I took some hardware cloth out to the chicken door and nailed up two layers of it. The first one i did earlier in the day but it wasn't cut right...I guessed. So then the second one was over and I stapled it well. THEN I put pieces of plywood over the edge of the wire and nailed it to the coop to be SURE nothing was getting in there. Nothing did! We did hear coyotes howling in the near distance last night tho.
Her is our home made Serama coop...this will be used for a trio or maybe one more ;) for our Serama's. It's measured at them having a little over 3 sq foot per bird. And in the summer they get to go into a run and forage too. This took us a little over a day to make...we could have done it in one but we didn't have everything we needed. The bottom front is plexiglass and boy do the cats LOVE it. They usually lay right there watching/waiting.
That table there in the bottom pic will later be tipped over for the Seramas (kelly gave me the idea) ...I have it there now to help with shavings in the water...id does help. And the little guys can't jump UP onto it so I had to leave it lay flat.
Later I will decorate it up a bit or maybe add some siding ;) So it looks nice for indoor use.
NOW the chickens in their new home...the sure do love it in there as long as it's light outside! lol Of course Nic and I have our chairs in there. Nic is finally learning to MOVE SLOW around the chicks. He came close to stepping on two already! Freaks me out! So I told him he needs to stay sitting and let them come to him. Lizzy DID go to him and he was pretty proud! Can't ya tell! lol
I also made a table for their food to help keep the water clean...works great!
This water is hours old and LOOK NO shavings in it yet!
Now it's Emma's turn for a little loving from Nic.
And Olivia takes her turn on ME! lol WHILE I was taking pictures.
These girls LOVE crocks...It's a little blurry cuz YA they are picking at my feet and it hurt just a bit! lol
They can fly! These girls are checking out the nesting boxes with Nic's help. Olivia, Izzy, and Emma.
It was HOT out but the girls STILL insisted on finding the ONLY tiny sun spot in the whole coop. They are so much like dogs and cats! NO matter HOW hot those animals always insist in laying in the sun spots!
Nic left...and so they all headed to the open chicken door crying for him to return. I think they forgot I was in there because when I talked to them they were all fine and started playing again lol
<brstyle="font-family: courier="" new;="">OK KELLY>>>this is for you. Here is Kelly (the Serama) she is 4 weeks old now. And the little girl next to her is only a week lol She USED to be way smaller then Kelly but now she is taller. No sign of any red yet...but the comb seems to be getting bigger. </brstyle="font-family:>
3 comments:
Yea, I'm getting my chicken fix! I will never get tired of seeing these cute fluffy things.
Missie
YEP, Kelly is a BOY for sure...I can tell for sure with that last picture. Congratulations! LOL. I enjoyed all the other pictures so much! I love Olivia, she is so friendly. Is that cochin looking out one you hatched from me? What a cutie! Now let me tell you, that little Serama will seem aggressive to you, but that is their nature. They are bold. When Rusty was growing up he was trying to mate poor Ruby at two months old, so I seperated him. When I did that, I spent a lot of time with him since he was alone. He was always trying to grab the back of my hand with his beak. Not to be mean, to MATE me! LOL...He has grown out of that now and allows me to pick him up without doing a dance between him and my hand to get him without getting pinched. He is actually very very sweet and you could hold him all day and he would love it. :) Be patient with him, he doesnt mean to seem mean, he is just BOLD. ;) I can't believe you made that set up so quickly! It is really fantastic! I am so impressed with your skills. Everything looks so great. :) You should be proud. XOXO Kelly
Love the pics and the explanation of everything. I tell ya, your chickens are living in chicken heaven!!! Wow, what a nice set up you've got there. It is so sweet to see Nic holding them. Glad he is moving a little more slowly around them now. It's so fun to come here and see all the pics!
Lisa
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