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[Chicken Rustler]

My run is 44 sq. feet. The coop is 16 sq. feet. I have 3 birds.

I am looking at this and wondering what the measurements of each are.. Just curious.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

I came home yesterday and someone had taken a big chunk out of my Faverolle pullets comb. I was so upset! I wish I knew who did it. I took the worst bulliers out of the flock just before bedtime. I put them in my large brooder/broody pen in my shed. I will see if things settle down or not. I think this is the one issue I have with chickens. They can be so mean!

And they say the Fav are pretty mellow so will be the first to get picked on. But I must admit that when I tried to put the Silkiebator in with my B Fav they were not kind to her. Now I have to make another coop/run for the Silkiebator to live in.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Well I guess I better get DW up and taken care of. So we can make a trip to Cloverleaf. She just thinks I am bringing her a pair of B SLW . Well I NEED more Fav and have DW coached pretty well on being a distraction!!!

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: I have seen her stick up for herself before.So I know they can, but they do tend to be the submissive one until they think they can win. I think she may have been checking out the nesting boxes and someone didn't like that. She has started squatting so I think she is going to lay soon. I am thinking of getting some nesting boxes to mount on the side of the run outside. Maybe it will be safer for any newbies. You need to get your silkiebator a boyfriend! I will have some splash cockerels ready to go in a few months.

 

[Dwkuska]

Well I guess I better get DW up and taken care of. So we can make a trip to Cloverleaf. She just thinks I am bringing her a pair of B SLW . Well I NEED more Fav and have DW coached pretty well on being a distraction!!!

lol

 

[Sudsy Chick]

Quote:
I also do this! LOL Our birds really like our two big cedar trees!

I have to pull most of the chicks out of the trees and put them in their small coop; just two of them will go directly in.

The two bantams are sometimes hard to find!

Occasionally I will also find the Ameracuanas and Foxglove (a smaller EE) in the trees.

I also have to pull the Brabanters out of the trees every night, as they didn't want to go in the big coop - they were getting picked on.

So - I ended up putting curtains between the two roosts to section the coop.

Now with the curtains - they aren't - but I do occasionally have to move one of the big girls to their side.

Having all these different sizes/ages/breeds is work - but I love it! My husband and kids think I'm nuts though

 

[SadieSue]

What do you all do when you feel a sore throat starting and suspect a cold coming on? My neck is sore to the touch, and I have no desire to get sick now (nor ever).

I take triple doses of vitamin C, and Airborne, (the tablet you dissolve in water). That's usually enough for me to nip it in the bud, reduce my symptoms in a hurry and in a couple of days all indications of getting sick are gone. But I'm pretty stringent about taking all my multi-vitamins and calcium daily so when all others around me are getting sick, I've dodged it for the past 6 years. Haven't had a bad cold or flu for a long long time. (Knock on wood.)

Hope you knock it out in a hurry and avoid getting sick!

 

[SadieSue]

Hi JNB! I'm in Tacoma and pretty new to Backyard chickens as well, it's definitely been cool to draw on everyone's chicken knowledge and just chat about chickeny things my non-poultry friends are tired of hearing about .

All this spider talk has me feeling itchy, we haven't had too many in the past, but this year we've been removing monsters from inside the house at least a couple times a week. We're talking quarter-sized bodies and legs that stretch out about as wide as a tennis ball, and most of the time they're in our bedroom or bath tub. I don't know if they're wolf spiders or hobo spiders, but I'm extremely glad we haven't been bitten by any of them yet, they look like they have huge fangs. Maybe next time I'll catch one live so I can ID it...I really don't mind spiders as long as they're not hanging out inside, but when they hang out over my bed I get pretty squeamish.

Welcome to the thread Justahannah!

I'm a neighbor - living in University Place just on the border of U.P. and Lakewood. How many chickens do you have? What kind?

 

[Greg Richardson]

Those of you in these area's I hope your gardens survived. I can't imagine getting nailed this early.





29 degrees in August? in Washington? Yup.
Posted by Cathy McLain
August 24, 2012 at 9:19 PM




Perhaps you thought it was a tad cooler in the Seattle area today than one might hope to experience in August.

Well, count yourself lucky.

The following report comes from The Spokesman-Review in Spokane:

The National Weather Service this afternoon has issued a freeze warning for sheltered valleys in Northeast Washington overnight.

Temperatures could fall to as low as 29 degrees between 3 and 7 a.m., forecasters said.

Cities identified in the warning include Chewelah, Colville, Deer Park, Newport, Kettle Falls, Republic, Inchelium and Wauconda.

Cool air has moved over the Inland Northwest in the wake of a dry cold front overnight.

Spokane could see a low of 43 tonight.

Temperatures will rebound starting on Saturday with highs in the lower 80s going to about 90 on Sunday under sunny skies as fair weather continues into early next week.

Thunderstorms may arrive by Tuesday.

 

[SadieSue]

This morning I was up and out in the yard bright and early and heard a new sound coming from my grow out coop.

My big, beautiful, 100% imported English blue Orpington boy has started to crow. I was hoping I'd be able to grow him out more just because he's so pretty but that won't be happening now. I should have known he was feeling his oats - the past week I've seen him fluff up and charge my little Pomeranian who is smart enough to take off in a hurry. This morning he ruffled his feathers at one of the Ameraucana girls and she put him in his place.

He's just over 4 months old, born the second week of May. He was raised in the house. This is the boy who used to sit on DH's shoulder while he played video games on the computer. He's been great company but needs to find a new home, hopefully with some nice girls to hang around with. He's always been the flock leader for the two English blue girls I'm keeping.

Good price to BYCer's. PM me if you're interested. I can post updated photos later today since I'll need them to place a Craigslist ad anyway.

Here's a few baby pictures of him. Here he is with DH when he was just about 4 weeks old. And HUGE.


8 weeks old - he's on the far right. Of course, now at 17 weeks he's considerably larger and still has a long ways to grow!