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Author:	Leghorns [ Sat Aug 26, 2023 10:40 pm ]
Post subject:	Chook House Chronicles
A continuation from my introduction here: So the Chook house needed nesting boxes, and decided to colour them to see which nest they chose: Attachment: Building inspector checking opening 1.jpg [ 86.51 KiB \| Viewed 9150 times ] Attachment: Construction under way 1.jpg [ 68.29 KiB \| Viewed 8937 times ] Attachment: Nesting box 5 colours 1.jpg [ 37.64 KiB \| Viewed 8783 times ] Attachment: Lid painted 1.jpg [ 40.19 KiB \| Viewed 8687 times ] Attachment: Ready for Lid 1.jpg [ 88.21 KiB \| Viewed 8634 times ] Attachment: Inspecting Lid.jpg [ 86.62 KiB \| Viewed 8599 times ] More to post soon.

Author:	Leghorns [ Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:28 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Chook House Modifications
Nesting boxes completed 2 weeks ago, and placed a golf ball in each: Attachment: Nesting Boxes Complete 1.jpg [ 68.58 KiB \| Viewed 8579 times ] Attachment: Red 1.jpg [ 51.96 KiB \| Viewed 8557 times ] Attachment: Yellow 1.jpg [ 48.71 KiB \| Viewed 8565 times ] Attachment: Green 1.jpg [ 58.87 KiB \| Viewed 8551 times ] Attachment: Blue 1.jpg [ 51.84 KiB \| Viewed 8546 times ] Attachment: Violet 1.jpg [ 50.49 KiB \| Viewed 8549 times ] LIVE Coloured Nesting Boxes Egg Counter to date: Red = 4 ..........19-08-23, 20-08-23, 26-08-23, 28-08-23 Yellow = 6 .......21-08-23, 22-08-23, 23-08-23, 24-8-23, 25-08-23, 27-08-23 Green = 0 Blue = 0 Violet = 0 Else-where = 2 .......22-08-23, 25-08-23

Author:	Leghorns [ Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:29 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Chook House Modifications
Well it's time to incubate these 15 eggs, and see which one's hatch: Attachment: 17 leghorn eggs.jpg [ 56.17 KiB \| Viewed 8507 times ] LIVE Coloured Nesting Boxes Egg Counter to date: Red = 8 ..........19-08-23, 20-08-23, 26-08-23, 28-08-23, 2/30-08-23, 31-08-23, 02-09-23 Yellow = 7 .......21-08-23, 22-08-23, 23-08-23, 24-8-23, 25-08-23, 27-08-23, 29-08-23 Green = 0 Blue = 0 Violet = 0 Else-where = 2 .......22-08-23, 25-08-23

Author:	Leghorns [ Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:09 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Chook House Modifications
Ok, just started the incubator up just now, with the 18th egg collected today: Attachment: Prepared 18 eggs.jpg [ 43.42 KiB \| Viewed 8486 times ] Attachment: Incubator heating up.jpg [ 44.65 KiB \| Viewed 8471 times ] Now the wait and see which eggs hatch and when. LIVE Coloured Nesting Boxes Egg Counter to date: Red = 9 ..........19-08-23, 20-08-23, 26-08-23, 28-08-23, 2/30-08-23, 31-08-23, 2/02-09-23 Yellow = 7 .......21-08-23, 22-08-23, 23-08-23, 24-8-23, 25-08-23, 27-08-23, 29-08-23 Green = 0 Blue = 0 Violet = 0 Else-where = 2 .......22-08-23, 25-08-23

Author:	Leghorns [ Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:57 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Chook House Modifications
18 eggs almost up to temperature, and humidity 10 degrees C to high for now: Attachment: Starting Temp and Humidty.jpg [ 41.36 KiB \| Viewed 8485 times ] Attachment: 18 eggs day 1.jpg [ 38.28 KiB \| Viewed 8505 times ] Once eggs warm up and the water level evaporate's a bit, we should be good to go, with about 37.5C and 60% humidity.

Author:	Leghorns [ Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:13 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Chook House Modifications
Temperature up to specification, and humidity coming down: Attachment: Temp up to specification.jpg [ 36.09 KiB \| Viewed 8518 times ]

Author:	Leghorns [ Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:19 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Chook House Modifications
So here is the second Kids Cubby House extension, that doubles the inside area so the two new Hens Jenny and Penny, have a separate area till Tweety and Henny get to know each other: Attachment: Dismantling Cubby.jpg [ 93.43 KiB \| Viewed 8486 times ] Attachment: Floor Extension.jpg [ 91.22 KiB \| Viewed 8492 times ] Attachment: Walls Up.jpg [ 97.02 KiB \| Viewed 8479 times ] Attachment: Roof On.jpg [ 73.33 KiB \| Viewed 8464 times ] Attachment: Removing Panels.jpg [ 54.56 KiB \| Viewed 8490 times ] Attachment: Divider Fence.jpg [ 73.01 KiB \| Viewed 8469 times ] More images to come, as can only attach 6.

Author:	Leghorns [ Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:33 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Chook House Modifications
So here are the extra images to the Chook House extension: Attachment: Chickens Seperated Atm.jpg [ 92.76 KiB \| Viewed 8476 times ] Attachment: Tweety Posing.jpg [ 65.78 KiB \| Viewed 8499 times ] This is a snack the Chickens get every night: Attachment: Evening Snack with Diatomaceous Earth.jpg [ 85.64 KiB \| Viewed 8437 times ] Here is after a few days, the chickens now live together, with the Timed Light that turns off 8pm every night, and on at 5:30am mornings: Attachment: Chickens in with Timer Light.jpg [ 32.18 KiB \| Viewed 8474 times ] Here is Tweety eating out of a Cat litter tray. This works very well, and for some reason the chickens do not do their droppings in it: Attachment: Tweety Eating Up.jpg [ 50.7 KiB \| Viewed 8479 times ] Attachment: Tweety Eating.jpg [ 50.2 KiB \| Viewed 8476 times ] That's All Folks on the extension bit.

Author:	Leghorns [ Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:57 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Chook House Modifications
Tonight's Feed, is two plates of goodies, as feeding them outside today with bread, grasses and cat dry food pellets, they seem a bit more hungry: Attachment: 20230903_180459.jpg [ 63.44 KiB \| Viewed 8426 times ]

Author:	Daniel.MountSamsonRd [ Mon Sep 04, 2023 8:00 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Chook House Modifications
Hey Leghorns, it looks like you have alot going on. Which laying box attracted the most chooks? Also is dry cat food okay for chickens.

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