The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Leahs Mom]

Does anyone on here have Yokohama fowl???

I don't.... maybe someone else?

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Quote:
It was a long shot.
I have only talked to one person on BYC that USED to have Yoko's.
I just don't know why there isn't more people that even own them, let a lone breed them.

 

[armorfirelady]

Leah's mom wasn't it on here someone posted tunnels they made as sort of tractors so their hens could have access to grass? I'm thinking Lala? That would work for the littles I bet?

No rain here in days but thankfully a breeze. Might get up to 100 here today. Hens are out foraging all morning. Thinking that frozen watermelon I have will be welcomed today by the girls. Babies haven't escaped out the electric netting again that I know of. Guess now that it's all charged they will stay in.

Keep cool everyone I picked today to trim trees lol

 

[Leahs Mom]

@mlowen has some incredible tunnels!

 

[armorfirelady]

@mlowen
  has some incredible tunnels!

Ah that's who it was. I'm bad about remembering who did what lol. I think with the pine branches I'm cutting down I'll make a few extra shade spots for the girls. If anything the chicks will enjoy climbing them

 

[misbhaven]

Quote: I am in western IL only 15 miles from Mississippi,and several tributaries I am from IN..so basically straight west from Chicago 180 miles other side of the state... the evacuated part of the nearest major city ..winds were horrible the driving rain went in all my coops vents etc, all are wet messes, but it happened her about 7:30 on into the night, so babies got caught out in it and their coop was wet..my garage had water in it, my basement so i had those 20+ chickens in my bathroom for the night with heaters etc to warm them up..all that were alive when I found them made it !!! so i must of did something right my husband dried them and my son and i looked like drowned rats getting them inside..

 

[LindaB220]

I like the idea of a tunnel. Now you have me thinking again.

I had thought about ways to get them out into some little area but the only thing I could think of would have required cutting a dog kennel. Strangely enough, we had some kennel panels given to us that had come from another chicken keeper and one of them DOES have the kennel cut where they must have had a door out to somewhere. Not using that panel right now and really don't want to have to re-set our panels. But it's hanging around if I ever want to trade them out and do something creative.

Anyhow, I can imagine how I could do a tunnel right out the back gate. Have to see what kinds of materials I might have around.





Where are you located? We had the big storm come through too but it was around midnight - 1 am before it got here.

Mister is still out in a separate dog kennel with only a plastic dog house for cover. I went out around 1:30 am to be sure it hadn't blown over (we had semi-trailers blown over in loading docks around here). It was upright but looked like it had moved 12-18". But when I went out this morning, it wasn't the dog house that moved----it was the WHOLE KENNEL!!! Apparently the wind was able to catch on a tarp that I have zip-tied onto the kennel that goes down the south side to provide some shade. Wind was blowing south and the kennel had moved south.

I've seen them cut out and a 5 gallon bucket with the bottom cut out to allow them to hop threw. I like this idea.

 

[lalaland]

I'm so sorry to hear about the storm flash flooding. glad you were able to retrieve most of your chickens....how scary!

 

[misbhaven]

t ..saved them but had a very smelly bathroom this morning

I usually even brood in my basement with many of the youngsters being 14 weeks plus, it was stinky by morning...and my incubators are up high in the basement and babies come into the world at the worst time, i have some chicks hatching right now sizzles they are a day early...

 

[Kassaundra]

t ..saved them but had a very smelly bathroom this morning

I usually even brood in my basement with many of the youngsters being 14 weeks plus, it was stinky by morning...and my incubators are up high in the basement and babies come into the world at the worst time, i have some chicks hatching right now sizzles they are a day early...

Nothing a little bathroom cleaner can't handle I'm sure. Glad they are all safe.