That's a nice number. Are you hatching too?
I've got 6 eggs under a broody Silkie now. If she does well, maybe bring in some hatching eggs from different breeds next year.
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That's a nice number. Are you hatching too?
huddle up birdies... Your momma and daddy can't get to you right now!!!
I am disappointed, Sylvester, in your lack of comment on the egg collection "design" but perhaps you didn't notice the first picture is the egg collection door open.Not only is there no overhang, the door is hinged on the BOTTOM so when you open it to collect:
1) the door is in the way as it is held up by chains
2) any precipitation will go DIRECTLY onto the open door and run into the coop.
I was reading through the posting about the fancy coop backwards and became very worried as hubby just finished covering our coop/run with shiny corrigated tin! Then I read your post Talkalittle and reallyrelived!! We have built it under a very large pecan tree so it's shaded vutually all summer and the gets more light in the winter but never direct light. I'd hate to think I might have set my bantams up for roasting!! Love those engineers!
My new ordered coop & run will have metal roofing and I will have a popup canopy over it for shade in summer and to keep the rain off in winter. I want a popup canopy because the coop will have an outside-the-coop egg collection box that I don't want getting soaked in the rain when the lid is lifted. Hope my girls will adjust to the new coop after living in the old one for 3-1/2 yrs
Hi Sylvester017,
We decided to keep the whole coop in the run, egg boxes and all. I was afraid of how to secure it from predators.And of course we are in our worst dought yet so not too worried about rain, though I suppose I should be!!I sure hope they adjust! If they're anything like other females they'll LOVE it! Nothing like a new home.I'm surprised anyone is shipping birds anywhere right now. Most hatcheries won't start shipping until March. I hope it all goes well.Well, it's down to 5 days, expecting shipment to go out Monday and arrive Wed. Keeping my fingers crossed, its blizzard in Missouri right now with an arctic chill to drop in over the weekend. Hope they get out safely! It's sunny and warm where they're heading.