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Selling some of your gorgeous wood work? Wish I could visit!

Several years ago, I tested low on vit D and they wanted to retest in a few months. I never went back for the retest. That winter, I fell and broke my wrist. D helps your body absorb calcium. Wish I'd gone back for the retest and taken it seriously. It was a year before my hand was back to...

Thank you! I have thought about letting the chickens into "the side yard," as we call it. I'd say I could fence in about 40x20 feet, maybe larger. But. (There's always a but.) This area is used for many things, so the fence would have to be moveable and at times removable, or at least gotten out...

Thank you. I appreciate your answer and your honesty. I certainly am not offended.

@Shadrach, I value your opinion very highly. (I'm sure many others do too.) So I'd like your opinion on my chicken "set up," honestly, not mincing words. I have 6 hens. My rooster died a few weeks ago. They have: -Approximately 47 sf in the coop, which is open all day long, and they are closed...

^^ Very interesting, thought provoking post, @Shadrach. Thank you.

I tried something new for the chickens today. I took my watering can and watered the soil in the run. They were scared of the watering can, but they sure do like the results! It's a hot day, they are settled on the nice cool, damp dirt.

I anthropomorphize a lot. It helps me understand why something (chicken or inanimate object) is behaving, to "explain" it in terms of how people behave. Example: I was teaching a knitting class. A woman said she had trouble counting rows completed in her pattern, but only when it was a stitch...

Well, they are very busy growing...

@Shadrach, what are the dimensions of your broody coops, approximately? Very nice, by the way.

That's what I make for my chickens as their "snack." They love it. It's also how I use up the fine bits/dust that end up at the bottom of their feeder and the bin I store the food in.

I can't say it any better. I've bookmarked the thread and will be reading the whole thing, a bit at a time.

Thank you. I might be employing this tactic with my roo.

You just sweep him off/away with your hand?

I found that link to have some really good info, and will use it to better my chickens' lives. I have a coop and run, no free ranging. Right now with HPAI a threat, this might be a good thing, but that's another topic.

I did too.

So, what is the plural of Skeksis? Skeksises? Skeksi?

Ooooof. Double digging. Oooooof. My back aches just thinking about it.

Thank you!

Please explain what this phrase means....?