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[Stumpfarmer]

Was just putting some treats in Elvis' ToS and the underside of his roof was soaking wet with condensation, ugh! I pulled it back to dry, but I need to undo my wind-and-rain proofing so he doesn't get wet when it freezes instead.

What I really need, of course, is to finish the coops and get all of them in winter housing. So, yeah, have to find some phone numbers tonight, eh?

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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Would you be coming through edmonds?

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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You could post here to see if Illia or others could identify.

 

[Illia]

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Would you be coming through edmonds?

I'm sorry but -

There's a huge stretch of road's difference between Edmonds and Bremerton.

Whidbey Island - To be honest I always ignore even Craigslist ads from there. Haven't a clue how to get there, and I have a feeling people who live there don't want to bother driving/ferrying/flying over to me.

 

[AriLovesChickens]

Illia! Hey, you're the one that got me thinking I had roosters to begin with!

 

[Illia]

I know, but the photos were iffy back then, and the Dominique still I can't see too well and that's the one I had in mind, but, looks to be a girl now. But, you're not showing her too well again.

 

[Ogress]

Is it normal for chicks that hatched in early February to be molting now? 3 of my 5 Barnie hens have stopped laying completely, the other 2 slowed way down, and the 3 who stopped appear to be molting! Most of my hens that are 16 months old are molting for the first time, so I find it odd that the Barnies are too. The two Lav Orpington hens also hatched in February have just started to lay. My Barred Rock which hatched mid April also recently started to lay - well one of them is, the other I think will be real soon. My 4 April EE, and 2 Ameracauna are not yet laying. One of my two old EE''s is still laying, the other suddenly stopped and lost most her feathers and looks like a porcupine with all the new growth. She seems oblivious to her ugliness. I went from averaging a dozen eggs per day 3 weeks ago to 4 eggs average (6, 2 the next, then 6, then 2....). Once a week my older BCM drops an egg - she is molting pretty heavily now. My young BCM hatched June 1 from an egg from CGG is Gorgeous! She has really plumped up and has a copper neck, black body, feathered legs and feet. She has been accepted by all the hens into their group, so I'm hoping she will lay soon. She no longer looks like a juvenile.

At the same time all the molting started, my old hens went from sleeping with the oher brds on the roosts to sleeping in the nest boxes

Now I have to clean their poo piles up each morning and put fresh shredded mail in the nest boxes so the eggs won't get dirty. Are they sleeping in the boxes because it is warmer in them, or so that curious younger birds won't pick at the bald spots?

The Light Sussex now has enought new growth to cover the baldness.. Man was she looking ugly! She looks so much smaller without all those big feathers! Kind of like a wet cat.

 

[AriLovesChickens]

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For some reason, I thought you first mentioned the Sussex...or maybe one of the others. I know there was one that came up (as being possibly male) before the Dominique. Oh well, maybe I'll be lucky and have all girls.

 

[Illia]

It was the Wyandotte. All I saw was a blur in the background of a black body, golden neck, and red single comb which made out for a male colored bird, but, since your Wyandotte is single combed and has a lot of black on her, it threw me off.

 

[justbugged]

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Should be able to do a runtime override.

LOL, Ya right, like everyone knows how to do that!

Let me talk to my 3 boys, 20, 22 and 52 (DH) and see if we can work something out. All three of them are experienced with wood!

Maybe we could make a party out of it. I think I could get my DS to help also. Saturday afternoons would be better for him. DH is MIA this month. He will be gone another 2 weeks or more. We also have a manual log splitter that we could bring with us. Then the guys could get more done faster.