This is a fun one with a chance to win a prize at the end!!!!
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| What better way to celebrate turning 60 (him, not me) and enjoy a Thanksgiving weekend than building a new hen coop! |
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| Look inside. See the who just can't wait until the roof is on before having a look around. He had lots of little interested feathered helpers during the whole process. |
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| A few shakes of the treat container and they all came running for a closer look. |
Now, how about a little fun!!!
❓Who do you think will decide to make the brand new coop their home?
(I like to have 3-5 in each house.)
❓What color will the egg be?
(Green? Light tan? Light brown? Speckled?)
You make the call!
Put your guesses in the comments below.
We'll see what happens!
😉😀😄I'll send a little 5"x7" painting to winners! 😉😀😄
Here are a few chicken stats to help you with your decision
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| Dominique & her 4 babies She totally "rules the roost." Nearly all of the hens below are her daughters. She protects her babies and makes sure the others know she's boss. |
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| Eleanore (from Dominique's first brood) She's kind of aloof. She lays lovely light tan eggs, but honestly, she's been kind of a freeloader lately. She took the summer off from laying. Her excuse was molting, but her feathers have been back for weeks, she just recently started "working" again. |
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Twinkle (can't remember if she was one of Dominique's or Dolly's) Sweet little Twinkle is easy and friendly and is a faithful layer of beautiful little green eggs.. |
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| Paula and Pip (Dominique's daughters from her spring brood) They hang together most of the time. Paula just started laying recently. Her eggs are a beautiful shiny light green. She's a flighty one. Pip is stately. She also started laying pretty light brown eggs last week. |
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| Foxy, Fancy-like, & Peanut (Dominique's daughters from her summer brood) They hang together all the time.They aren't quite old enough to lay yet, but soon maybe. Foxy is a mess. She likes to run around the house when it's bedtime and make me chase her. Fancy-like is so sweet. She's a Bantam, so she'll always be small and lay small eggs. Her feet are yellow, so I expect her eggs to be white, tan, or brown. Peanut is hilarious. She's a tiny Bantam who isn't afraid to jump right up onto the arm of my chair for a treat. Her legs are gray, so I hope to see some tiny blue or green eggs from her soon. |
We're going to let the hens decide.
Leave your predictions in the comments!
I'll let you know what happens next week!
FYI: It started raining, so they all put themselves to bed in their normal houses before we got out there.
Dominique and the babies in the Sister House.
All the other 7 crowded into the Cousin House (since Dominique kicked them all out once she had new babies.)
So, nobody went into the brand new shiny Aunt House tonight.
