What did you do with your flock today?

[TropicalBabies]

I have been integrating my 9-week-old pullets with my adult hens. I started with "see but no touch" a few weeks ago and recently opened a hole between the two runs so that the new girls can go out into the rest of the run (but the big girls can't get into the baby run to beat up on the babies), but I still have two separate coops. Today when I opened up the coops, I discovered that two of the pullets had roosted with the big girls! What a pleasant surprise.

Oh that IS pleasant ♡♡♡!

 

[TropicalBabies]

And you had to go and show off your horses too They are BEAUTIFUL! We have a ewe, her nearly adult female lamb, a Spanish mix doe, and a mini Nigerian buck. The doe and lamb both win the...ehem... attention of the buck, but he's too little to "seal the deal". The girls just look at him like he's slightly annoying, but dont get too upset with him. I'm hoping for ducks and geese this coming year, but not sure I need more poop machines.

I was thinking, I don't know what your house looks like but I would have bought the property for the coop. Lol
Where did you live prior?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well old on is working The Son walks out pushes the button on the back .. Okay did not know there was a button.. Cancelled the new one.

 

[629864]

Will you write an article about the remodel work?

Awwww that very sweet, but I'm not sure I'm doing any actual remodeling as much as I just cleaned out the junk the previous owners had shoved into the henhouses and ...well... added more junk to the runs LOL. This spring if DH doesnt go overboard on his goat projects, I dream of fully enclosing the chicken yard (top included). If I get that started, I will definitely chronicle it in it's own thread.

 

[629864]

Well old on is working The Son walks out pushes the button on the back .. Okay did not know there was a button.. Cancelled the new one.

I am sooooo relating to this. How many times I've tried everything under the sun, called coworkers over to prove I'm not crazy, then the moment I cave and call over the IT guy, all he has to do is stand next to me and suddenly everything works fine again.

 

[629864]

I was thinking, I don't know what your house looks like but I would have bought the property for the coop. Lol
Where did you live prior?

We bought our property sight unseen (well, only seen online) because it checked off all of our boxes. We it's wanted out of the city. It's been a LOT of work, but even more of a blessing. Yes, everything is old and everything needs one level of TLC or another. But we feel blessed every single day.

I lived in Israel for 21 years during my previous marriage. I had only planned to be there for 6-12 months. Then one thing after another and before ya know it, you've been somewhere for more than 2 decades. Regret the marriage, don't regret the lovely kids. Miss the lemons.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Went out scraped the tables said high to the girls and Smudge collected 10 eggs again daily so far.

 

[629864]

OMIGOSH OMIGOSH OMIGOSH!!!!!

So this evening I finished work a little later than usual (work remotely from home) so I got outside to shoo everyone in later than the ladies and gents are used to.

I get outside with the feed bin. Do the regular sounds to get their attention. Start thinking about who to shoo where, then decide to feed the littles first and just see who follows me into the enclosed run (the more who follow, the fewer I need to actively wrangle).

I get into the enclosed run with feed container in hand, start sprinkling a bit here and a bit there (not too much, mind you...it's been raining all day and will continue tonight). I turn around and see that EVERY SINGLE CHICKEN...ALL 35...have voluntarily come into the enclosed run. No one squabbling, all looking for food as if it hasnt been there available all day. So I decide right then and there that I'm moving all of the "junk" from the outer yard to the enclosed run so that everyone will have a place out of the elements if they decide not to roost inside the actual coop (this is the coop with two 11.5 foot long roosting bars). Everyone got busy checking out all the stuff I was putting in the run. No one seemed too perturbed. And as I walked back to the house, all I heard were some quiet little "brk brks" from the ladies.

Hopefully they'll all get along til morning.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good Luck

 

[kurby22]

OMIGOSH OMIGOSH OMIGOSH!!!!!

So this evening I finished work a little later than usual (work remotely from home) so I got outside to shoo everyone in later than the ladies and gents are used to.

I get outside with the feed bin. Do the regular sounds to get their attention. Start thinking about who to shoo where, then decide to feed the littles first and just see who follows me into the enclosed run (the more who follow, the fewer I need to actively wrangle).

I get into the enclosed run with feed container in hand, start sprinkling a bit here and a bit there (not too much, mind you...it's been raining all day and will continue tonight). I turn around and see that EVERY SINGLE CHICKEN...ALL 35...have voluntarily come into the enclosed run. No one squabbling, all looking for food as if it hasnt been there available all day. So I decide right then and there that I'm moving all of the "junk" from the outer yard to the enclosed run so that everyone will have a place out of the elements if they decide not to roost inside the actual coop (this is the coop with two 11.5 foot long roosting bars). Everyone got busy checking out all the stuff I was putting in the run. No one seemed too perturbed. And as I walked back to the house, all I heard were some quiet little "brk brks" from the ladies.

Hopefully they'll all get along til morning.

Yay!! Progress!