My Darling Husband has finally completed the new coop. My daughter and I spent half a day installing a perch system & tying the wire walls together and now the happy little hatchery White Orpingtons are enjoying twice the space as they previously had. I’ll get some pictures as soon as the weather clears up a bit.
My Black Australorps are now moved into half of the hen house, which is REALLY nice because the 15 of them DID NOT fit well inside my brooder anymore at 4 weeks old. They too are very happy with LOTS of extra room. The sand floor is new to them, but they are doing great.
Next on the TO DO list is to get Pierre & his ladies ready to move to their new home this coming week. Then get Steve back with his ladies, which frees up an entire stall, Stall 3 to be exact! We plan to conver this stall for the winter months to a 3 pen rooster coop for keeping our extra guys through the winter. Making use of the roof will be great, as that is always the hardest part about making chicken shacks… getting a suitable roof in place.
Once Steve is moved into his new place, I can get our Small Coop ready to house the Gilman Farms White Orpingtons (I decided to keep these guys but offer the hatchery type ones for sale). That will be fantastic as they are fast approaching the age of lay. Then I need to move Miguel out from his black hens, move the new Blue roo & pullets in with the blacks, and I think that is the biggest part of the moving & switching.
Finally I’ll have to make something to keep our Blue Australorp Mixed rooster happy for a few more months until the Black Australorp pullets are ready to meet him. So by winter, everyone will be happily settled down and hopefully busily producing.
Oh I forgot my GLO Chicks!!!!! How silly of me! Anyway, my two GLO Families will occupy the hen house for the winter months since it’s already split down the middle for the little chicks. That will be so much easier than splitting another coop in half. Why the split? Well there will only be a pair and a trio, so they don’t really need a WHOLE coop to themselves.
Well.. the weather has been overcast here and so I haven’t been too motivated. The shingles are better, wow what an ordeal, although I feel the stress in my back now when I’m stressed, I’m still hoping I’m on my way to total recovery. The kid & hubby have been helping out immensely with all of my chicken chores, I can’t thank them enough. I know today’s post is kinda scattered, I just wanted to give you a quick update before I head outside to start doing what I’m typing!
We also have to finish Lexi’s Bantam Barn.. her little bantam cochins are the CUTEST LITTLE CHICKENS EVER!! I never thought I would think feather footed chickens are so cute but they really are! Their personalities are so unique, SO friendly and really just great. Who knows, maybe I’ll become a convert someday 