Showing posts with label dog run. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dog run. Show all posts

Monday, April 15, 2013

Custer Cottage Egg Stamps

I recently purchased 2 stamps for the eggs from our chickens. One of the stamps is an outline of a hen.  The other stamp has my company name on it, (Custer Cottage).  The pre-inked stamp uses regular food coloring.  I purchased the stamp from: 
Premier Sheep Supplies Ltd.
2031 300th St
Washington, IA  52353
Phone: 319-653-9624
http://www.premier1supplies.com/list.php?mode=list&species_id=ALL&criteria=egg+stamps&submit.x=12&submit.y=7
Obviously they do have items for farm animals other than sheep.  

I could use the words organic, natural, or free range, but everyone has a different idea of what these words mean, so I find it best to just use my company name.  My family and I do not allow our chickens to free range very often.  We do a modified free range due to neighbor dogs that dig under the fence.  Modified Free Range would not look too good as an egg stamp.  LOL 




This is a hint for what we will be doing next.  LOL  Be prepared.  The red item(s) is a pair of socks.
We have a dog run which is 4 times the size of a regular dog run.  We added this run to the hen house.  There are 2 rooms in the hen house.  One of the rooms is full of nest boxes and of course food and water.  The other room is screened in and it has an opening in the center of the floor for taking dust baths and this room also has more food and water. 

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Run Chicken Run


I have a problem with a neighbor dog that tunnels under the fence and attacks my chickens.  Despite my yelling and pleading with the dog owner, I am afraid it may happen again.  I have priced dog runs and they tend to be very expensive.  I found a double sized dog run in Craigslist.  Once it was delivered and partially put together, I found that it was damaged on the door side and would not stretch out and be plum no matter what pushing and pulling we attempted to do.  However, it fit perfectly in the yard and butts up to the corners of the screened in side of the chicken coop.  It allows our girls to have much play space and even a shade tree.  I opened an area for them to go in and out of in the end portion of the screened side of the coop.  I need to beautify this opening, but the girls should be happy in their new chicken run.    

Thank you for viewing!  May the Lord bless you!  Dawnie