My husband went out one day and brought back 5 new chickens, 2 silver wyandotte hens, 1 silkie rooster and 2 silkie chicks or they are suppose to be silkies but the young man was unclear about them.
I thought I would stop by and post their pics and get everyone's opinions on my suppose to be...
My pretty speckled sussex were sold to us as girls but now I am not too sure, I have been watching both of them develop but I am not good at telling just yet, still learning:) Thank you all for your help! I tried to get the best pic of them but they are always darting and never stand or sit...
We have our small flock of hens who are at the point of laying, so every day I eagerly wait for the sound of the egg song or the first egg. Today I was reading in our den when I heard the egg song! I knew it wasn't from our older hen because she had already laid this morning and sang her song...
I went out to gather my banana peppers
But wait, this doesn't look like a pepper
Silly hen doesn't she know that this isn't a nesting spot
I think she thinks she's a pepper too
My funny little hen
from the beginning our entire flock of 6 were suppose to be hens, but I started wondering about little Buff Orp, Cream, who always stayed smaller than her sister and is way more aggressive and stand offish than the others, she is always alone even roosting at night she is the farthest from the...
This is Tusken aka Red, he is now the roo of the place or he thinks so
He is looking for the ladies
And calling for the ladies
The EE's Hawkeye and Buckeye are hiding in the enclosed run
Our Lil Louise thinks she is a pepper plant and is hiding in there
The 8 wk olds were not...
We have been so busy building our coop that our scrap wood and metal lay in a pile at the back corner of the yard, near the hen house and run, I decided that is was time to clean up the metal and wood we wont use and be gone with it.
I am talking away with my DH when a baby copperhead darts...
I was finally able to go out and get pictures of our little flock of 6, they actually will be 6 wks old this Sat, they grow up so fast!
'7' sussex and Creamsicle buff orpington who is all blurry in this pic, she was after a gnat
Indy,sussex, who likes to explore everywhere, not a dull moment...
We just finished our hen house and DH lined on of the roost bars right in front of the window, so our 13 wk old pullets love it! we turned the window side ways and it slides open easily, even the screen slides open so we can reach in to say good night
The girls, Hawkeye and Buckeye, our EE's...
When my DH found out that guineas eat ticks he found and bought me 2 guineas, he thought 2 would be enough to live with the chickens on our 1/4 acre lot. And when the neighbors found out we are raising baby guinea fowl they basically came together as a collective and voiced their concern. They...
Just need to finish one side, secure the wire over the vents, create the run and run cover then we are finished! Oh and all the decorations I want to add too!
The is the area we picked to put the coop, we are waiting for the men to come out and reside the shed and garage for us
We broke down...
I did my research and got an area ready for them but I was wondering if you can tell age and what kind of keets they are, I read you can't really tell male/female til about 5-6 wks by their call
Here is a picture of them, DH bought them from TSC, the workers there do not know the ages, I was...
I have read through lots of posts about flooring but had a few questions and I am willing to be told no that wouldn't work because.....
I read people us a wire flooring then deep litter on top of that, I can't picture how that would work, does anyone use this type of flooring?
I am reusing...
Finally able to begin on the new coop! After all the storms and we have had a streak of more rain plus unusual cold weather, I get to begin on my new coop!
Scary image below!
This is what is left of my little coop after the big bad ugly winds went rushing through and all the rain, this is a...
I got this little girl from my mom who got her from a farmer, she told me she honestly doesn't know what bantam she is, we know she is mixed and I was curious as to what she is mixed with, she is hard to get good pics; I have labeled her for now as one of my barnyard 'mutts'
I have found...
I have one chick that is the loudest no matter where it is, is this normal for it to keep chirping, it has alarmed one of our older hens and she has been trying to figure out how to get to the chicks.
They just turned 1 week old, I have 3 zones, food/water, cool area/warm area
all the other...
My hens have decided to stop laying in their nest box inside the coop and for the life of me couldn't figure out where they were nesting at until one day I heard all this noise and found their new nest box; an 18 gallon tote with sand in the bottom of it, it is under the awning of our back porch...
When I had the chicks out stretching their legs, I heard the strangest sound, when I looked up the Queen was looking in the back door window, she was acting all funny, making these weird 'growling' sounds and sputtering sounds, I thought she had gone and lost her poor chicken mind, she is one of...
2 sussex, 2 australorps and 1 buff orpington, enjoying the sunshine
Cream Puff and Tumble Bug
Indy, Razz and Tazz
Close up of Tumble Bug sleeping in the sun, sussex
Close up of Razz and Tazz, australorps
Close up of Indy and Razz; Indy is sussex
Close up of Tazz
Close up of Cream...
I got her out of the pullet bin at our trade day but then this morning my she looks like a he, I am still new to all this, s/he is a mix but we do know her/his papa is a RIR
Lady Long Legs RIR mix and yes she has got big feet
She wouldn't be still long enough for me to get a good clear...