Where did they come from???

[KettermanHillCoop]

Indeed!!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I did pretty well with mixing it as I was putting it in the tire. Leaves on the bottom...as they were already there. A layer of sand then a layer of ash. Mixed that up pretty good. Then sprinkled DE. The repeated that same layer/mix until full. Then just topped it off with ashes. They're still afraid of it though...so it's all moot...

really it isn't makes us feel better to treat them well then they use it behind your back or dig a good whole in the coop for you to fall in

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

really it isn't makes us feel better to treat them well then they use it behind your back or dig a good whole in the coop for you to fall in

I so enjoy their company. I wish the feeling was mutual, however. I like watching them get bigger (and fatter) and noticing changes as they age. Pretty cool stuff. My mind is always going...thinking of things to do for them that they would enjoy. I can't wait to build their bigger coop...which I'm sure they will hate. lol

 

[Chickassan]

Ah, they like you they're just playing hard to get. Happens to eveybody, got a hen I've had for a year and a half and she's just now accepting the fact i don't want to kill her.

I so enjoy their company. I wish the feeling was mutual, however. I like watching them get bigger (and fatter) and noticing changes as they age. Pretty cool stuff. My mind is always going...thinking of things to do for them that they would enjoy. I can't wait to build their bigger coop...which I'm sure they will hate. lol

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

Ah, they like you they're just playing hard to get. Happens to eveybody, got a hen I've had for a year and a half and she's just now accepting the fact i don't want to kill her.

A year and a half???? Omgosh...that will kill me...

 

[WVduckchick]

I so enjoy their company. I wish the feeling was mutual, however. I like watching them get bigger (and fatter) and noticing changes as they age. Pretty cool stuff. My mind is always going...thinking of things to do for them that they would enjoy. I can't wait to build their bigger coop...which I'm sure they will hate. lol

My hubby and I were walking around a building that I used to work in. Its about to be demolished. 100+ years old, hundreds of thousands of square feet. Anyway, he's looking at things he could use, I'm seeing "chicken" in everything I look at. Oooh, there's a little wooden box on the wall, how can I use that in the coop? Oh, there's a nice metal cabinet, I could store all my chicken junk in there.... It never ends. lol

We did find a bunch of stuff in the nurse's office, old dusty bandages, tape, gauze, etc. But most of it is in sealed packages. I said it may not be good for humans, but I bet I can use most of it for the chickens!!

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

My hubby and I were walking around a building that I used to work in. Its about to be demolished. 100+ years old, hundreds of thousands of square feet. Anyway, he's looking at things he could use, I'm seeing "chicken" in everything I look at. Oooh, there's a little wooden box on the wall, how can I use that in the coop? Oh, there's a nice metal cabinet, I could store all my chicken junk in there.... It never ends. lol

We did find a bunch of stuff in the nurse's office, old dusty bandages, tape, gauze, etc. But most of it is in sealed packages. I said it may not be good for humans, but I bet I can use most of it for the chickens!!

Oh my yes...I find that I have the scavenger gene now that I have these little critters. I see every pile of whatever as a possibility. lol ANDDDDDD.....the more I peruse this site, the more clever ideas I find!!! Dang addicting!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh my yes...I find that I have the scavenger gene now that I have these little critters. I see every pile of whatever as a possibility. lol ANDDDDDD.....the more I peruse this site, the more clever ideas I find!!! Dang addicting!

sure is my neighbor here has storage units and his takes medical equipment to Dr.s and hospitals so he has these huge shipping crates I get to trade eggs for shipping crates guess what my new coop is

 

[biophiliac]

A year and a half???? Omgosh...that will kill me...

They won't all be like that. I think they might be in their skittish stage. When they get to point of lay and start squatting for you they will act differently. More bold and demanding. Also, when they squat they can't run away and you can just pick them right up, or pretend you are a roo and scratch their back - then watch them walk away poofing the feathers in satisfaction, soooo funny!

 

[Crooked Chicken]

I was thinking of your "monsters" today when I was collecting "stuff" to put in the run. I just drive my mower around with a wagon and collect leaves, dirt, lots of hickory nut shells, twigs. I threw it in the run along with a bag of mulch that had torn open. They had a field day and went to town digging through it.

Their first dirt bath was in an old rotting stump behind the house and the soil was mostly like peat/dirt and some ash from somebody lighting the stump on fire. The dirt bath I put in the coop is basically the same, but has some sand, grit, hickory shells and twigs too. I just give it a good stir once in a while. They love it, but still don't pass up the chance to make their own out in the yard.

While scooping poop half of my girls came inside and sang their song. One of them was really into it, but never went near the nest. I began mimicing them and then the rooster began crowing. It was quite a commotion. lol