My SHTF flock

[Karoo permaculture]

I'm not comfortable having chickens roosting in trees .Maybe I'm too protective ? lol

Maybe when my flock is 30-40 strong it wont bother me that much? But I do think it will be easier manageable if I can keep them in the coop during the night.

 

[Cammo77]

Yes I agree, here in South Africa the Naked Necks are doing very well, but that is not a look I think I will get used to, maybe one or two, but not the main look for my whole flock

Yeah not a fan of those naked necks lol

 

[Karoo permaculture]

It's a bit crazy here at the moment. I have 6 hens raising 29 chicks between 4 days and 4 weeks old and another one sitting. None of them pairings I actually wanted, but some chicks do look promising. They are all from the barred rooster with New Hampshire hens, buff Sussex hen and the rir hen.

The Barred rooster kept on breaking out of the other coop in the most impossible ways, so he is visiting the 2 aseel cross hens on a friend's farm.

We are going away for a couple of weeks so for now I will just let everyone be and then focus on getting the correct eggs hatched

 

[NagemTX]

Following this!

I like full free range but can not do that here even with good free range chickens. The coons are a big problem with this here. They get smart to where they roost in the trees and take birds. Then its the owls. Great horned owls that take them out of the trees as well.

Something close to game that isn't is Phoenix if its available where you are.

 

[Karoo permaculture]

Top of the morning to you

 

[Karoo permaculture]

Two of the Dark Cornish(indian game) hens will be slaughtered tomorrow.
They are extremely poor layers, eat a ton of food, not good mothers and worst of all is they are bullies beyond comparison.

 

[Karoo permaculture]

 

[Karoo permaculture]

Fenced in the new veggie garden patch, letting the chickens clear it and then when we are back middle December we will start making beads