Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[MustLoveHens]

See, this is what happens when it's hot out and I'm avoiding mowing the lawn!!! So I found these coops too! What to you guys think?

Here is the website:
http://www.betterchickencoops.com/

Here are the coops I like:

#1 http://www.betterchickencoops.com/q48.php

#2 http://www.betterchickencoops.com/q46.php

#3 http://www.betterchickencoops.com/4x8gambrel.php

#4 http://www.betterchickencoops.com/a46.php

 

[Gaelio]

I hope this works...this is a photo of the sneaky hen who popped out this morning with 8 baby chicks. They're adorable right now, but they are mutts.

 

[kristip]

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Oh my gosh, if they look like momma, they will be gorgeous!! Cuties!
Oh and Must Love Hens... love the gambrel roof one. But of course, it houses more, just enabling a little!

 

[Amyable]

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The ones on antiques, and spending time with the young'uns.

 

[Terri O]

Good sweaty afternoon! Well, just after I went out this morning the sun came out! I guess I shoulda watered the garden...

Oh yes they love raw eggs Gaelio! I am sure it was the beagle that started it...she will eat ANYTHING! Your Cockers must have better manners...either that or you dont have kids that put buckets of eggs on the floor!

Your Polish hen is adorable!!!! The babies look just like mine that are running all over...gotta love the mutts! All the eggs taste the same so who really cares? You have the high-bred vigor going with them!

Dornes...I figure my daughters should be able to handle the tudes of the seniors...maybe they will even develop some respect for their parents in the meantime? (OK--that might be stretching it...) I think it would be a good thing to do for them...who knows if they will even do anything after the engagement ones though...Nice pics! I love silhouettes too. Who knows what judges look at half the time! I got my premium check today from out fair. $25.50! I think that is pretty good! I agree with Amy...love your blog!

I just went out to let the dogs out and my call ducks flew through the yard! My origional ones never flew...these new ones from Carol must be teaching them bad stuff!

MLH--great coops! My recommendation is to go for the biggest one you can afford. All you read about on here are people making more space for their chickens...chicken math ya know! I like the kind that a person can get into. The little one I built is kind of a pain to clean!

ok so I got this in my email today...dont usually forward stuff but so many of these scenarios reminded me of a certain poster on this board...see if you get the same feeling...

> -- HOW TO START A FIGHT:
> One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a
> cemetery plot as a
> Christmas gift...
> The next year, I didn't buy her a gift.
> When she asked me why, I replied,
> "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last
> year!"
> And that's how the fight started.....
> ______________________________
>
> My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
> while we were in
> bed.
> I turned to her and said, 'Do you want to have Sex?'
> 'No,' she answered. I then said,
> 'Is that your final answer?'
> She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying,
> 'Yes..'
> So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."
> And that's when the fight started...
> ________________________________
>
> My wife and I were sitting at a table at her
> high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man
> swigging his
> drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.
> I asked her, "Do you know him?"
> "Yes", she sighed,
> "He's my old boyfriend.... I understand he took to drinking
> right after we
> split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been
> sober since."
> "My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on
> celebrating that
> long?"
> And then the fight started...
> _______________________________
>
> When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept
> hinting to me
> that I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had
> something else to
> take care of
> first, the shed, the boat, making beer.. Always something
> more important
> to me. Finally she thought of a clever way to make her
> point.
> When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall
> grass, busily
> snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I
> watched silently for
> a short time and then went into the house.. I was gone only
> a minute, and
> when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush. I said,
> "When you finish
> cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway."
> The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a
> limp.
> ________________________________
>
> My wife sat down next to me as I was flipping channels.
> She asked, "What's on TV?"
> I said, "Dust."
> And then the fight started...
> ________________________________
>
> Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my
> lunch, and
> slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat up to
> the van and
> proceeded to back out into a
> torrential downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I
> pulled back into
> the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the
> weather would be
> bad all day. I went back into the house, quietly undressed,
> and slipped
> back into bed.. I cuddled up to my wife's back, now
> with a different anticipation, and whispered, "The weather
> out there is
> terrible."
> My loving wife of 5 years replied, "And, can you believe my
> stupid husband
> is out fishing in that?"
> And that's how the fight started...
> ________________________________
>
> My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming
> anniversary.
> She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150
> in about 3
> seconds."
> I bought her a bathroom scale.
> And then the fight started......
> ________________________________
>
> After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to
> apply for Social
> Security.
> The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's
> License to
> verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had
> left my wallet at
> home.
> I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to
> go home and
> come back later.
> The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'.
> So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair.
> She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough
> for me' and she
> processed my Social Security application..
> When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my
> experience at the
> Social Security office...
> She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might
> have gotten
> disability, too.'
> And then the fight started...
> ________________________________
> My wife was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.
> She was not happy with what she saw and said to me,
> "I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly.
> I really need you to pay me a compliment.'
> I replied, "Your eyesight's darn near perfect."
> And then the fight
> started........

I hope that gave you all a chuckle like it did me!

Cind I took the camera out because I saw the Turk baby and his sibs and Mom eating mulberries...of course the camera batteries were dead! Maybe tomorrow...
I am going to taste my supper now and see what I need to add. I made a tomatillo SOUP!

Five hundred degrees outside and I make a spicy soup for supper...maybe eating it will make me feel cooler?

Later--TErri O

ETA: OK it has a nice spiciness to it but is WAY too salty...adding water now!

 

[loadsofeggs]

 

[Celtic Chick]

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x2!!!!!

Thanks for the chuckles, TO!

MLH, I agree with TO. Get the largest coop you can afford. Chicken math is inevitable, especially if you hang out around here.
Since you already have a carport, and I am assuming (bad, I know) that the Hen Pen that you are referring to is a chicken run, Why not just get a stationary coop to put under or next to the carport so your gals have access to a covered run (carport) for inclimate weather, and put your Hen Pen next to the carport for an outdoor run? That is the exact setup I have for my girls, and I also have 12 chickens. My coop is inside the carport because it is only made of resin, but with a heat lamp, or occasionally 2, it stays pretty snug in there in the winter. Best of all, the "coop" only cost us $500 at Home Depot. You can see some pics on my BYC page.
http://www.homedepot.com/Storage-Or...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

Oops! Gotta go. It just started thundering & lightening like a son-of-a-gun down here. Stay safe!

 

[Terri O]

Well the storm must be missing me...there are warnings on the radio--all static so you cant understand what they are saying--what good is that??? It did rain here for about 2 minutes. I think I will go out and water the garden...TO

 

[bigzio]

Finally Calmed Down Evening All...Holy Cow we had major thunder and lightning and prolly close to 2" of rain today....all the trees and gardens were truly blessed. Needed to catch up on 4 pages....everyone has so many good things going on.

The pics are awesome from everyone. I love them all. Mine are usually blurry, but even that is viewing.

Tired of preaching, but 5% sevin dust is the best thing ever. No need to suffer...JUST USE IT! I've been using it fo 40 years....you will be glad you did.

Thanks TO...you're the best! Prolly look for eggs around 22 to 24 weeks, they are 18 weeks....I'm lookin the end of the month, or early sept. My older hens are in a light molt now. Egg prod has dropped quite a bit now. Hoping the pullets will pick up the slack too!

The garden is rockin and rollin now...canned our first half gallon of nordge pickles

plus a big bowl of cukes onions and vinegar.
Next pick will prolly be a 5 gal pail or more. I love the chicago pickling variety. The dill turned out great, however we discovered some green striped worms with suction cup feet that were enjoying the dill

Picked em off by hand..really nasty in my opinion...snake like tounge too!

 

[WIChookchick]

Well multiple doses of Kaopectate, I have finally been able to handle something solid. Although I am having soup for dinner just in case.
Not much fun driving around in 100+ degree heat to go to Walgreens and the bank to get rent paid.
I think one of my other hens kicked my polish off the eggs, which is fine, as long as they are going to set on them, and not just add to the pile.

the Salmon Fav is being acrobatic, And I think likes to do her T-rex size-vs- Raptor size thing and sit on and stare down at the parakeets... And she just jumped down to chase a fly..
Landed for a moment on the Ex-Pen and then onto the floor. She will then go back up and stare at the parakeets again.. she is a hilarious pullet.
She needs to go soon!! Or she may go to KristiP....