So looks like our Dora Pekin Bantam that we renamed Doran because we thought it was a boy is likely to be a Dora again. Facebook peeps as well as AI are calling her a hen! Is so that means all three of our Pekin chickens are hens which would be amazing.
As for the silkies we have 1 female and 2 males we think. I guess time will tell.
Flying past, thats where. So much for a blog post a day right? Been 6 days! Oh well, get that on the big jobs.
So this week Sage and I have just been hanging out eating iceream, playing games and a lot of shopping for stuff. Went and brought the sleepers to build the base of the worlds most over engineered chicken coop/run. Also managed to find all the parts for my old Swann Security system that runs over wireless.
Why you ask? Well this means 4 cameras in the coop and run, 24/7 monitoring and if I put the 2 point Thermometer in front of one I then also have temp gradiant monitoring. Nerd Meets Poultry = Win
Now to just work out where it is going to fit in the yard. Over all Dimensions are 2400x1900x890. Thats gives us about 4.75m² of floor space for our five feathered friends. Three Silkies, 2 Pekin Bantams so all small breed little critters, Add to that, coop part is raised so we arent losing any of that space and we also plan to add a 250mm high shelf that is 250mm wide running one of the 1900 sides and then L'ing around to run 1450mm along another side. This gives us another .775m² so combined gives us over 5.33m²
Well technically I built a henhouse, but hey it still took time and patience. I did have my amazing little offsider with me getting me screws and such. Tried to fix Deanne’s toilet in the ensuite but got the wrong part, so that’s a trip to Bunnings tomorrow. Oh well, get that on the big jobs, right?
So I want to expand this to be twice as wide, so I will grab some timber tomorrow as well. Babies won't need it for about four more weeks, but that time will fly by, so it's best to get it down now. Less Procrastination = win
What was it Matt Condie used to say, "Talking - Action = Shit" or something like that.
On other news, we went for a swim today at the Southwest Aquatic Place, always good on a hot day.
Ok well, not much more to write about today, so here is a picture of our tiny new additions to the family. Milky, Cinny, and Shadow, not sure what the hell they are doing, but they peeked at the skirting board for a good few minutes.
Early start today, told Sage yesterday to come get me in the morning if she wanted to play with the chickens so that was a 6am start... Went to bed at 2am...
Had a fun day, went to target to buy bathers for the water park because when we left to just get out of the house the Water Park was not on the agenda.
So day went, chicks, minecraft, drive, target, wendys, water park, chicks, internet, blogging, bed.
Not a bad day really.
So went on an adventure today! Sage, Deanne, and I all took Deanne's car and headed to Karridale to get Sage some Silkie Chicks. We have been promising her, well, I have been promising her chickens since mid 2025, and decided to pull the trigger on the idea while I am on holiday and able to assist in the starter care.
Here is a picture of the one we haven't named yet.
They are super cute, and we have set up a full little nursery for them with a heat plate and everything. Also brought a coup for them yesterday from Petbarn, which was $549 on the members' special, so it was a pretty good deal.
So looks like our Dora Pekin Bantam that we renamed Doran because we thought it was a boy is likely to be a Dora again. Facebook peeps as w...
