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Chickens are out

When we got home from Wisconsin we started to let our chickens out into the run for the day. We are growing a four of them for a friend so the hen-house is a bit small for them now that they are bigger. They have been loving it outside.  Eating food out of our hand is still a favorite past time.   

cool things about chickens is that they go to sleep at night without you telling them.  The fist night they were in the run they started to next down on the ground so I got in the pen and helped them to go up the run. The second night the white Amerucana tried to round them up the steps and one didn’t want to go. I help her up via the outside door. This was a mistake, because the next night she was clueless of what to do.  So I got inside the cage and put her in the right door.  

Now like clockwork I go outside at 9pm and they are already inside the house waiting for my to close the door to the run. One night I was out late and wondering if they would stay in the house with the door open or not. I got home at 10 and they were asleep.  Good chicks!  

  

This whiter one is ring leader

 

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Girl you will be a women soon

Neil Diamond knew it well when he sang the song, “girl you will be a women soon”. I think he wrote them for his chickens he had on his farm.  Our girls are growing every day.  We already have our favorites picked out and hope they are not roosters. Once we find out which ones might be roosters we will get rid of them and give the rest to our friend Edwardo who will be raising chickens. He is taking care of our Pig we own so the least I can do is watch a few of his chickens. 

Yes that is right we are pig owners. Our pigs name is Fat Charley.  I hope to post pictures soon of our boar.

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These girls rule

We took a morning trip to the Everett Coop to pick up the newly arrived chickens.  That was a bit stressful as we stood there and talked with Josh about which chickens would be the best. I didn’t have my notebook with and my head was swimming with how many eggs they produce, what color the eggs are, how aggressive the chickens were, etc, etc, etc. 

I could tell I was a rookie chicken man this morning.
  

So we got Five Ameraucana (from hence forth these will be known as Americano), three Barred Rock which grow into very nice black and white striped adults and Two Rhode Island Reds which Christy has fallen in love with already.  They were shipped in from some far off land in the morning so they were very undertandable tired.  It took me a bit to figure the perfect height and location of the lights and after their nap they all seem very happy.   

 

My Chick with the chicks

 

10 little chicks in a box

 

They loved to charge up to the camera and check it out.

 

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New Babies Room

So the plan today is to fill this Rubbermaid Tupperware with little chickens today. My local Everett Coop is planning on receiving three different types of chicken.  Ameraucana, Rhode Island and Plymouth Rock are the options they plan on getting.  Brooder boxes come in all different sizes but they don’t have to be anything special. The main thing is heat and keeping the lamp close enough to keep them warm, but not over heated. As they get older you need to raise the light.  

 

A home with no residents

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Coop It Up

I don’t have permission yet to have chicken with my local homeowners association, but I am a man of faith. So I am completing the coop project.  Once our endless rain lets up and the wood dries I need to stain it. I also need to attach the metal roof. Check out the photos and let me know what you think.  I plan on getting my new baby chickens on Wednesday. 

egg and main door open

Run door open

this is the hatch door open so the girls can get out and about in the yard

yard door closed

double perch

nesting box with back door open

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Coop it good

Well I had lots of naysayers, but I am making a chicken coop.  Returning to my roots from when I lived in the Promise Land and had acreage to burn. (I actually did burn a bit of it).  I have been looking at chicken coop plans for several months and given my space and architectural desires I ended up with the raised coop with the run underneath. It is a 4×4 hen-house with a 4×10 run below. I have two egg boxes with a door on the wall to open and retrieve the eggs. There is also a bigger door for me to look in and clean out the mess.  Had to make a few mods from my original plan but I am really satisfied with it thus far.  I got all the roof beams in but need to get the metal roofing and also attach all the chicken wire around the open spots.  A little paint and we will be ready for chickens by the first part of June.
Check out the progress thus far.

Start of the framing

Start of the egg box

moved outside before it got too heavy

dad came with his power tools. placing in egg box

walls up..egg box and perch set..doors cut and hinged

had to make a few modifications from the plans to get this door and ramp to work

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