That is awesome! Great job Mike!! Holiday Hen...Motel Chix?
I love this coop. It will be so nice when it is done. Give him a pat on the back for me. He sure knows what he is doing. =)Well, while Mike is going crazy getting the hotel up and going (he's been calling it Holiday Hen **groans** ), his table saw decided to die...so - who knows when it will be finished. For now, though, this is where he's at:
I hope y'all don't mind me posting updates...
I'm going to have to sit him down so he can read all the kind words. It's hard to tell in that photo; but, all the windows and the door have hardware cloth in them.
Okay, then, there's April Fools Day, San Jacinto Day and May Day, all within about a month. Yeah, Motel Chix is still funny.Awww, thanks, hon. Yeah, his birthday is in December and our anniversary is in September. So, I have to get creative. He's anti-religion so Easter/Ostara isn't an excuse...I'll use "full brooder and more coming" as an excuse....
ouch...Motel Chix...multiple innuendos goin on there...
ThanksHe does great work...I'm so proud of him. And, he thinks of things...we're sitting out there tonight and he says, "I don't want to just put the tin on it. If I put some plywood up there and that thinsulate we have in the garage and then put the tin on, it will be much cooler in the summer." I swear, before he's done he's going to put insulation in the walls and actually finish it out on the inside.
Ok, that may be an exaggeration; but, I wouldn't be surprised!
Please tell him that the detail in the shiplap is awesome.
Okay. I understand the colours now. I will call him my dorking dork. He didn't know he was supposed to have extra toes and different coloured legs. LolBirchen is that colour there on his lower section. His head (hackles) are silver. His back (saddle) is birchen. OEG = Old English Game ...they were crossed here in American with Dorkings back in the day, and sometimes still areIt's why American Dorkings don't have quite the same colouration as the British Dorkings.
Ok - Dorkings are very slow to mature. Where most are crowing and going nuts by four to six months, it can take a Dorking up to nine months. Dorkings are also much larger and their legs are much more stout, tho short. They are very broad breasted and look boxy from the sides - called rectangular when they are being described. Like this:
Having four toes is a total DQ and a reason to cull; but, it doesn't mean that the bird isn't mostly Dorking. There are descendants of Dorkings called Favorelles that are all black. But, no hatchery I know of carries black Favorelles. They are extremely rare. HOWEVER...if you have an all black roo covering a silver Dorking hen...you will wind up with all black babies. And, if you got them from Ideal...their black Australorps are actually nearly show quality. At least, the ones I have. Beautiful, gorgeous green sheen. Nice comb (too many points; but...), lovely black legs, white soles, etc. They are a large bird as well, so if they crossed with a Dorking, you could wind up with an all black, four toed, slow to grow, large shanks, etc.
It's all guesswork - especially as I've not seen the bird...but...It's not unusual for hatchery birds to get themselves a little on the side from time to time...as my supposedly SLWs (silver laced wyandottes) bear witness:
Better than "The Chicken Ranch"...That is awesome! Great job Mike!! Holiday Hen...Motel Chix?
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lol.. he should already know what I think of his work..
maybe we need to start a "Mike the Coop Builder Fan Club"?
