[CHICKENS-101] Re: How to torture your chicken

 

Allen, you are well on your way to becoming a Chickener. You will be considered for advancement to "Enabler" if you keep this up.
LOL
Now chickens are 'flock' animals. They are happier with companions. Not necessarily another chicken although I think they prefer their own kind. Young roosters can be brutal so another hen or six might be good idea.
Ol' George

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "allen_moretsky" <a_moretsky@...> wrote:
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> I just finished the first iteration of my chicken coop. The last part was installing the nesting area. You know 18 inches up off the floor, with a roost in front, 12x12 or so. 5 inch board in front to make it more "cave-like" for chicken privacy.
> So there I am electric drill and electric saw making a mess and a lot of noise.
> I dumped the old pine needles from the temporary nest into the new nesting box.
>
> I couldn't believe it. Hannibelle jumped right up and within a few minutes we had our 3rd egg.
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> Made me feel bad that I hadn't a proper nest all this time. Poor Hanibelle. Now I gotta tell you - coming from a male, all I can equate to this to get the "feel" of it is when you have to take a dump and there's no toilet around.
>
> So the 1 queen chicken is firmly entrenched in her built from scraps 8x4 foot palace. On to the chicken meeting of the Panhandle chicken club this Sat. to become an expert - and hopefully get more chickens. I'm liking this.
>
> Allen
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