First of all I have something interesting to tell you all but first I want to share some pics of my new pen I made BY MYSELF...ONLY ME...NOT EVEN KIDDING! From the measuring to the cutting to the putting it all together and adding fencing...I did it! BY MYSELF! I'm proud can ya tell??!! LOL
Kelly, if it were not for you I would not have even attempted this. I seen what you can do and that is what got me to try it. Your my hero! :D Now if you wouldn't have gone and got peachicks!!! Now I'm going to want some!!! LOL
OK here is my cage that I made...BY MYSELF :D The top is not connected yet, I ran out of hinges so it's just sitting on there right now. I decided to make a door BY MYSELF!
The new bantam cochins are enjoying eating the grass. I don't have a bottom in it because I want to use it for forage. It has a bottom that can easily be screwed in though in case I need it.
Nic likes it too :D It's about 4 foot X 3 foot
Here is Steele checking out his look a likes. See the size difference...the bantams are pretty much full grown...they are about 6 months old now. Steele has still got growing to do....he is much younger than they are. He is a giant cochin.
Here is a closer one of the bantam cochins (Beauty and Beast) his name really does not fit him LOL He's so calm and gentle and loving. She beats him up sometimes. They are getting along good now tho :D Thank goodness!
And another of my big boy Steele. He's waiting around for me to pick him up and put him on the roost. All the other hens are roosting already. He's such a sweet heart! I just LOVE him. I think I say that every post ;) Kelly thanks SO much for giving me those eggs. I have a comedian (Serama) and a Sweet Sweet couple out of the deal! Not to mention my beautiful golden phoenix who is getting nicer by the day :D
Some of the crew I got after putting Steele to bed...you can see steele at the bottom of pic.
And the other 1/2
And Queen Angel the welsummer hen. She is just the BOSS of the crew. She is the oldest and my only egg layer at this time. She is laying almost every day now :D You can tell its bedtime...look at how huge her crop is! She ate alot! They were out ALL day today.
Ok, now for the exciting news I wanted to share with you. I told you Max got out by the chickens yesterday right? Well, I decided to take him out again this time with me there watching him. I took him near the chickens who were out free ranging and let him go...he took off and I yelled at him to get back here. He listened and came to me! SHOCK! So then I took him closer to the chickens and let him loose while STILL being VERY close. He didn't do a THING to them! Didn't chase them didn't even go sniff them. He was SO good! I am so excited about all this. I eventually want to trust him to be out there by them and be able to leave them alone. I didn't have my camera and it was thundering just getting ready to rain so I didn't get a pic but I will tomorrow :D
Now for the video. Every wonder what it's like putting chickens to bed? Well here is what it is like EVERY night for me. Miss Queen Angel has to pitch a fit and be sure she gets her 2 feet on both sides of her before she can settle down! LOL She sometimes has to be reminded to be nice to her roomy's. She's so sweet and we love her but sometimes she can be evil! She has never hurt them badly so I'm not worried. It's just a "move out of my territory" peck. When you hear a little screaming it's because the one chicken to the left of Angel is trying to get UNDER the other's wing lol They still act like babies sometimes. It's so cute. The Serama acts like a big guy with a swelled head LOL My FIL calls him cock of the walk and says he sure is a cute little shit! Everyone loves him around her except for the hens when he grabs onto their tails and won't let them go! He has been trying to mate them for ever now but does not succeed! Poor boy! He then goes to bed with his head held low :( He stays out with the hens all day and then goes in his own coop at night because he tortures them in the morning before I can open the door up! LOL I have to get a video of him mating his stuffed toy! NOTE TO SELF! LOL You guys would die laughing! I'm going to work on that. Hubby got to see it finally. OK video time!
8 comments:
Great cage. You done good! i actually posted 2 days in a row on my journal by the way... To bed I go. Have a great Weds.
Love ya
Kallie
The cage is awesome Carrie.....wow, I can see why you are so proud! I loved the video....what was Nic saying? Was he making a chicken sound? Your brood is all very cute and growing so BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you ever eat chicken again without feeling bad? I had an order in for beef from the Grand Champ cow at our local fair, until I walked around and saw her in her pen....she looked at me with those cow eyes and that was that, I started crying and canceled my order!!!! LMAO!!!
Pooh Hugs,
Linda
I think you did extra neat on that pen. Good idea to leave the bottom out so they can eat the grass and you can move the cage every day. I suppose since Queen Angel is the oldest she thinks she should have plenty of room. In fact she demands it like making the others crowded so she can have her on private space. Max was a good boy yesterday. I hope he does learn to leave them alone. Maybe learn to protect them from other danger sources. I think Nick loves putting them to bed and making chicken noises LOL. Great pictures and video. Thanks for sharing. Hugs, Helen
Your cage, girl, you are a natural! I just LOVE IT! YOU inspire ME to make better cages! WOW! You did an awesome job, really proud of you! You know what, I didnt mention it, but since you told about putting Steele up on the perch, I am doing that with BuckBuck. I am going to lower the perch so he can get on it when I can get around to doing that, but until then, when I put him on he seems so happy to be up there with is two girls. Your video is just so nice to watch. That girl is definitely the QUEEN isnt she? She knows she is top hen. Steele is pacing back and forth, thinking he is going to try to get on that higher beam, I can see it in his eye! LOL. I have done that before, lost my own entry and I just want to scream! Glad you kept going and posted. If I do that, I just have to walk away for a while I am so frustrated with myself...lol. I could never leave Tip out back with everyone. That herding instinct is too strong. She would run everyone ragged herding them. Wish she had a switch on her I could turn that off sometimes. ;) Love, Kelly
You have the prettiest chickens! I am AMAZED at how handy you are and WOW, what a nice cage!! XOXO
Wow...you did a great job on the cage, very well done! You & Kelly are sure something else with the cages & pens you guys build. Your birds are so pretty and they all look so happy. I will check out your video from home, too slow here on dial up.
Lisa
OMG! While I was just playing the video, my dog Maizy heard the chickens and started running around trying to see where the noise was coming from! LOL
Missie
Now you build cages! Dang okay where the list of stuff you DON'T do.
Take care and Hugs, Chrissie
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