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Thanks 🙏🏼. I love that little roo

Here's Cati the Daddy, Acorn Overlord with his Crevecoeur hens. He's gentle and large, filling out nicely. He stands still if I need to pick him up but still puffs up when I first open the tractor door. 🤣 the Blue Creve is Marge with her always wet beard, and the others are Arti, Sofi, and Weesa.

Very proper pose 💖

Photos of my Crèvecœur fearless leader, Michele the Cockerel, who is a contender for my breeding program...finally got some photos:

Michele the Cockerel made his first attempt at crowing to alert his flock about a mysterious van passing by. Some of the pullets flew into the rafters. This is his second crow, a vanity call, if you will.

This is so gorgeous! Really space-ous!

Sure, I'm overdue on portraits. I'll do it tomorrow. He's beautiful and only occasionally puts his beak on me when I pick him up. The runner-up roo hops into my hand to go to the tractor. I transfer them one at a time to examine them for issues and spend a little time together.

Michele the Cockerel is our head roo in training

...and in Florida! I have an array of red shouldered hawk feathers from downy to adult and I'm missing goldfish from my pond from a giant water snake (relocated), an owl, and our "pet" hawk who will just sit on the watergarden foundation and watch you walk by... Predator-safe is important in the...

I have a small breeding program and plan chicks next Spring. The brooder seems like torture for the chicks, regardless of how big. They hop into my hand to be placed in the tractor every morning. So I'm looking at others' situations and you're so helpful!

I'm glad to hear it! Sources I've read say 6-8 weeks, but I feel like every resource is calibrated to Canada or cold climates. My chicks are in an environment so warm I have to watch for heat, not cold.

Great, thank you so much! My chicks are doing so well I just greatly dislike putting them back in the brooder at night. They'll be 8 weeks Monday. it would be wonderful if my future chicks could grow up in a separate house with a broody Silkie and enjoy a more natural life on the pasture grass...

Precious! Is it ethical to get a Silkie to raise baby chicks in a breeding program? I've been reading about it...

😍 They are precious & what a great photo! Mine love radish tops. What is the greens du jour?

Had a break from Cristobal to give pasture time and practice the xylophone with my Crèves.

Haha Yeah I think they're into improvisational jazz...

It worked. They are playing to get treats after 20 minutes of training. Link here

Teaching my Crèves to play jazz today... video linked

So neat! Caged lights but bird safe. I'm starting to think in terms of chicken wire and hooks now. I'm used to working with wood, but this is a fun setup. Pretty ingenious!

Aww, they’re so cute! I want the gray one. 😍 Pretty sure the blue was my free bonus chick and she's been a butterball since day one.