Comments on: Dysfunctional Family Chickens https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/ Down To Earth Exceptional Wine from Sonoma Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:35:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 By: <div class="apbct-real-user-wrapper"> <div class="apbct-real-user-author-name">Ken Wornick</div> <div class="apbct-real-user-badge" onmouseover="apbctRealUserBadgeViewPopup('apbct_trp_comment_id_1509');" onmouseout="apbctRealUserBadgeClosePopup(event);"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img" style="align-self: center;"> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup apbct-trp-popup-desktop" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_1509"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Ken Wornick</b> acts as a real person and verified as not a bot.</span> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/shield.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Passed all tests against spam bots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup apbct-trp-popup-mob" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_1509"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Ken Wornick</b> acts as a real person and verified as not a bot.</span> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/shield.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Passed all tests against spam bots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/#comment-1509 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:35:09 +0000 https://www.hydeoutsonoma.com/?p=2558#comment-1509 In reply to NICHOLAS W FREEDMAN.

Great helpful commentary to readers Nick. Indeed, backyardchickens.com is the place I bought the automatic chicken door. Comes with a mechanically operated door, a battery, a solar panel, and a light sensor. You can either program it as you wish or use the default mode where the door opens at daylight and closes at sunset. With the automatic door, and the automatic water and food dispensers, all the operator has to do is keep things neat and tidy.

]]> By: NICHOLAS W FREEDMAN https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/#comment-1508 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:01:51 +0000 https://www.hydeoutsonoma.com/?p=2558#comment-1508 https://www.backyardchickens.com/ a great source for chicken info. When building a coup – if you can design a floor that drops open, makes for easy cleaning. Old-timers accomplished this by having wood floors – tongue and grove, and roosting racks made of wire and redwood frame that would lift during the day and made for easy shovelling. Drop out floors might accomplish the same. I have a few mounted vertically in the veggie garden for climbing vines. They look good and work great for beans and peas. Let me know if you want some.
You might also consider a chicken tractor – https://www.backyardchickens.com/ for another set of birds, and move this around the outer parts of the ranch. This can open for free-range, however, you might lose a lot of birds in the wooded creek areas. So this design allows for the free-ranging without the risk.
Last – chickendoors.com allows for auto open and shut doors and you gotta keep an eye on the birds because once a hunter figures out to wait for the door to open in the am, they will each day waiting on breakfast. Break the cycle by waiting in a nearby window with a scope… of just lock up the door for a few days.
Roosters make great chicken soup…
PS – that is a great looking chicken in that coup…

]]> By: <div class="apbct-real-user-wrapper"> <div class="apbct-real-user-author-name">Ken Wornick</div> <div class="apbct-real-user-badge" onmouseover="apbctRealUserBadgeViewPopup('apbct_trp_comment_id_1507');" onmouseout="apbctRealUserBadgeClosePopup(event);"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img" style="align-self: center;"> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup apbct-trp-popup-desktop" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_1507"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Ken Wornick</b> acts as a real person and verified as not a bot.</span> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/shield.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Passed all tests against spam bots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup apbct-trp-popup-mob" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_1507"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Ken Wornick</b> acts as a real person and verified as not a bot.</span> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/shield.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Passed all tests against spam bots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/#comment-1507 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:21:49 +0000 https://www.hydeoutsonoma.com/?p=2558#comment-1507 In reply to Karin Kascher.

Cracked me up too. And…a great pun!

]]> By: <div class="apbct-real-user-wrapper"> <div class="apbct-real-user-author-name">Ken Wornick</div> <div class="apbct-real-user-badge" onmouseover="apbctRealUserBadgeViewPopup('apbct_trp_comment_id_1506');" onmouseout="apbctRealUserBadgeClosePopup(event);"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img" style="align-self: center;"> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup apbct-trp-popup-desktop" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_1506"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Ken Wornick</b> acts as a real person and verified as not a bot.</span> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/shield.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Passed all tests against spam bots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup apbct-trp-popup-mob" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_1506"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Ken Wornick</b> acts as a real person and verified as not a bot.</span> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/shield.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Passed all tests against spam bots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/#comment-1506 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:21:20 +0000 https://www.hydeoutsonoma.com/?p=2558#comment-1506 In reply to Peter Ferris.

Peter – see you in March for round two!

]]> By: <div class="apbct-real-user-wrapper"> <div class="apbct-real-user-author-name">Ken Wornick</div> <div class="apbct-real-user-badge" onmouseover="apbctRealUserBadgeViewPopup('apbct_trp_comment_id_1505');" onmouseout="apbctRealUserBadgeClosePopup(event);"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img" style="align-self: center;"> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup apbct-trp-popup-desktop" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_1505"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Ken Wornick</b> acts as a real person and verified as not a bot.</span> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/shield.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Passed all tests against spam bots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup apbct-trp-popup-mob" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_1505"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/real_user.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Ken Wornick</b> acts as a real person and verified as not a bot.</span> </div> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup-content_row"> <img src="https://www.sonocaia.com/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/css/images/shield.svg" class="apbct-real-user-popup-img"> <span class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Passed all tests against spam bots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/#comment-1505 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:20:38 +0000 https://www.hydeoutsonoma.com/?p=2558#comment-1505 In reply to Martha Rosenblatt.

Martha, coming from you – a huge compliment. Hugs. Ken

]]> By: Martha Rosenblatt https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/#comment-1504 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:47:51 +0000 https://www.hydeoutsonoma.com/?p=2558#comment-1504 I love that you are always forging new paths. And not that you have spare time…just an amazing creative energy. I wanted chickens at one time, but knew I would worry about stalkers every minute….and would end up chick sitting all day, everyday.

]]> By: Peter Ferris https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/#comment-1503 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:55:57 +0000 https://www.hydeoutsonoma.com/?p=2558#comment-1503 Thanks for the DYL shoutout Ken. What an August group!

]]> By: Karin Kascher https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/#comment-1502 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:56:34 +0000 https://www.hydeoutsonoma.com/?p=2558#comment-1502 One Wednesday, a Husband Took His Wife to the Doctor…

‘Oh, doctor’, he said, ‘my wife thinks she’s a chicken’. The doctor gasped, ‘That’s terrible. How long has she been like that?’
The husband replied, ‘Three years’. The doctor was horrified, ‘Three years! Why didn’t you bring her to me sooner?’
The husband said sheepishly, ‘Because we needed the eggs.’

That cracked me up! I love how you’re always trying new things! Next it’ll be Bees!

]]> By: NEIGHBOR NANCY https://www.sonocaia.com/dysfunctional-family-chickens/#comment-1501 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:10:17 +0000 https://www.hydeoutsonoma.com/?p=2558#comment-1501 GRANDSON NATHAN HAD CHICKENS AND TWO
BEE HIVES AT ELM.. BIG SURPRISE WAS THE
ARRIVAL OF A PAIR OF HAWKS WHO BUILT A
VERY LARGE NEST IN THE OAK TREE NOT LONG
AFTER THE CHICLETS MOVED OUTDOORS TO THEIR
COOP. FREE RANGE TIME ALWAYS HAD A GUARDIAN.

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You can come visit anytime…

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