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[Chickielady]

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More pullets laying, I hope?

See what I mean by being able to see if it leaks???????

Well, off to make the tamale pie, complete with a home made salsa of tomatoes and tomitillos...

Yes finally! There has to be at least 4 laying now, as I collected 3 days ago and check for eggs every day. They are refusing to lay in the coop!!!

They never lay in the same spot twice iether! Today I collected 10 eggs, cracked 2 open and both had the bullsey, I even went and cross checked with pictures posted on telling the difference. They were deffinately bullseyes. So I put the remaining 8 eggs in along with two from my barred rock girl.

These little buggers like to hide their eggs from me. Any tips on getting them to lay in the provided coop/nest boxes? Im thinking of biting the bullet and purchasing some wooden eggs, as the golf balls dont seem to be doing the trick with these girls...

Maybe lock them in a pen, so they have access to their coop to go lay, if even for the next few weeks, and no free range until they behave.

 

[Chickielady]

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How much they asking?

 

[AriLovesChickens]

Free. I just texted her and told her I'm not getting it.

 

[Chickielady]

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It has been my experience, alot of years, that large dogs do not do anything other than be a puppy, for almost 2 years.
No they do not want to listen nor pay attention...trying to leash train is a fight, with both people & puppy exhausted & hating each other.
Pups want to play, like 5 year old kids.
After the expense, and at this point, I would continue with the Mastiffs, and breed them to at least get your investment back, then you can sell them.
But I understand, they are your Mother's dogs.
My Jack is going on 2 soon..about February.
he is just now getting smart.
Until now, he never understood the tone of voice when we were mad, NO meant nothing, he would be set to play or run down the driveway to chase tires

We keep him on a chain, for his own safety...but as he approaches this age, he is off the chain more & more when we are home, and he is responding to lease training very well...NOW, but a year ago, NO WAY!

 

[Chickielady]

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Seriously, no Great Dane could fit in there!

 

[AriLovesChickens]

And now she's trying to convince me to come anyway. I told it was really only big enough for 2-3 chickens, and she said "2-3 chickens would huddle together on one side, leaving the other side empty".

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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Nope, that's it.

I think I'm going to attempt to figure out the appropriate dimensions for the coop I want - not like I consider myself a coop architect, but it shouldn't be that hard, right?. I had Industrial Arts class uhh...about 25 years ago.

If you have 8 birds, you should have around 32 sq ft inside, 4 sq ft per bird. But then, of course you have to figure in chicken math and make sure you account for that! So maybe a 5' x 8' would be 40 sq ft which should be enough.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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If nothing else, it would be a good teenager pen or isolation coop! For free, I'd say go get it!

 

[AriLovesChickens]

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Nope, that's it.

I think I'm going to attempt to figure out the appropriate dimensions for the coop I want - not like I consider myself a coop architect, but it shouldn't be that hard, right?. I had Industrial Arts class uhh...about 25 years ago.

If you have 8 birds, you should have around 32 sq ft inside, 4 sq ft per bird. But then, of course you have to figure in chicken math and make sure you account for that! So maybe a 5' x 8' would be 40 sq ft which should be enough.

Haha... I want a Lavendar Orp someday, you know.

But I was talking about specific board dimensions, so I can tell Mr. Dawng what to cut.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Really?? I guess I never really thought about where they get their dogs. I just assumed reputable breeders.

No, they breed all their own dogs. Which is good, in that every dog has a known pedigree, but not so in that it's been a closed breeding group for a while; there's been some changes made lately, including breeding Labradoodles to get at the allergy issue (bad news: blind with a dog dander allergy= no guide dog), upping the age of weaning (puppy raisers used to get their babies at six weeks, I think) and keeping the pups with their raisers for longer to get past some of the separation anxiety that was probably behind a lot of the behavior issues and I think adding new bloodlines. And they are extremely conscientious about every puppy they breed having a birth-to-death high standard of care, whether they can be used as guide dogs or not. My closest puppy-raising friend has the first pup she ever raised back for his retirement years, with vet care covered. Dogs that can't wear the harness are placed as family pets after a pretty rigorous screening process.