Today I tried to clean out the coop, mind you that it is only 10 degrees out!!!! I had to MAKE the chickens go outside so I could clean.......they were NOT happy campers!!!!! My husband said they lined up on and around the ramp until I let them back in.....I'm sure they were not harmed by spending 10 minutes in the cold.weather but boy did they pile in when I opened the door!!! Even putting food outside didn't fool them too much. I was grossed out though, there was a mouse in the hen house......ICK, ICK ICK.....I HATE MICE!!!! My hubby did come in and "get" the mouse out, I hope he or she does NOT come back!!! I did notice that the layer food and the scratch grain had holes in the bags. YUK I get so grossed out by those little gray things!
Now I will be on guard for mice....hopefully there will be no more of this!!! I'm so "FREAKED OUT"!!!!
At least the coop is better than it was and I put more straw down so hopefully it's warmer in the coop for chickens. I'm still having a problem with the chickens getting up on the watering can....they poop when they get up there and everyday I have to clean poop out, I don't really mind, my concern is how long has the poop been sitting in the water??? I hope it happens right before I get there to give them fresh water and not right after I have changed it!!! I can only hope, if it wasn't so dang cold out maybe I could hang the watering can....but @ 10 degrees, I don't think that's going to happen.
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