That was to keep everyone warm along with time, energy and materials right?
think I'll take a nap and go to my happy place. 
I don't think so, the area I'm trying to cover is well over 25 feet. I'm also looking into the possibility of putting a lot more plants up there or, really worst case scenario, sectioning it off so the chickens can't go up there. Which would kinda suck, because the plan was to eventually move them fully up there, and even though the hawks have only attacked in that one area, it wouldn't stop them from doing it somewhere else.I don't have any better ideas either. I use roofed runs and dogs for free range time. I also like the idea of trying tight stretched etc. Just might work. Would chicken wire be an option?
I remember reading that once upon a time peoples standard housing was one large room with a loft. People slept in the loft and all their livestock slept on the main floor. Straw was used as flooring and spring cleaning was the once a year when it all got raked out and replaced. I can imagine my germaphob hubby and youngest daughter in those conditions... we'd have to live next to a river and they'd spend half their time in the water trying to keep clean
ALL my chickens think they live indoors with us! Sometimes it is hard to persuade them otherwise. And it's all my fault!View attachment 3516865
I mean I technically know a lot of things. This isn’t an ideal setup. They are big enough to go into the coop (7 weeks). They’re actively not in the pen. Everything is a chaotic mess. I’m concerned that my favorite is a roo so kinda spending QT with her (I hope) - the nearer lap chicken. I was in the middle of cleaning before planning to finish homework, then had the mass pen exodus and was trapped by the birb in hand in the effort of returning them to said pen.
Upside: I have a massive list of how to brood better next batch. Downside: I have six adorable “bedroom chicken” that are way too comfortable with me and I’m a little heartbroken having to kick them out. Also the money I’m investing in cleaning supplies for after is absurd. (Don’t do this. I think they’re fine with this, you and any air purifiers you have won’t be.)
Me too! So I have the space to indulge in my penchant for chicken math
I clipped all their wings and moved them in with the adults so that I could move ducks and turkeys into the brooderHello! This is a place to post pictures/talk about what you and your flock have done today.
I was on a zoom call earlier and Iris, my rooster, decided to stand behind me and crow repeatedly. Thankfully I was on mute, but it was still annoying. They couldn’t see him, but they could see me trying to make him quiet, which was a little embarrassing.
Here’s a pic of my boy with some mini roses.
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What about you guys? Have you done anything interesting with your flock today?
Here are a few pictures of my birds.
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Sounds like a lovely dream! My dad used to take us pigeon hunting at night in a friend's barn. It took us forever to rid that thing of pigeons. It was huge and had an upstairs with a bunch of rooms on one side and open space on the other. The upstairs area was on two sides of the building and the other two sides were just straight walls. Now you have me imagining a big barn with a skylight in the center, a loft that circles all four sides and made for living. The main floor would have a garden right in the center and animal spaces under the loft areas...That was to keep everyone warm along with time, energy and materials right?
We had one of our horse castrated in a beautiful barn on the North Shore. That is when my dream started. Nice stalls and pens with an office on top. Could not cost more than the average home as we can stay little.
We have a few acres on the BI and I would love to make that happen there and live my happily ever after. Dream, dream, dream.
That's too bad on the hawks. I wonder if there's any hawk deterrent that could help? I've read of a farmer using those air socks like these to deter predators.
Your babies sound so adorableALL my chickens think they live indoors with us! Sometimes it is hard to persuade them otherwise. And it's all my fault!
At least Ferdy is house-trained and I'm working on Stanley. The girls are a lost cause so they rarely get past the kitchen. Although Gladys hid in the Christmas Tree for 3 hours before we realised she'd snuck in
My chickens are super friendly and social though. Despite the constant cleaning, I wouldn't have it any other way!
That's too bad on the hawks. I wonder if there's any hawk deterrent that could help? I've read of a farmer using those air socks like these to deter predators. View attachment 3517914
Also those kind you see at businesses sometimes...the kind with a huge tube with arma and a face attached. A motor blows air inside and make them whip around and dance non stop. I was reading that they do a bang up job of keeping herds safe from predators and are gaining use on farms for that.
Your babies sound so adorable
What I read said they just wheel it around to change the position of it every so often to keep it effective.
