Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[ChcknNurse]

We wound up just going back home. @dheltzel where are you friend??

I think he's Pottstown.

 

[fangedknight]

I think he's Pottstown.

Seriously??! That's right down the road from me!

 

[dheltzel]

We wound up just going back home. @dheltzel where are you friend??

I was offline, in the "real world" where the chickens and ducks need to be fed and their eggs gathered.

All my current ducklings are sold, the remaining ones are due to be picked up tomorrow by @LearninMyFlock

The next hatch of ducklings is on 7/7. They are all Welsh Harlequins.

 

[fangedknight]

I was offline, in the "real world" where the chickens and ducks need to be fed and their eggs gathered.

All my current ducklings are sold, the remaining ones are due to be picked up tomorrow by @LearninMyFlock

The next hatch of ducklings is on 7/7. They are all Welsh Harlequins.

Oooo wonderful! I'll have to see if we can get some of your next batch! By then the coop and pond should be finished and we'll have more room in the brooders.

 

[dheltzel]

Oooo wonderful! I'll have to see if we can get some of your next batch! By then the coop and pond should be finished and we'll have more room in the brooders.

Definitely! I should have turkeys, ducks and guineas all hatching at that time.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Pictures would be great if you can manage!

Onyx and his girls. He does have some red in his wattles but I hope to correct that in future generations.

 

[ChcknNurse]

I have built 6 tractors over the years (4 still in use), and this is my current design: How to make a hoop tractor
This one is 10 x 12, but I have 2 that are just 8x8 and they work very well too. All predator protection is by making the wiring very tight and adding movable apron skirting around the perimeter. I have switched to 1/2" HW cloth on all non-tarped areas to keep the starlings out and coons from reaching in.
If I were making just one, I might also electrify it with a solar fencer (with a convenient on/off switch). I'd still do the wire apron and would make that, and the metal structure the ground, so I wouldn't have to move the ground rod.
I might also add a trail cam or remote video surveillance feed, so I could capture a pic of the foxes and coon as they get "a charge" out of the fencer.

Thank you!

 

[fisherlady]

Ok...enough is enough!! We now have 11 broodies taking up space, a few with chicks, a few with eggs and now 3 more parked the last 2 days wanting eggs. Apparently our flock has decided it is their job to keep the chicken world Populated!

 

[fisherlady]

Just uploaded some pictures from my camera to my tablet from last week's mechanical test run on the new (to us) boat. Looks like we are finally ready to fish... got a couple pictures of this guy watching us from the break wall when we were messing around in the harbor.

 

[fisherlady]

Check out the talons on the close up...talk about some fish hooks!