Chicken bald back

[LAB]

I'm new to chickens and hope to have a cube soon in my backyard! Are there any other US members here?

[panicum]

Hi,

 

I live in north central Iowa. Got my Cube about 2 weeks ago and my chicks (although I may adopt the term "chooks" because I like it) on 5/25/17; two Silver Laced Wyandottes and three Barred Rocks.

[LAB]

welcome! My chicks are 2 weeks old now. I have a golden laced Wyandotte and 2 barred rocks in my crew. One of my barred rocks, Roxanne, thinks she is a lap chicken. She loves to be held and falls asleep. She is the only one that will jump up to us for attention. The rest could do without us! I still need to place my cube order. I need help measuring for the run, but we spent the 3 day weekend at the amusement park with the kids instead of yard work!

[panicum]

Sorry, LAB, I dropped the ball on this thread! Early July I saw an ad on Craig's List for an Eglu Go Up with 4 hens. The owner had only had it for 3 months and they were moving to another suburb on Minneapolis that didn't allow chickens. So, now I have another BR, a BO and a Production Red. The 4th hen turned out to be a gorgeous Easter Egger rooster. I'd never planned on a rooster so he is re-homed with my vet. He was a keeper if I had wanted a rooster. Very protective of the girls.

 

I'm not sure I have fully thought winter through, though. I just purchased a walk-in run (my DH just built a wood-fired oven and is absolutely averse to building anything else right now) that we will use for fall and winter. Hawks have started migrating through and I can no longer let them free range.

 

Did you get your Cube?

[LAB]

This area is so dead I forgot to check on it! My girls have been happily in their cube and walk in run since this summer. I'm trying to figure out the water situation with winter right now. It has been crazy warm with just a couple flurries in passing storms. I have 3 of my babies laying now. The rest are taking much longer to mature then I thought that they would. My Barred Rocks are great layers! I have an egg skelter on my counter and we feel quite official in chicken raising! The cube withstood 65 MPH wind gusts on Monday. My girls stayed in the cube for safety!