Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[dheltzel]

I finally got some pics of my latest portable hoop house. It is 10 x 12 and has about 38 young chickens growing out inside.

Views on the inside:


And a few Ameraucana closeups
first a silver pullet

now a pair of lavenders

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Well, the camera i was using is awful but my little group of free ranging banjos decided to take a little rest right by my feet. 3 little polish, about 6 weeks old and a little legbar pullet, about 4 weeks old (i think)

 

[BullChick]

 

[BullChick]

Fourteen rotten eggs. I swear they were moving last night. I guess its possible the gasses were moving.
I have to wonder. How did I get 14 eggs that never developed anything?
It explains why the girls would not lay back down on the eggs.

 

[Chaos18]

Probably a good thing that none of them exploded.

 

[BullChick]

Define that. One did, but I knew enough to have it in a bag.

 

[Chaos18]

On you when handling last night or on either of the birds when sitting.

 

[BullChick]

Ohhh. Yeah, they don't seem to stink anymore from the two that broke in the nest.
Now I have to see what they want to do. Keep brooding or stay up.

 

[-Kayla]

@MotorcycleChick
We always took the rotten eggs and smashed them to see what stage went wrong. I don't plan on letting mine hatch. However, if I don't finish my run soon they will start laying in the tall grass and I won't be given the choice.

 

[-Kayla]

@Chaos18
In regards to brush removal...
Let me know how fast the goats clear out where you put them. I've been kicking that idea around for a few years. The barn needs a new roof before that happens, too many larger predators to just give them a shed in the field.
Thanks