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[chickens4gramma]

I am not too worried about the roosting because there are only three of them, and one is "differently abled" as my daughter says, like her. She doesn't walk very well and I don't think she is physically capable of roosting. So if the other two roost, that leaves Rosalie alone on the floor. I have put the Sussex up on the roost in the daytime to see if she could stay up there and she did for a few minutes, but crashed into the hanging feeder coming down, causing quite a ruckus, lol. Maybe it is too high (24" I think) with no ladder. It is a closet dowel. I am learning that the whole coop is a work in progress, always something to change or fix.

I have pine shavings in the 8 x 10 coop, but use a kitty litter scoop and pick up most of the poop every day. Only takes 5 minutes, and is much more to my liking

So the corner they sleep in gets cleaned every day, otherwise it would be gross to have them sleeping in it, yuk! So if they don't want to roost, I don't really mind, but they do need to lay the eggs in a better place! And I hope the one they ate does not lead to egg-eating chickens!

CR I am so eggcited for you! Sounds like you hit the jackpot!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

My BLRW's with lots of molting going on:

Whiley is one of Wyatt's daughters hatched in Feb and just layed her first egg today!!!!

William is our black (I think, or very dark blue) laced cockerel we got from Cowgirlgrace in Feb.
Stumpfarmer, do you still want him? I can bring him down when we go to the show in Chehalis in December? Let me know!

This is our latest cockerel, hatched from SoggyBottomFarm's eggs. She has BLRW lines from Pauls Poultry, Foley Farm and Blue Poultry.
He's got really red/mahogony hackle & saddle feathers, not gold at all. Really happy with him.

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

Big huge thanks to Mia_ and dawng for transporting birds - from Forks to Tacoma and then from Tacoma to Kenmore!
BYCers really are the best!

 

[Illia]

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[Sudsy Chick]

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Yes! Many thanks to Mia for her hospitality & bringing the birds from Forks! It was fun looking at your chickens & coop & chatting!

Nice to see Honeysuckle Hills birds & coop too!

Our two new girls are happy to be done driving and roosting in the spare coop. It was pretty funny though - even though I completely cleaned the coop out, told DH why I was cleaning the coop out, and even called just when I was leaving Tacoma (just before dark) to make sure that no one went to bed in the little coop - I got home to find Juno & chicks in ...you guessed it...the little coop! For the first time in a couple weeks!

I asked DH and he said "she just went in there"...

So I carried seven screeching chicks to the big coop and then mommy too. And finally the new girls were able to get in their temporary home. I cannot wait until Wednesday - going to be the first daylight hours I'll be able to spend with them! I barely got to see them since it was mostly driving & then bedtime; but so far they are so sweet

Thank you Illia! Oh - and DS love their feathered feet!

 

[Mia_]

Well, being that my quarantine area is being used by the chooks I am overnighting for SadieSue, I put my new 2 month old EE on the roost with my 6 month old Dark Cornish. Then I went to set up the things for the visiting chickens. When I came back, I looked around the coop and finally found her.

She found a warm Cornish to curl up to!

Now, I have to see what happens in the morning and make sure she is not picked on.

I am not sure if you can tell, but the Cornish looks a bit broody and is giving me the evil eye.

Illia - I did get the correct one, yes?

 

[SadieSue]

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holy cow what a haul! I am very happy you you able to take advantage of his offers CR. It was meant to be!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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holy cow what a haul! I am very happy you you able to take advantage of his offers CR. It was meant to be!

And again Thank you for pointing it out. I have been busy and just got lazy about shopping on CList.

 

[hallerlake]

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Such beautiful birds!

 

[T Hi]

Got a favor/question................................ I am using a pellet stove. It was using a 40# bag of pellets every 3-4 days. Well being the slob that I am.. I was cleaning it and hit the knobby thing on the back. I put it back to its original setting. ( so I thought) Well now it is burning thru a 40# bag of pellets in 24 hours!!! This is soooo not good!! I only have 2 bags of pellets left!

Anyone in the area who could maybe meet up with me and look at it?

I turned it to the "extended burn" setting but the knob thingy just keeps turning around and around so it's hard to tell where it is actually set.

UGH!!! I do not have time or money for this!! I was hoping that by running the pellet stove that it would be cheaper than running the furnace.... not so sure anymore.

I think this Mama Duck is hitting the end of her pond!! It is one of those crappy emotional days. I keep busting my butt and yet I seem to continue going backwards!

Ok I'm sorry for the emotional vomiting.... I'm taking my tired sore butt to bed.

Stay warm and have a great week!