Ribh's D'Coopage

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Josh wishes everyone a Happy Caturday! He's yelling so his Aussie friends can hear him!

 

[RoyalChick]

The Newbies are still trying to figure out bedtime.
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Are the checking themselves in the mirror before retiring for the night?

 

[RoyalChick]

Bonus Caturday photo. I just could not resist.
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That is a lot of fur and a lot of cat!

 

[drstratton]

Edwina has some copper on her neck too, but not nearly as much as Patsy had.
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Edwina's beautiful! I just love the copper feathering with the beautiful black feathers!

 

[drstratton]

Happy Caturday!

This is what was on the other side of me while I was eating lunch
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I know she's not a cat but I love her dearly.

Her name is Tarot and she will be 14 years old this year. She is "my" dog and loves me almost as much as she loves food.

She is going deaf and blind and, I suspect, senile but she still follows me everywhere ....unless someone else has food.

She sits under the desk at my feet whenever I am on the computer.

What a lovely girl...she sounds like an amazing companion!

 

[drstratton]

The Newbies are still trying to figure out bedtime.
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Reminds me of your other newbies!

 

[drstratton]

Thanks so much but it is almost done. I was recording my progress on @WhoDatChick thread. Here it is.
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I just need to build a removable bump out for the electrical boxes and I'm done.


That is something. They sure are clever aren't they.

And there are the inspectors doing a walk around!!! Looks great Bob!

 

[Shadrach]

I'm sorry, @BY Bob. That must have been a message I missed.
There were a lot of things I didn't realise when we built the coop. Everyone talks about space & ventilation ~ Oh, & cleaning. I wanted to be able to clean under the roosts easily.. No~one talks about the social aspects so I had no idea I was making a status symbol. Those on the top roost have the most status. I have no idea how Olivia & Titania manage to roost there so often!

Plus I didn't consider the effects of aging & moulting on the hens ability to access all the roosts. I wouldn't build it this way now but @ the time I liked it because it gave heaps of floor space & lots of roosting options. I still like that about it but the drawbacks are quite significant ~ so no, MJ, a high U will not solve my problem.

It is actually a really difficult problem is coop building.
I've done a few now and still don't get it right.
The only "coops" I've seen that seem to be about perfect have been trees encased in weldmesh fencing with sheltered nest boxes on the ground.
Of course, if you one lives where one gets extreme weather conditions such a design is probably not practicable unless one wants to severely limit the breeds one keeps.

 

[Shadrach]

Thanks, MJ. I'm fond of all of them. The man rolled his eyes a lot when I said I wanted pretty birds but he's got the picture now!

I've been quite surprised here at just how many men are completely gaga over their chickens. I've mentioned before, here chicken keeping seems to be mainly a male thing.
There was a man in Sant Celoni, a nearby town with a rooster on his shoulder the other day.