Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

I bought hatchery birds 3 barred rock to keep my lone wolf hatched company.
Give me at least 5 new pullets and a new rooster.

 

[Smokerbill]

I got on my riding mower and cut about half of my lawn down to 3". The rest I'm going to let grow and get shaggy. I sowed white and red clover seeds in one section of my yard early this spring, in anticipation of getting my chicks. It's coming up nicely, and from what I hear chickens like clover.

Most of my yard is covered with wild daisies, and sprinkled with dandelions. Along with the wildflower and clover seeds I planted it should be a good attractor for pollinators. And an enjoyable environment for chickens.

 

[Hinotori]

Hen eating out of cup is my 12 year old. Other two are 2 and 3 year olds who run the flock. Old lady would not let them have any. They both got pecked. If she had a cane she'd have hit them with it.

 

[Smokerbill]

Had some really great thunder storms overnight and into the morning. Last night there were awesome bolts of lightning shooting through the sky. Made me feel like I was back in Kansas!

I pulled the plastic cover over my tomatoes before it got dark. The soil has enough moisture in it and I didn't want rain soaking it anymore. And the next 4 or 5 days will be on the cool side, so I figured the cover would help keep them a little warmer.

After I finish my coffee (already had my eggs with parmesan and hot pepper flakes), I plan to work some more on the chicken run. It should be ready for the chicks by weekend's end. I hope.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We have rain again not heavy kinda like a drizzle.
Headed out do banking and buy dog food.

 

[Smokerbill]

I put my gravity feeder together today. Looking around the shop I found an old trash can I never used adn realized it was the perfect container to mount the feeders on. Took just a little while to train the little chickies to poke their heads into the deep, dark holes to get their food. Haha

 

[pennyJo1960]

That will be great to use can you close it off from rats and mice?

 

[Smokerbill]

That will be great to use can you close it off from rats and mice?

Yep. It has a lid but I just forgot to include it in the pic. On top of the lid I rigged up a 45 degree surface to keep the chickens from squatting on the top.

Each of the feeders included a press-in stopper that would keep rodents and little birds out too. It's inside the coop right now, but will go into the run when I get it finished.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Looks nice I like those fittings PVC has been here a long time.
Not raining here sun is out.

 

[Smokerbill]

I'm taking a break now, watching Ask This Old House, and This Old House. Been working on my run today.

A few days ago I closed the area underneath the coop with OSB. Today I did some framing between the coop and the shop wall, then closed it in with heavy duty, rabbit cage floor 1/2" x 1" welded wire. Nuttin's gettin' through that stuff! LOL

I'm going to try and get the area between the top of the coop and the metal roof rafters closed in with 1/2"x1/2" hardware cloth.