Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LCG Chicken Coop]

Heres the first 60!

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Here are the first 50 at one time in my transfer box first thing in the morning

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And after they all made it and started getn their feet under em

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This brooder is 4' x 2' and ima have to set up the second one very soon

Were gonna have a nice breeding flock and some good meals out of these things, im totally thrilled. Did run into some problems though. I think id mentioned i let a friend take 50 and one of my bators to her house? She thinks she accidently fried em shes got 21 hatchlings to add to my 68.

Also my incubator is in my bedroom which is off limits to the chiltrens? Theyre still toddlers who dont listen they got in there under dd's watch and tipped the whole thing, cracked and killed 7 eggs at least. They very seldom All hatch to begin with, so idk exactly how many deaths i can attribute to them.

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Still though, very pleased and already looking forward to the next ones :

Wow that’s a lot of fluffy cotton balls to watch. Good luck with all the hatchlings! They are so small...squeeeee!

 

[mixedUPturk]

Wow that’s a lot of fluffy cotton balls to watch. Good luck with all the hatchlings! They are so small...squeeeee!

Thanks! Idk if u were here last season? I nearly constantly hatch thats why i asked before sharing. I like to hatch smaller clutches on a wkly basis but this is the first hatch kicking off my season and there will be about a month before my next ones

 

[LCG Chicken Coop]

Gardener’s Affliction=Chicken Bounty
Warning: graphic photos of revolting insect larva
So I have two raised beds and I’m just a beginning gardener so while I’m adding compost and amendments and turning the soil I’m finding these moth larva —cabbage moth, maybe? Like three or four to every.single.spadeful of soil. I’m not terribly squeamish and I knew the chickens I tend would love them, so I threw them on top of my fermented feed, alfalfa pellets along with some greens and boy you would have thought I was the Guy Fieri of the farmyard set. The chickens loved it. But like I said, it gives some people the creeps...
And if anyone knows how to get rid of the grubs, I’d be interested! Although now maybe I should treat it as a chicken treat crop!

 

[LCG Chicken Coop]

Thanks! Idk if u were here last season? I nearly constantly hatch thats why i asked before sharing. I like to hatch smaller clutches on a wkly basis but this is the first hatch kicking off my season and there will be about a month before my next ones

Haha, I wasn’t really here last season but gee, I could look at hatchlings every week. thanks for posting them!

 

[mixedUPturk]

Haha, I wasn’t really here last season but gee, I could look at hatchlings every week. thanks for posting them!

Your so welcome! I should probly make a thread to track all my hatchlings

 

[ValerieJ]

Your so welcome! I should probly make a thread to track all my hatchlings

You should! A Hatch Along!!!

 

[mixedUPturk]

You should! A Hatch Along!!!

I am, thank you for your encouragement! I will share the link here once i get it goin

 

[Shadrach]

Winter has Returned

We are below freezing here now. This is what I woke up to.
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And this was Hattie's reaction under the coop.
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She had to be out of the coop but was not interested in scratching at all.

Better make some ice skates for the hens Bob.

 

[Shadrach]

Gardener’s Affliction=Chicken Bounty
Warning: graphic photos of revolting insect larva
So I have two raised beds and I’m just a beginning gardener so while I’m adding compost and amendments and turning the soil I’m finding these moth larva —cabbage moth, maybe? Like three or four to every.single.spadeful of soil. I’m not terribly squeamish and I knew the chickens I tend would love them, so I threw them on top of my fermented feed, alfalfa pellets along with some greens and boy you would have thought I was the Guy Fieri of the farmyard set. The chickens loved it. But like I said, it gives some people the creeps...
And if anyone knows how to get rid of the grubs, I’d be interested! Although now maybe I should treat it as a chicken treat crop!

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If the chickens eat them with no ill effects I would grow them!

 

[micstrachan]

Hello. So this is happening today.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ruby-possible-unwell-again.1348047/