Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

[TwoCrows]

Evvie (Mille Fleur d’Uccle/Serama) enjoying the view.
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@WoDia Beautiful bird, congrats on the POW!

 

[Sylvester017]

Anybody else getting drenched in the deluge?

 

[ChicksnMore]

Evvie (Mille Fleur d’Uccle/Serama) enjoying the view.
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Congrats to you and your cutie pie

 

[ChicksnMore]

Legs after indulging in some sour mash.
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Look out John Travolta!

 

[WoDia]

Congrats to you and your cutie pie

Awwww I appreciate it @ChicksnMore! Thank you so much!!!!

 

[WoDia]

@WoDia Beautiful bird, congrats on the POW!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH @TwoCrows!! I’m honored to have my Evvie chosen.

 

[LTAY1946]

Anybody else getting drenched in the deluge?
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I have a small 2 panel hoop coop with 2 pet hens and a rooster. the two hens were still wet today from the rain a day before. I've got to make some modifications to stop blowing rain on them but still get good ventilation in summer's heat.

 

[Sylvester017]

@LTAY1946 -- Would a 10x10 or 12x12 pop-up canopy over the hoop help? We buried the legs of our canopies 6 to 8 inches into the soil so they don't blow away from wind or rain. Of course once a year we have to recover the canopies. We have our largest 10x10 canopy positioned over the 4x4 sandbox which keeps the sand dry for dustbathing during light rain or sprinkles. However, in heavy rain we keep the hens in-house all day cuz one Silkie doesn't have the good sense to stay out of the mud and puddles.

Sandbox is shaded from the sun in summer and keeps dry in the rain.

This Coleman's 10x10 canopy legs have been buried inground for the past 9 years and although we have to replace the cover every year, the frame has withstood the test of time and in the winter keeps the sand dustbox dry and in summer provides shade over the sand.

Since planting trees in the chicken yard there's plenty of shade for them all around:
This photo shows the 3 young trees along the back wall.

This photo shows how big and shady the trees are now.

A molting Dominique hen enjoying the shade and seclusion of a tree:

 

[LTAY1946]

Canopies are not big enough to cover our coops. I have a large vinyl tarp I'm cutting up into pieces that will cover the areas that can let blowing horizontal rain in. It's blowing rain that gets us not the downward falling rain. We had to learn as we went and still learning as we go. Working on drop curtains for rain that can be rolled up for needed ventilation.

 

[HS2010]

Oreo, Cocoa and Snowflake - keeping the garden free of pigeons in Suffolk!