Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

So funny that Titania is the top hen. She is so tiny!

She has attitude ~ & it's all likely to change when they move into the big coop with the others.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[LozzyR]

Well, yes. My cats are chatty but I talk to them. I think the birds are the same. They have something to tell me & they want to tell me NOW!!!

My salmon Faverolles have got me well trained! They’ve worked out that if they holler, I will appear. I sometimes think the escort calls are meant for me!

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

 

[BY Bob]

We have had a name change.
Whenever I went to write about this sweet girl I found myself typing *Gloria* instead of
*Beatrice.*
Now look here, I said, we are having Shakespearean ladies this time round & you agreed to Beatrice.

Well, I am a Shakespearean lady. Beatrice is ok if you insist but I am Gloriana really. Shakespeare wrote all those absurd plays for me in the first place. And just look @ my glorious red wig! I think you should reconsider. I really do.

So I have. It seems pretty pointless to argue when I've been typing Gloria all along.

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It suits her.

 

[BY Bob]

Soon I hope... I have an issue with the little coop but need a break in the weather to try & deal with it. It seems to be leaking somewhere. I got home @ midnight to find the corner the girls like to sleep in really damp. Everyone seems fine this morning but it can't be left like that.

Is there a roost in the coop? At this age they should want to roost at night.

 

[BY Bob]

I'm hoping... A tarp I have. Finding some way to hold it down will be the issue. It probably isn't totally fixable. I think it's a design fault.

Caulk or duct tape.

 

[BY Bob]

Rice hulls? Can you explain this to me?

 

[RoyalChick]

Rice hulls? Can you explain this to me?

Yes, I am curious too. I consulted the great oracle at Google and learned a lot about baking with them in times of famine in China. It left me none the wiser regarding chickens!

 

[BY Bob]

Wrold is in the bathroom.
The silly girl is not getting off the nest @ all [though given our weather I can hardly blame her] & when I force her she spends her whole time running round bokking & barely eats. When I lift her I can really feel her keel bone so I have had enough! Alpia gave up a couple of days ago & is back running with the flock.. Wrold can cool her heels in the bathroom until she's feeling sensible again. Hopefully that will be soon. She's alarming @ all sorts of harmless things!

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Good for you to be paying such close attention. She has a great chickeneer.