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A couple tidbits of an update, here. I was just looking into when the Easter Hatch-a-long would be, and it looks like I'm going to have to start moving roosters around in about two weeks to make sure just the ones I want to father chicks are fathering them! Yikes, that seems like it came up fast! Anyone else participating? It will all depend for me on the hens who are laying at the time. Hopefully it goes better than last year, when most of the eggs I set didn't hatch because the hens I'd picked rejected the roosters I'd paired them with.
I unfortunately can see that happening yet again with my Dorkings, but I'm really hoping this is my year on them.
Anyway, the other update is that I've been planning on building an OEGB coop this year, and I think I've finally got the plan set for action! I'd been struggling with where to put another coop so that it's not too far from the current coops, how to set up multiple pens around it so that there's plenty of room for the birds without taking up too much of the space in the yard for people use, and stuff like that. Well, it occurred to me the other day that I'd lost most of my Guineas last year and I'm down to just the four of them... Do they really need their full 8x8-foot coop for four birds? I don't intend to replenish the Guinea flock, honestly, so that's a lot of building space that I can use for other things!
So the current plan is to build my OEGB coop into what is currently the Guinea coop. It will definitely be divided so the Guineas and OEGBs aren't in the same living space, and so that I have multiple coops for the OEGBs so that I can divide them for hatching. I have some ideas, but it's kind of hard to describe... Anyway, for sure there will be updates on this when we start on it and as it's built!
Anyway, the other update is that I've been planning on building an OEGB coop this year, and I think I've finally got the plan set for action! I'd been struggling with where to put another coop so that it's not too far from the current coops, how to set up multiple pens around it so that there's plenty of room for the birds without taking up too much of the space in the yard for people use, and stuff like that. Well, it occurred to me the other day that I'd lost most of my Guineas last year and I'm down to just the four of them... Do they really need their full 8x8-foot coop for four birds? I don't intend to replenish the Guinea flock, honestly, so that's a lot of building space that I can use for other things!
So the current plan is to build my OEGB coop into what is currently the Guinea coop. It will definitely be divided so the Guineas and OEGBs aren't in the same living space, and so that I have multiple coops for the OEGBs so that I can divide them for hatching. I have some ideas, but it's kind of hard to describe... Anyway, for sure there will be updates on this when we start on it and as it's built!