Look who's getting her own up close and personal lesson from her sister, Mary Ellen! It seems locking Sue Ellen with the laying hens was a good idea, she suddenly has taken an interest in what all the fuss was about in the nesting boxes.
And apparently it worked for when we went back later, we found TWO little brown eggs! So not sure if the sisters laid one each or Mary Ellen was in double production today, but I'm excited. Four eggs today! Yay! And look at my happy chickens sitting on their roosts! I love my chickens!
You ladies are very observant! Yes, I added the slanted roof, I got sick of sweeping up their poop and I like to try and keep their boxes clean. I tried changing from straw to shavings thinking it would also be cleaner, but they didn't like the shavings so I'm going back to straw. And, yes, my turkeys think they are chickens and are the bullies of the coop. I really need to build them their own place but it was not my intention for them to be permanent fixtures on the farm.
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I live a very simple life on a small hobby farm along with my husband, three kids, and an assortment of animals. Life may be simple but I love every minute of it.