tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14371641.post5996956204351041787..comments2023-07-17T14:02:02.018-05:00Comments on The Colonel's Corner: The Chicks of EegeebeegeeEd Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06099324158459514235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14371641.post-7502755472829660402010-04-07T18:18:36.988-05:002010-04-07T18:18:36.988-05:00Chickens lay eggs.
If said eggs were fertilized by...Chickens lay eggs.<br />If said eggs were fertilized by a rooster then the hen will sit on those eggs until they hatch. YEA!! More peepers.<br />When you build that "Hen House/Coop" make sure you use a small gauge wire so snakes can't crawl through the holes. Be sure to bury the wire for the fencing at least 12 inches in the ground so the foxes{and other types} aren't able to dig under the wooden bottom cross ties. Gate...Try to make it slightly wider than the entrance with a latch both center and bottom. Dig a ditch going full with of gate and about a foot wide and deep and fill with gravel should help with the digging efforts of afore mentioned preditors.<br />Make certain that you build it tall enough that both you and the comely and kind-hearted Miss Brenda can walk around in an up-right position and then cover it with small gaged hole wire cloth in order to keep the hawk and other such from getting a free lunch.<br />If you are really, really smart {which everyone one already knows that the Colonel is exceptional in that area} you will make the "Hen House" big enough to walk into and still be in an up-right position for easy removal of "Clucking-Hen Fruit". <br />You will also need to have electricity for a light and a heater for winter so the "Peepers/Cluckers" won't freeze or get "u-moan-ya" ... {I look in both of my dictionaries with no luck on finding that word-{deep breath, big sigh}-So-{another deep breath, big sigh}-snicker away while shaking your head. If you print the correct spellin I will write it on the cover page of those 2 books for future use.} <br /><br />Yep, I've had chickens...3 Bantem Hens with one Rooster as a kid growin up in Southern Swamp-Lands of Bayou Lafouche Louisiana. <br />Dad built a small "Hen-Fruit House" that was off the ground but it only had a small single door that opened on one end of the coop instead of a double door in the middle for easy access. No electric light to check on noise in the middle of the night or heater for winter. After 3 years...no more chickens.<br />They were the last 4 gifts from my Great Aunt and Uncle{both were full blooded Okla. Cherokee}. I was a very up-set child when the last one died because I felt that I had failed those two important people in my life.<br /><br />AND BTW fresh "Hen-Fruit" are the best eating you can get. <br />Make sure that they get lots of greens and insects along with grains <br />...cracked corn, oats, and other types of grains...<br />all of which makes for deep colored yolks and a better taste.<br /><br />Good Luck. and ENJOY THE "HEN-FRUIT"<br /><br />Miss EmMiss Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14441825597709556390noreply@blogger.com