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Well, I shifted some more birds today. I moved 6 lavender guineas, 7 EEs, 3 Dark Cornish, my lone White Cornish and an oops chick (that I think is pure buff) into the PVC run with my Bantam Cochin/Choc Orp pullets, and tiny. I'll move the 5 chicks that hatched almost 2 weeks ago out to the coop tomorrow. The guineas were a ROYAL PAIN to catch. They were trying to fly out of the hardware cloth window and one fell between the board that is containing the shavings and the wire while it was trying to get away. Then we had to go out and show some of the birds we shifted yesterday to their new accommodations. 3 of my Cornish pullets shoehorned themselves underneath the mobile coop that was their home previously. The guineas wanted to go back into their old coop as well. We carried the pullets down and put them in their new coop. Fortunately, my FIL and I only had to heard the guineas to the proper coop and prevent them from going to the side or underneath. When one hopped in, they all went very quickly. I also had one LF Cochin pullet who wanted to go back into her original coop. She wouldn't have been happy about that because that is where all the cockerels are now. Fortunately the other 6 Cochin pullets figured it out.

Only 3 of the cockerels were being stupid about going into their coop. And two of them hadn't even moved coops! :barnie:he:barnie:he
 
Redhead Rae said:
Well, I shifted some more birds today. I moved 6 lavender guineas, 7 EEs, 3 Dark Cornish, my lone White Cornish and an oops chick (that I think is pure buff) into the PVC run with my Bantam Cochin/Choc Orp pullets, and tiny. I'll move the 5 chicks that hatched almost 2 weeks ago out to the coop tomorrow. The guineas were a ROYAL PAIN to catch. They were trying to fly out of the hardware cloth window and one fell between the board that is containing the shavings and the wire while it was trying to get away. Then we had to go out and show some of the birds we shifted yesterday to their new accommodations. 3 of my Cornish pullets shoehorned themselves underneath the mobile coop that was their home previously. The guineas wanted to go back into their old coop as well. We carried the pullets down and put them in their new coop. Fortunately, my FIL and I only had to heard the guineas to the proper coop and prevent them from going to the side or underneath. When one hopped in, they all went very quickly. I also had one LF Cochin pullet who wanted to go back into her original coop. She wouldn't have been happy about that because that is where all the cockerels are now. Fortunately the other 6 Cochin pullets figured it out.

Only 3 of the cockerels were being stupid about going into their coop. And two of them hadn't even moved coops! :barnie:he:barnie:he
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Moving birds is always a pain. A couple days ago I had to move like 130 chickens into individual pens. The Sebright cockerels were pinching me, the Red Pyle OEG Bantams were spurring me, the Assils were having lunch on my hands :barnie
 
BlackHackle said:
Moving birds is always a pain. A couple days ago I had to move like 130 chickens into individual pens. The Sebright cockerels were pinching me, the Red Pyle OEG Bantams were spurring me, the Assils were having lunch on my hands :barnie
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Ouch, fortunately, I've only been slightly clawed, mostly by the guineas. I did have one little chick bite me on my stomach but I had it in a tote with 1" hardware cloth window and I stupidly put the window up against my stomach instead of facing it out. It pinched a little.
 
BlackHackle said:
Yea, it hits the -40's here all the time in winter :caf
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It’s hard for me to even fathom how life can exist in that type of weather.... I’m educated, 4 weeks away from by bachelors degree (plus this girl totally watches NatGeo) and yet I still can’t really appreciate how people and pets do it. I’m happy that they do though! I do like to learn about the cool ways people deal with tough environments.
 
Redhead Rae said:
Ouch, fortunately, I've only been slightly clawed, mostly by the guineas. I did have one little chick bite me on my stomach but I had it in a tote with 1" hardware cloth window and I stupidly put the window up against my stomach instead of facing it out. It pinched a little.
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Roosters and me don't usually mix well. I've been attacked by huge RIR roos...I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER RIR ROOSTER AGAIN!
 
EquiSally said:
It’s hard for me to even fathom how life can exist in that type of weather.... I’m educated, 4 weeks away from by bachelors degree (plus this girl totally watches NatGeo) and yet I still can’t really appreciate how people and pets do it. I’m happy that they do though! I do like to learn about the cool ways people deal with tough environments.
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Necessity is the mother of all inventions. If you must live where there is no spring, the summers are only 2 months long, and the winters are 8 months long, then you make the best of your situation and come up with crazy inventions to keep all your's truly alive :p
 

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