The coop is being built!! Sherman has up the frame. I'm so excited that my chickens will have a home! They will be arriving next week. I still need to get my supplies and make my brooder box. But that should be simple. The coop is about 8x8, will have a slant roof, the door and a window in front, chicken door on the left side, egg checking door on right side. The chicken run will be built out to the left towards the tree & telephone poll in pic. I'll keep you posted on the progress!
Gunther is happy! We got him a few fun things for his cage. He has a litter box and it only took one day to train him to use it! He has a bed made out of edible grass, he loves it! It's been fun to watch him nibble on hay, veggies, and grass. We gave him a container of grass you grow and they can eat...he mowed it down so fast! I had to take it out so it can regrow!! We've let him out to roam around...he hops and flops and does tricks! He's so fun to watch! The kids are really enjoying him! When we let him out to play, we put the litter box down too...he will go and use it!! So cool!! I had a bunny as a child and he would use the cat's litter box. So, I was excited to see if I could get our bunny trained too! They make it so easy with a box you buy that fits in the corner of the cage and comes with a scooper and litter. You put it in the corner (most bunnies soil in one corner) that you see him getting dirty and he will continue to return to that area and use the box. Once his scent is in it, you can take it anywhere and he will return to it...even if he's running around the house. If he drops droppings other places, you scoop them up and put them in the box to reinforce that's the area this goes into. He is still dropping other places but the urinating is all being done in the litter box!! Which is awesome!!
I'm hoping that after we get the chicks in and settled I can make him a bunny run...just a cage without a bottom that I can put outside and let him get some fresh air and grass! I think he would LOVE that!! It would be fun to sit outside and watch him nibble in the sunshine!!
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