What remarkably bright little things they are. The one in the middle looks like she's having a good nap.
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Setting up home in a new country is going to be challenging. A bit like trying to cook a meal in someone else's kitchen. Maybe. This is a record of my experiences as I pack up my old life in England and start a new one in Ontario, Canada, with the aim of becoming more self-sufficient.
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Backyard birdspotting
- American Bittern
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Baltimore Oriole
- Barred Owl
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Blue Jay
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Brewer's Blackbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Cedar Waxwing
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Whip-poor-will
- Great Blue Heron
- Grey Catbird
- Hairy Woodpecker
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Purple Finch
- Red-breasted Nutchatch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Ruby-throated hummingbird
- Ruffed Grouse
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sandhill Crane
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Swamp Sparrow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Yellow Warbler
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I worried about whether mine would know what to do when the time came. Looks like that won't be an issue. Great pics and darling chicks!
They look so sweet! But I think the perches should be 2" x 2" with the edges rounded off.
I've read differing advice about the perches. Some writers suggest that in cold areas (I guess Canada counts as one of those?!) you can put the 2x4 planks flat, so that the hens keep their feet warm by completely covering them up in the winter. We haven't done that, but will see come the winter whether we should have done!
Although, having said that, the support on the left hand side of the perches is made up of a 2x4 on its flat side, and so is the top of the old manger on the right. So the chickens will be able to choose which ones they prefer.
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