The coop has been painted and moved to its final location. It has been placed on a foundation built using pavers that we were grateful to receive as a donation. The roof has been completed and a nest box has been installed.
With the frame mostly complete, Twilight Sparkle was tasked with testing out the perch inside the coop. She did not approve. It is too close to the ceiling! It will need to be redone before construction can continue.
One of the chickens laid a shell-less egg today. I’m not sure which one since I tend to go by the egg shell color to determine which hen laid the egg. The lack of shell could be caused by a lack of calcium in the diet so I’ll be picking up some crushed oysters shells this week to supplement their meals.
Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle got some tasty strawberries and blueberries with breakfast today.
Fluttershy is very vocal about laying eggs. I can always hear when she is about to lay as can most of our neighbors I’m sure. Fluttershy is an Ameraucana so she lays beautiful blue-green eggs.
We are building a new chicken coop to better protect our hens. Since it’s been raining so much, construction has started inside. Once the weather dries up, we’ll move the coop outside in pieces to finish assembling and then we’ll paint it to make it last longer.
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Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy came to Quoka Farm in the spring of 2023 at 3 months old. Twilight Sparkle was the clear leader of the two. She stands out with her gorgeous black feathers with white speckles and an adorable feather mohawk. Fluttershy was the last of her litter mates to get adopted and was missing some of her feathers when she came to us. She was also very shy which is how she became Fluttershy. With Twilight Sparkle’s support she has gained confidence and has regrown all her missing feathers. Her beautiful golden brown plumage grew back just in time for winter. The hens have kept each other warm snuggling together on their perch through the long cold winter nights. Now that spring has sprung, at 10 months old, our hens have started to lay eggs.
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