Poorly chicken

[quickcluck]

Yay for the extension! Have you got to wait for long???? Will be interested in the run frame are you going to adapt it so that you can get in????

 

I have 2 glugs, by mistake to be honest, but think i'll use them... might get an extra grub.... I have a stand up one, but am worried about floor space!

[Steve.]

Yay for the extension! Have you got to wait for long???? Will be interested in the run frame are you going to adapt it so that you can get in????

 

I have 2 glugs, by mistake to be honest, but think i'll use them... might get an extra grub.... I have a stand up one, but am worried about floor space!

 

Got the frame to allow the extra door, but to really reinforce the end from my boy who likes to lean against it.

 

We got the extra grub to allow a quick swapover if anyone needs to chicken-sit for us

 

The superglug is brilliant! Couldn't justify an extra one of those as it's easy to fill from outside the run.

[quickcluck]

I agree, but as I say my own silly fault, as I thought that it only came with the small one from the eglu...... never mind, can either sell it on ebay or use it!!!

 

Have they been chatting much?

[Steve.]

Yes a bit of clucking and squarking. Seemed to be most of it at dusk.

 

Just dropped in some cooked potato skins. They looked at me as if I'd just committed some great social faux pas and the only conclusion could be the end of life as we know it.

 

One of the Gingernuts has just worked out what the dry compost in the litter trays for, now they all want a piece of the action.

 

Omlet called and my new bits will be here at the end of next week. Woohoo

[quickcluck]

thats brill... are they flapping about??? hope you;ve got your camera handy.....

 

I wonder if your little one sees them he'll want to join in!

[Earthchild]

Ohhhh the Red looks really nice

 

I have purple on order, but have been thinking of changing the colour to something a bit more was thinking orange, but wow Red is really great, you must be really pleased

 

Your girlies look lovely too

[Steve.]

No photos I'm afraid as they've knocked the cat-litter tray over. Silly things.

 

There was a purple one in the back of the van. Purple was our second choice colour. Both look good.

[quickcluck]

Mine is purple, when it's up, i'll post a pic!

 

But they are all lovely.. I think Omlet have chosen their colours very carefully....

[Steve.]

I got brave and picked up the baby fawn chicken. She seemed to like it, and made some nice chicken noises. The other chickens looked really annoyed as this fawn chicken is bottom of the pecking order.

 

So tips please on how to get them to go to bed. I'm in my last pair of semi-decent trousers (if you ignore the babysick). It's just one that didn't go to bed last night.

[Steve.]

Update.

 

As last night, all the chickens went to bed apart from one. I'd stuck a bunch of bamboo canes over the wheels at odd agles to stop her from roosting there. Whilst I was trying to fix my cheap torch (all my torches are too nice!) the last chicken went into without much bother.

 

I turfed the rest out from the nexting box, and they are all snug as a bug, and locked up for the night

[quickcluck]

Ahhhhhhhhhh are you feeling all chuffed and pleased with yourself, do you feel content all your feathered babies in in their beds????

 

Hope they are not up too early for you in the morning. Are you trying to get them into a routine of getting up at a certain time? A socialable time?

 

Hoping you can get all the baby sick and chicken **** off of your trousers

[Steve.]

Put themselves to bed tonight with no problem.

 

This is the baby of the flock, is deviously mischievous, has her own personality.

 

[Chickvic]

That is so funny! She is very cute and does look like trouble doesn't she!

[Snowy]

Brilliant!

[quickcluck]

Isn't being poo'd on supposed to be lucky!!!

[Steve.]

DOAN WORRY I DIDNT RLY GIT POOD ON. AN TEH CHKN DOESNT KNOE I PLAN ON STEELIN HER EGGS!

[quickcluck]

Phew! I will sleep easier tonight then!!

 

Let us know what time they get you up in the morning!!

[Steve.]

I made a pallet for those chicken essentials,

 

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3337/dsc3534up8.jpg

 

They don't get us up at all - they are good as gold.

[quickcluck]

excellent idea, not sure about the green box on the end, are they old enough for that yet? wouldn't want to encourage underage drinking...

[Steve.]

excellent idea, not sure about the green box on the end, are they old enough for that yet? wouldn't want to encourage underage drinking...

 

What? That's my stuff on the left and middle ... have I been diddled?

 

Blumen Chickens!

[quickcluck]

Women always have the upper hand!!!

[The Dogmother]

Sorry to have only just seen this Steve.. been of the forum for a bit.

 

The girls look lovely and you seem competent at holding them. What a sweetie that little one is (child as well as chook).

 

Some people use an old round washing up bowl to wedge in the opening between the roosting and nesting area at night.

 

I love the pallet idea if you have mice, you might need to get a metal dustbin to keep the pellets in - mice love them

 

Looking forward to more photos.

[Steve.]

Cheers Claret.

 

I bodged a box lid, some twist ties, and a couple of bits of bamboo. The nesting box is secure!

 

I have the feed on the pallets, and in some plastic bins. I have an anti-mouse/rat main electricity plugin thingy that hopefully will keep the vermin at bay.

 

The girls went to bed at 9pm tonight - all unaided. Whoever said chickens are stupid?

 

Oh - my wife named the hens. Only fair as I named our kids ...

[quickcluck]

Seems fair to me! What time are they getting you up?

[Steve.]

The better-half lets them out at 7.30am. They are probably fine to stay in later - they are very quiet.