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[chickadoodles]

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[dsqard]

Horseradish mustard mmmm.

X's like a BAJILLION!!! Love horseradish mustard.

 

[dsqard]

tnspurs so sorry about you losing Dixie. So hard to lose a member of the family. She did live a long life for a Great Dane but that doesn't make dealing with the loss any easier. We lost our 13 year old sheltie last year and I found out this year that my other sheltie is starting to have the same heart problems that the other one did. I figure we have probably a year to a year and a half before we lose him too. He is 13 this year so hopefully we will have him at least until he is 14.
chicka keeping for you that they can figure out why you keep falling down. No fun having a broken coccyx. Not much they can do for those except let them heal.

 

[chickadoodles]

Thanks dsqard.

 

[bamadude]

I have bam-urkeys and bam-ickens (Wishers from a few years ago) and bam-maters.
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Thanks to all of you.

np

 

[Peep_Show]

I couldnt process it but I certainly could eat it. The first time I had rabbit I bought it at the grocery store when I was fourteen. Follwed a recipe from Graham Kerr and it came out fabulous...

I so miss the Galloping Gourmet. I used to fake sick to stay home to watch. (Mom would only allow PBS to be viewed during illness) Graham Kerr was just so funny and bawdy...until he found religion and stopped drinking. And, yes, his recipes were fabulous. I still use his pie crust to this day.

Guess what hatched here today?

Bama-maters!

Bamatoes!


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The weather has been cooperating and so I've been spending time working on the chicken run amidst all the other Spring-on-the-farm chores. Slowly but surely. This coop project is starting to feel like my opus. Anyway, got most of the roof framing for the run up yesterday and will finish that today and start nailing sheathing for shingles. The run is situated between two vegetable rows. One of the neighbors came by and wanted to know where I got the cute coop kit. LOL. "My brain." It's modular, but the design is free-form as I go along...main emphasis is to be predator-proof. I think the girls are gonna like their playground when it's done.



The run is 16 x 6 feet. The coop is 4.5 x 8 feet.



edited for dimensions

 

[vehve]

Looking good, Peep. Always good to build modular, easy to enlarge if needed. I would have went with a different kind of roof though, would have made it possible to plop a second run right next to the first one if needed.

It was processing day today. The 18 week old Maran cockerels moved into a temporary home in the fridge, they'll go in the freezer tomorrow. It's a lot calmer in the coop now.

 

[ronott1]

Looking good, Peep. Always good to build modular, easy to enlarge if needed. I would have went with a different kind of roof though, would have made it possible to plop a second run right next to the first one if needed.

It was processing day today. The 18 week old Maran cockerels moved into a temporary home in the fridge, they'll go in the freezer tomorrow. It's a lot calmer in the coop now.

Last night I moved 6 pullets outside. They are from the New Years Day hatch and are 17 weeks old. The cockerels were pestering them too much. This weekend I will be processing 6 of them. I have already processed four but the rest need to go now....They really need to go...

I have one Blue Australorp cockerel that I am keeping. I will be working on hatching some eggs from them this year.

 

[Peep_Show]

Thanks, Vehve!

Chickens have taken over my life.... Don't need them taking over my yard, too! If the run needs to expand it will be in a linear forward fashion as the veggie beds on either side of the run have dedicated irrigation systems.

The shape of the roof allows for a person to stand up inside once they enter... I'm short, but not that short. No way is it practical to clean a run whilst crouching, which is what would happen with a flat-type or slanted roof. There's only three cross-the-run joists (one on either end and one in the middle) at about 4+ feet high, so there's lots of room to maneuver inside. Yeah, I could've made the run taller, but it's built with standard 2x4x96" lumber, so less waste with board bisection.

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So what'll be your first chicken dinner?

 

[perchie.girl]

Thanks, Vehve!

Chickens have taken over my life.... Don't need them taking over my yard, too! If the run needs to expand it will be in a linear forward fashion as the veggie beds on either side of the run have dedicated irrigation systems.

The shape of the roof allows for a person to stand up inside once they enter... I'm short, but not that short. No way is it practical to clean a run whilst crouching, which is what would happen with a flat-type or slanted roof. There's only three cross-the-run joists (one on either end and one in the middle) at about 4+ feet high, so there's lots of room to maneuver inside. Yeah, I could've made the run taller, but it's built with standard 2x4x96" lumber, so less waste with board bisection.

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So what'll be your first chicken dinner?

I love doing construction in a modular fashion.... Also working with the size of the material you have rather than cutting little pieces off to fit thisses or thats..... I also have the hardware store cut my basic cuts.... In one fell swoup... so much easier to start with the right sized material too.

deb "whos not getting email notifications today"