Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

[stoopid]

I have stuff from when we first were married. It's all good stuff. It's been replaced many times over. How do I justify telling my husband this JUNK needs to go into the garbage. Who really wants a vacuum cleaner and microwave that are 27 years old???
I don't think ANYONE wants this good stuff. So why do I still have it?

 

[ChickenAl]

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Crazy, isn't it? We still have stuff from when we were first married too. 34 years old now, but it is so hard to throw out! Hey, ya neva know when you'll need it...

 

[smkchick]

Please. When my boyfriend moved in last year, I realized we had to combine the household of two "accumulators". Let's just say we're pushing maximum density. Whenever I get mad at him and want to throw his a** out, I look at all his stuff and forgive him. Who wants to pack that stuff up again?

I think I need to learn to ninja stuff OUT. Black trashbags - can't see through them. Pretend it's yard waste.

In the meantime I have about 1000 (truly) collector plates I told a friend I list for her on ebay. She doesn't really care about making any money, just wants them gone. How do I ninja those out??

 

[stoopid]

yeah, for the amount of trouble, I would rather pack them up in a black plastic bag. NINJA!!

 

[smkchick]

You all know I've been having trouble getting Gladys to sleep in the coop right? So we decided to make the run bigger and bump out a nesting area for when the chicks go outside. I think there's chicken math in there somewhere...

Well, Gladys must know all this work is for her. She keeps coming over to us while we're working on the run, pecking at our clothes and "talking" to us. And, best of all, she walks into the run area and wanders around inside. I hope she still does that when the roof goes on!

I hate that I have to lure her into the coop at night - I want her to go voluntarily. Now that there's a hawk in the neighborhood, it's really important to get her out of that tree!

Fingers crossed...

 

[newchick13]

how old is Gladys?

 

[smkchick]

approximately 14 weeks. not exactly sure. she was a rescue.

 

[newchick13]

My ladies are 14 weeks today! I had a few issues getting them in the coop at night, but after about a week they figured it out on their own. Bribery works as well on chickens as it does kids and a few times in the beginning I used meal worms to get them where I needed them. Those things are like chicken crack!

We are moving them to a new coop next week and I am hoping there will be no issues getting them to recognize their new home.

 

[smkchick]

She seems to like the additional space, but still started doing her agitated pacing a little bit. We built a 2 foot high, 10 foot wide enclosed run and mounted the existing coop on top of it. It has a ladder to a little shelf and then another up to the roosting part. I know Gladys likes to roost high up, so I thought this would be good for her. At the highest point it's about 4 feet high. She can handle to two gangplanks okay and can walk around freely in the 20 square foot space. Very open and airy. I put her in about 4pm, using the chicken crack to coax her in - no problem. At some point I have to see if she'll go in on her own.

It ain't pretty, but it works.

 

[newchick13]

Sometimes you just have to suck it up and bribe!