What did you do with your flock today?

[fuzzi]

Gosh I love your birds...such beauties. Are you going to let Mom raise the babies?

Thank you!

I am planning on letting Martha handle most of the rearing of the young'uns, with my input of course!

 

[Australorpfamily]

So maybe pretty babies! What all breeds do you have there?

The 6 week bigger grey ones are Olive Egger, the 5 week buff/tan ones are buff brahmas

The 3 week old ones are all easter eggers! Five of them are from a local lady that has a blue wheaten Ameraucana rooster! (I have several threads of these guys and their journeys!)

 

[Australorpfamily]

Had to get creative with a broody we don't want going broody. Have fought with her for four days now. I only have one crate and mr. Roo is in it lol so made her one lol (that on ground she kept getting out of lol)

 

[ChicksnMore]

Thank you!

I am planning on letting Martha handle most of the rearing of the young'uns, with my input of course!

O happy Martha and lucky babies!

 

[ChicksnMore]

The 6 week bigger grey ones are Olive Egger, the 5 week buff/tan ones are buff brahmas

The 3 week old ones are all easter eggers! Five of them are from a local lady that has a blue wheaten Ameraucana rooster! (I have several threads of these guys and their journeys!)

What a colorful egg basket you're going to have!

 

[ChicksnMore]

Had to get creative with a broody we don't want going broody. Have fought with her for four days now. I only have one crate and mr. Roo is in it lol so made her one lol (that on ground she kept getting out of lol)

I really hate broody breaking...I always feel sorry for the hens. But I feel sorry for them when they're brooding empty nests too

 

[ChicksnMore]

Sold a bunch of hens yesterday to a lady I met last year. She's coming back today to buy the rest.

Pulled two yokohama hens from last year's birds to re-home. Think they have a buyer already. Lovely ladies but very bad combs on them.

And this morning I enjoyed just sitting with my grow outs. Admiring them and imagining how they'll look full grown. I sure hope this generation gets the wonderful long lines of a pure yoko...I'm already in love with the markings I'm getting though and some have the yoko cushion comb I want.

 

[Australorpfamily]

I really hate broody breaking...I always feel sorry for the hens. But I feel sorry for them when they're brooding empty nests too

I've let our same Orpington go broody and hatch twice. I'm not allowed anymore chicks( lol) and honestly don't have room to put her and babies since we just moved 6weekers outside lol

 

[Australorpfamily]

What a colorful egg basket you're going to have!

That's our hope and how we ended up with so many! Lol!

 

[Smokerbill]

I hate seeing bored chickens so I gave them a block of frozen scraps from some chicken thighs I boned out last week. It kept them occupied and engaged for a good half hour.

I boned out the thighs raw, and wasn't too worried about getting all the meat off the bones. Then I cooked the bones in a pot on the stove until the cartilage was softened, then let them cool.

I removed the thigh bones, packaged the slop into quart bags and froze them.



Let me tell you, chickens have no problem pecking bits from a frozen block.