Well. An update since it's been awhile.
I bought a Swedish Flower Hen for my flock to keep it at 9 layers after my Fibro EE turned out to be a cockerel. It's the 9o'Flock after all!
It's been a challenge - to say the least! - getting her (named Penny Lane) integrated into the flock. I thought...
Today I swiped my neighbor's tossed out chicken swing and decorated it with some old "statement piece" necklaces and other baubles. I hung it in the run and my Not-a-Pullet Pepper had to check it out before he let his Lady Friends near it. Nochicken has attempted to get up on it, but perhaps in...
I thought I'd make a perch/roost tree so the 9 o'Flock could roost a little higher than the bleachers. I found the cherry tree limbs as well as the PVC pipe. Maybe I could've been a little more precise about the spiral spacing. Time will tell if baths are in order for anyhen below another. ☺️
I made a chicken tractor! I used the PawGiant 130"×40"×40" coop and reinforced it with 1x's, 1x4's and hardware cloth. And a blue million zip-ties. I installed (4) 8" wheels on it to make it mobile. I have to remove the wheels to make it sit flat. It's sort of heavy but that's ok. The 9 o'Flock...
I'm a lil nervous. I grabbed clean dirt and sifted the big chunks out with a colander, added dry, washed-river sand from the run and sprinkled a little hickory wood ash on the pile and stirred. The chicks love it, only 1 knew to waller in it. The rest ate it. I sprinkled a little on their backs...
The 9 o'Flock! From Meyer Hatchery in Polk, OH.
Born June 24, 2024.
Out of the box, into the brooder!
Little freeloaders!
Happy I've changed their pee-pee pads and given fresh chick starter. Yes. They use their toys at 4 days old. They're musical, athletic geniuses.
Dot is front, left...
Woot woot! Sans finishing touches - like the correct ridge cap and cleaning windows and installing perches... the Funky Chickren Coop is mostly complete. I bled, sweat and nearly cried for sure putting the coop back together. It was given to me, but needed some work. So it is not my design, just...
I had a new washer delivered from Costco and the driver thought I was nuts because I was equally excited about the box it came in. "You see, I'm getting chickens..." I told him. 🙃
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I have, since posting, acquired a 15'L x 5'W Retriever kennel that I will use as a run. I'm going to build a shed roof over it and make the kennel a hardware cloth fortified sandbox. I have lots of creeping, slithering, flying predators and no cover so the...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I am a pet sitter and I have cared for other's hens/roos for over 20 years. I want to have my own now. Well on my way! Need food, disease, care tips!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
First shipment coming 06/24/2024. I am...