Cleanin Coops...

Today I Started gettin the Hillbilly Hen House ready to be turned into the Silkie Shack... Cleaned out the old straw/bedding, sweep it out, scrubbed the floors, walls, nestboxes with soapy water, let that air dry, then spayed everything down with vinegar (natural disinfectant).

Its nice & shinny now

The Inspectors, They gave me a A+

Took this pic on my rain break...
It only sprinkled for a few minutes. Then I got started on the Bantam Tractor... both coops took me 2 hours & 20 mins.


Coming to see whats goin on

* Tomorrow I gotta shine the Chicken Shack.

Well Its Official...

Charlies A Boy!

I was thinking he was looking alittle roosterish.
Caught him in the act of trying to mate today...
now I just have to listen for his 1st crow.

Big Daddys running over there to knock him off that hen, lol

Isnt he BEAUTIFUL... I just love his coloring.

Nice and shinny feathers

He was born in Sept. 09... so hes about 5 months old.

I only have him and a pullet from my Sept. 09 hatch

Charlies in this bunch somewhere, lol. 1 Week Old

At 5 weeks old

Charlie at 6 weeks and 7 weeks...

Just another snow day...

Hope you enjoy the new pictures I took today...

Its a ghost town...

Some hanging out under the coop...

... and the rest just hanging out in the coop, nothing else to do!

"We Are Sick Of This White Stuff!"

Looks like shes saying... Get Out Of Here With That Camera!

Sugar one of our Easter Eggers making us breakfast, lol

...and there it is

Nice purtty warm egg :)

Chipmunk trying to catch alittle shut eye

Nov. Chickie checking me out

She's my lil friend (I hope its a she)... she always comes up to me

Nov. bantam chickie

pecking snow off my boot,lol

Big Daddy... always watching :)

Sally Sue always watching me too...
Just waiting for the opportunity to flog me, lol

Goldie

Hello

Weird looking creature, lol

Hanky Doodles wishing for sunny days to run and play in...

Lots of snow this morning...

It was still snow when I got up at 6:40 am
looks like we got about 6-7 inches (some places 8)

Taken at 6:45 am

Time to feed the chickens... they HATE the snow :(

They dont want to come out, dont really blame em
some are under the coop too, lol

Charlie was being brave or just very hungry, lol
(From my Sept. hatch)

Another one from my Sept. hatch gettin some scratch

Chicken Noodle watching over some of his girls
Hes a good rooster

2 chickies from my Nov. hatch

A Buff and Sally Sue checking out the snow...

Sally Sue gettin brave...

"Cock a doodle dooooo"

Now this was too funny! He flew off that roost, landed in the snow and was stuck!
I had to go pick his mean lil butt up

So Beautiful... but some mean!

Pretty...

* Brian went out and shoveled some of the run for me (and the chickens)