Thanks for asking.
Pip is fine, as far as I can tell. I don't know if she's laying, but I haven't seen any lash material in a while.
I miss her getting on my shoulder. I think she's to big and heavy to get there now?
My girls are getting feisty with each other. I saw one of them jump on the back of another twice while I was sitting in the run with them.
I don't want to get a rooster, yet. I want them to get along.
Maybe next spring, or the year after, I'll order some more Bielefelders and get a cockerel...
When Widget was thinking of going broody, I took her out of the nest at roost time, put her on the roost, and blocked off that nest. She was out and about the next day, but did finally decide she wanted to sit. It took just two days and nights in the broody breaker crate to convince her to snap...
I'm flashing back to cartoons of my youth. The character goes straight up in the air, feet whizzing around in a circle (while they play the sound I associate with cartoon running), and then "hit the ground running." I always wanted to be able to do that.
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It's an 8x8 frame. It was for a green house, or maybe a tent, like what vendors have at outdoor shows. It's the "addition" to the run; the original part is 10x10. That has a solid roof, made of polycarbonate panels. Like what they use for green houses, but 83% light transmission. It still gets...
I have metal framework for my run. I have chicken wire up over the roof, covered with a TSC heavy duty tarp. The chicken wire supports the tarp across the 2 foot span. The tarp just went through its 3rd winter. Part of open up in the winter is to broom the snow off the roof.
I am so sorry, @featherhead007. I have no words, just hugs.
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Fly high and free, Sir Jaffar! You will be remembered forever here on this thread and in my heart.