. So everyday I would meet her as she got off and hand fed her corn. It was the only way I could assure that she ate and I figured for the amount of time she was sitting a diet of corn was better than nothing. She did quite well with no visible loss of weight which was all I wanted.
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She's beautiful!

 

[WhoDatChick]

If they're going to moult they'd better do it soon or they will be cold naked chickens...lol! Does it take long for the feathers to come back in! I honestly don't remember our Banty's going through much of a moult!

They usually don’t moult their first year...

 

[drstratton]

I have used a dog crate with great success. What trouble are you having with yours? Here is a link to when Maleficent was broody last October. You can see in a couple of posts how I used the crate.

That looks like a nice setup! My kennel is different than yours it has a solid bottom, so it didn't work very well, I do have one like yours now though!
Here is my girl in chicken jail...lol!

 

[drstratton]

I have one hen, Hattie, who molts hard. It appears the rest will be slow molders. Not all hens do a full molt the first year. You may not see it until this time next year.

I'm pretty sure that my flock had a molt earlier this year, all of a sudden we had lots of loose feathers...but none seemed to have a full molt!

 

[drstratton]

They usually don’t moult their first year...

Good morning! That's probably because their feathers are so new. I do know that we had a mess of loose feathers at one point...but no naked chickens...

 

[WhoDatChick]

Here are some pics of my setup... these pics show it best I think.. this is when I had five broodies ... one of them had to go in the baby coop cuz she was angry! The green wire I leave in there.. it rolls up to keep it out of the way so that space can be utilized while not in use...