Aw I am so sorry RIP, Lily and Moony.Hey everyone!! Itās been a very long time since Iāve been active on this app due to some family and livestock issues weāve been going through the last couple of months. But Iām back with updates!!
We had 7 chicks hatch this year, 2 were not part of this.
1. Sakura (rooster) (@GlicksChicks)
2. Lily (rooster) (@muddy75)
3. Bullet (rooster) (bot part of post)
4. Rocky (hen) (not part of post)
5. Cassia (rooster) (@Glory to His name)
6. Vinca (hen) (@talkinboutchickens)
7. Moony (rooster) (@The Moonshiner)
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING!! This was very fun and Iām excited to do it again in 2025!!
So, there were some issues between the last update and this one.
Every hatched chick survived up until Christmas Day. We moved them out of the barn from their indoor pen a few days before Christmas. There was a very long space before we moved them out due to the weather in our area and the predator issue weāve had over the last few months. They had a separate smaller covered pen and an indoor area.
When we went to count our birds and close them up on December 25th, one of the roosters did not show up. This bird was moony. Were assuming he was picked up by owls, as we saw multiple hunting near the pen the following morning.
Friday, December 27th I went outside to count the chickens and close the pens and coop. I didnāt find any of the birds in the coop, so I went to go see if they had stayed outside. Then I noticed a rooster in the goats water trough. This one was lily.
i had mentioned the rooster bullet in this post, he had been hunted by bobcats early October.
Every bird other than lily and moony are alive and well. We have a remaining 3 of 5 chickens from this years hatching. The remaining birds are Sakura, vinca, and cassia.
Currently I only have an updated picture of Sakura and moony. I will post pictures of the rest tomorrow and mention everyone in the posts, and I will search for an image of lily.
Picture 1 is Sakura, and picture 2 is moony.
Thank you again, everyone!! This was quite an experience, and I appreciate everyone who participated.