CNGF Post

Hey everyone!

As you all know, the California Native Garden Foundation helped us make the chicken coop, along with a couple other things in the garden. Here is the link to their blog post on what they helped us with: Our work with Willow Glen High School

The Finished Product

From left to right, Juliet , myself, and Marc holding the chickens. 

Ms. Suarez's First Period Class Visited the Chickens!

Season's Greetings from the WGHS GOLD Main Garden!

November Update

It's been a while since I last posted, so here's what has been happening:

• We have recently moved what's in the coop around. More pictures coming up soon.
• The roof has been waterproofed.
• The eggs are now mostly regularly shaped.
• The chickens have intestinal worms, but pumpkin seeds helped get some of the worms out of their system.

Sorry this is a short one. A more detailed post is coming soon.

Also, if anyone would like to help take care of the chickens, please go to the Chicken Care page.

Thanks!

The Chickens are Back!

Hello, everyone!

Here is a bit of an update from when we last posted:

Over summer vacation, we had a couple of Mr. Bursch's friends take care of the chickens. We took care of their chickens for a few days as well.

The coop has been finished! With the grant from CNGF, we had some people build the coop for us. Here are some pictures:

The chickens returned to the school on August 30. Here are some pictures of them:

On September 10, one of the chickens laid an egg!

Castiel, my rabbit, inspecting the egg

The chickens pecked at the egg

Since the chickens kept pecking the eggs. we put in fake eggs to stop them from doing that and it worked.

From Brooder to Brooder to Brooder to Brooder to Almost Outdoors

 Over time, we have had about 4 different brooders for the chickens. From the traditional box, to the storage bin, to Ryan's homemade Brooder, to Helen's changes to Ryan's brooder. Here are some images of Ryan and Helen's versions of the brooder:

Ryan's Version of the Brooder

Ryan's Version of the Brooder

Helen's Version of the Brooder

Helen's Version of the Brooder

About month ago, we found out that Mr. Bursch had obtained a grant from CNGF to help with the development of our school's garden, as well as build a chicken coop and run for us. We were supposed to build on the 16th, but there were some transportation problems, so we are rescheduling. Currently, the chickens are just about ready to move into the outdoors, so we have been giving them some outdoor time. Here are some pictures of Helen and I with the chickens outside:

Helen in her Backyard with the Chicks

Helen in her Backyard with the Chicks as Jack and McNugget sit on her

The Chicks sitting on and around Helen in her Backyard

Oswin, Houdini, Frappuccino, and Elle on Helen in Helen's backyard

Oswin on Helen in her Backyard

In the Garden with the Chicks

Frappuccino standing on my Leg in the Garden Area

The Chicks chilling in the Garden Area with my friend, Katherine, and I

Frappuccino standing on Katherine

Frappuccino in the Garden

Frappuccino in the Garden

Elle, Jack, McNugget, and Oswin in the Garden

The chicks really enjoy their outside time. We hope to get the chicks living outside soon. That's all for now!
 

Chicken Accommodations

It's been a while since the last post. This chicks are now about 3 times bigger than they were when we bought them! As you can tell, bigger chicks means bigger accommodations. After a while, the chicks began to learn how to fly. They were escaping the box quite often, so our dear friend Emily decided to get them a larger space. We also had a mediocre bulb (which eventually burnt out) and we were borrowing one of the science teachers lamps. Emily was gracious enough to buy us a heating lamp for the chicks, as the white light messed with the chicks sleeping schedule. This is what the set up looked like after Emily upgraded their tiny accommodations:

The New Accommodations - Outside

The New Accommodations - Inside

As you can see, the chicks did not have a legitimate food or water dispenser (broken), but we got new ones. (There was a screen on top of the box, but it was taken off for the photo.) There will be more photos to come!