Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

Here grit is a mix tiny shells & oyster crushed up. The girls chowed down on what I banged up for them yesterday but I think they could probably manage the big stuff. Nothing is real big.

Perfect.

 

[BY Bob]

I don't know about that, Bob... They're chickens & seem pretty determined to do whatever they like no matter what I say.

Notice i said "more malleable" not just malleable.

 

[BY Bob]

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I was looking at the video you posted earlier Ribh. Can those little feather dusters reach the food in those trays?

Yes, by sitting in them.

 

[Ribh]

This is fascinating. I am very interested to see the flock break them.

It has been very interesting ~ if slightly traumatic. My flock has never been particularly violent, but violence is being done over broodiness. Wrold has gone Alpia too, blaming her for me removing Wrold. Half the flock is now laying under the stairs. But there's only ever room for 1 hen @ a time there.

 

[BY Bob]

Leaving the coop this morning.
The first 3 were too fast for me...
The ramp is too steep but even with the lower end raised on bricks it is still pretty steep.

So adorable.

 

[RoyalChick]

Sorry. Had to vent.

To be clear, I was not upset at you. I just get upset at hatred and spite and wanton destruction. I become a gentler soul the older I get and as I approach retirement and it seems like many people in the world go in the opposite direction.

 

[RoyalChick]

Venting is needed or murder might be committed. May all their pants be infested with ants.

Yes that!

 

[BY Bob]

O.M.GOSH!!! That is spectacular!

It has to be the best sunrise over the coop I have ever captured. Just splendid. I'm so glad I was up to catch it.

 

[Ribh]

It has to be the best sunrise over the coop I have ever captured. Just splendid. I'm so glad I was up to catch it.

Me too. It's amazing!

 

[Shadrach]

It becomes more appealing every day. Sadly I am close enough to retirement that I do not want to take on more debt and an even up swap for my small house seems unlikely.

I also fear winding up as a true farmer with sheep and goats and pigs. @Kris5902 is a warning to me of what can come from moving to the farm. I am kidding Kris.

Mrs BY Bob loves all animals and sees them as fun, just as your child sees a dog as nothing but fun. And just like a child who promises to take care of a dog, she too would wind up leaving them in my care. Just like the chickens. Not that the chickens turned out bad..........

Chicken tax
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One doesn't have to go for the full on experience.
Just having a bit more space for the flock you have might be appealing. Like Kris, I wouldn't recommend trying for a full on farm. The work load is enormous. Many people I think who head off to the country to live the homesteading type life do not understand the amount of sheer hard work that's involved. Even if one had plenty of money and can get the groundwork done by tradies (been dying to use that word ) the day to day stuff still needs doing.