NH Homesteader- turkeys!

[CntryBoy777]

She's just trying to make "Life" interesting for ya...she doesn't want ya to get Bored...just trying to make sure ya get Excercise like she does...releasing that "Pent up Energy".

 

[NH homesteader]

Oh believe me I am not bored haha! 3 chickens loaded up and out the door. Could have tried to get money for them but just gave them away. Seems like a nice guy. And my DH is just happy not to have to butcher them in the middle of winter.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Oh, I didn't think ya was bored, or lazy by any means... I was speaking as your dog was probably thinking....she was just trying to Help....in her mind. Glad ya was able to find a place for your birds...we gave away 14dz eggs today...and it makes ya feel really Good sometimes to "Share the Wealth" with others...especially when their jaw Drops...

 

[NH homesteader]

Oh I know, I didn't take it that way!

I'm glad to get them out of here before it snows tomorrow night. Our coops have been spread all over the place and it's a lot of walking and shoveling. So now I can move them and I have one less place to shovel!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Something that may help ya with that shoveling too. I have some extra skirting from the trailer and cut 2pcs to length they slide together with a tongue and groove, and placed them under the roosts it is a quick pull them out and hose off in the garden compost area, and it is caked up a hoe will scrap it off nicely....I also keep hay down sprinkled on the floor so the rest is easier to sweep into the little trays the skirting makes. I'll get some pics for ya tomorrow when I clean it out, it may give ya a better idea, if ya wish.

 

[NH homesteader]

That's a good idea. Yeah pics are always good! When we build our hoop coop for the turkeys I want to put in moveable roosts.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Good idea!

 

[NH homesteader]

They accumulate some serious..

 

[CntryBoy777]

Something else I have done with the birds is change their feed. I was using laying pellets $7.50/50lb bag to Layena Plus it has Omega3, oyster shells, and minerals in it $14.50/50lb bag. It has changed the smell and is more solid than runny, even the ducks. I hate the increase, but it seems to be much better for them. When I get to free ranging inside the fence the cost should go down as far as the amount they eat. Right now I'm really shooting myself in the foot, but that's what I get for "Jumping the Gun" to get them.

 

[CntryBoy777]

First off I must say I love your goats, but that new avatar is just Darling!!...I just want to give it a hug...
Now, here are the pics I told ya I would get. First is the tongue and groove of the skirting and then sliding them together... next one shows the flexability of the pcs together so they can be folded together for removal without spreading the mess... with the roosts in front of the door, it slides straight out... this will give ya an idea how it slides out... and then I sprinkle hay over the floor and skirting, it aids in it not sticking and caking to the vinyl and sweeping the errant droppings from the plywood to the vinyl.... and the job is complete.