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[KMoran]

Yeah Arlington use to be really rural. I lived here when I was 9.... well that was 18 years ago and I remember nothing but country farm land and a few little stores. But its grown up a lot. We have out own Walmart. Smokey Point ( which is right next to us) has a costco, target, best buy and a bunch more. Where I live its considered " the city" according to the boarder map. I live on the north side of the airport. Across the street from my house is the runway and my back yard is the Wildlife preserve. My lot is .65 of an acre. So I have plenty of room. I dont think my neighbors would mind but I dont wanna get in trouble. So a roo will have to wait till I move. Hopefully soon.

 

[Rainwolf]

[COLOR=0000CD]I need me one of these. [/COLOR]http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/grd/2895987311.html
 

If your handy with a power screwdriver or hammer, staple gun, and wire cutters... You can make a coop, run, grow out pen for really cheap (with scraps) just cost of screws/nails....
We just redid the Bantam coop run with scrap wood and scrap wire.

 

[KMoran]

I love building stuff.

Which reminds me I have to put more nesting boxes in my chicken coop soon. I only have 3 boxes and I have 4 girls outside, 4- 6 week old pullets and 2- 5 day old babies... And maybe 2 more if my husband lets me. So they are gonna need more room... I also need to fix their roost they broke it and now they are sleeping on the floor.

 

[Rainwolf]

[COLOR=0000CD]I love building stuff.   Which reminds me I have to put more nesting boxes in my chicken coop soon. I only have 3 boxes and I have 4 girls outside, 4- 6 week old pullets and 2- 5 day old babies... And maybe 2 more if my husband lets me. So they are gonna need more room... I also need to fix their roost they broke it and now they are sleeping on the floor. [/COLOR]

you don't need more nest boxes... trust me all of my hens and I mean all of them use ONE box... and they climb on the broody to lay them in the same box as the broody.
I have 3 boxes myself and its more then fine...

 

[KMoran]

Really I have always heard one box per 3 birds... Good to know... Now if they would always use it... One of them... and I dont know which one likes to lay on the floor in the corner.... Silly Girl.

 

[KMoran]

Well its 3 am... I better try and get to sleep my kids will be up in 3 hours hungry for breakfast. Talk to you later. Goodnight.

 

[Rainwolf]

[COLOR=0000CD]Well its 3 am... I better try and get to sleep my kids will be up in 3 hours hungry for breakfast. Talk to you later. Goodnight. [/COLOR]

I need sleep too full day working tomorrow sigh...

 

[KMoran]

I know how that goes my husband is gone and I never can sleep when hes gone... Then the kids are awake bright and early. Thank goodness for coffee... Good luck getting some sleep.

 

[justbugged]

I have chickens off and on over the last 30 years. I am currently stuck in a sub-division located in located in suburbia. If I didn't have such great neighbors, I don't think that I could have survive being stuck here for so long. Still I do really like living indoors, so I shouldn't knock it. lol A lot of the neighbors in this subdivision have 3 or 4 chickens. I didn't know that I could have them for a long time, and nearly 12 years ago when we moved back into this house I had too rid of more than 100 chickens. When I realized that the kid across the street had a couple of chickens a couple of years ago, I just had to get me some back, and this time I didn't want no ordinary chickens. I wanted the rarest of the rare. I'm so not there yet, but I am trying.

I also finally broke down and ask the neighbors if they minded a rooster in the hood. Much to my surprise I haven't had had anyone object to a rooster. So the game is on and I can stuff at least 20 hens in the back yard. I am getting a new roo at the Monroe show. This is going to be so much fun, because I going to get a cabinet bator also. It is so much fun being part of a revolution. There is so much we need to remember in order to feed our selves, and I know that I worry about all the information that should have been passed on to us. The past several generations of people have removed themselves from the knowledge of animal husbandry, and food production

I do keep my neighbors happy with occasional offerings of eggs, and meat. It seems to help the acceptance of the flock. lol

 

[justbugged]

I know how that goes my husband is gone and I never can sleep when hes gone... Then the kids are awake bright and early. Thank goodness for coffee... Good luck getting some sleep.

My DH has been traveling for work for the past 16 years. I am old enough, and the pack of dogs is big enough, that I know I sleep better without the DH in the bed. I made the last of my kids go away just over 6 years ago, and I know that "The Boy" is only a phone call away if I need him.

I will admit that after I lost our Komondor in January, that I did miss having a BIG dog in the house. I am still adjusting to a dog that is way too smart for his own good. I am not sure I know how to teach him that his job in life is to protect the things that I love. He does make me laugh most of the time, but he is a brat.