Ribh's D'Coopage

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I love reading the antics of your birds, mine are fairly boring, but I sense later today I'll have some fun. I need to hang new feeders in the greenhouse. I'm sure the introduction of a ladder and me climbing on it will certainly get some interest from the turkeys and the chickens.

Just watch your feet as you climb back down rjohns, they may think that you are demonstrating a newly installed perch for them!

 

[WhoDatChick]

Good evening everyone have a good day


That is gorgeous

Jeannie, beautiful blue eggs -no blue for us

Thanks!!

 

[Shadrach]

My guess is it's unrepeatable.

On that thread and this forum it was...
I couldn't fault her on her opinion though.

 

[Ribh]

On that thread and this forum it was...
I couldn't fault her on her opinion though.

I'd probably agree with her. She seems to have good taste as well as being one smart chookie.

 

[Shadrach]

Just watch your feet as you climb back down rjohns, they may think that you are demonstrating a newly installed perch for them!

I have to be very careful where I tread. Sometimes I don't notice when they come in the house.

 

[rjohns39]

Thanks everyone for the commiseration with Alice. I will let her know her chook friends are rooting for her.

At least her skin is mostly covered now, though it is all quills and very little fluff. I'm sure we'll be able to post beauty shots in a couple of weeks!

Remember I'm the guy who had to explain to a city doc that I got pecked in the eye by a turkey.

Just watch your feet as you climb back down rjohns, they may think that you are demonstrating a newly installed perch for them!

I'm less afraid of that then perching on my shoulder while 20' up.

 

[Ribh]

I have to be very careful where I tread. Sometimes I don't notice when they come in the house.

Never mind the house. My nut jobs just like being underfoot. I have to move very carefully indeed as there's always someone right by my feet. I occasionally step on someone's foot & a great squawking ensues.

 

[rjohns39]

Never mind the house. My nut jobs just like being underfoot. I have to move very carefully indeed as there's always someone right by my feet. I occasionally step on someone's foot & a great squawking ensues.

That happens to me from time to time. I walk in with the feed and they are all over my feet.

 

[Ribh]

That happens to me from time to time. I walk in with the feed and they are all over my feet.

Mine are always hopeful even if my hands are empty.

 

[MaryJanet]

Of course you may MJ.

Thank you. I've got lots of questions because I'm trying to establish my own best practice.

Firstly, I assume sometimes at your place a hen will go broody in a nest which is safe by day but unsafe by night. Do you leave them to sit overnight or do you put them in their coop?

Second, do you ever use the "jail" technique to snap a hen out of her broodiness?

Third, how long do you let a hen sit before taking her eggs and messing up her nest?

I've been ignoring Peggy all day long but putting her in the henhouse against her wishes at night. After three days, she decided not to bother, but I think the back neighbour's scary (for chickens) and loud building noises have played a role in her decision making.