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[apryl29]

Awww babies! It's so much nicer when they have a good mother to care for them. Definitely cuts back on the work. My birds are molting. William looks like he's been 1/2 plucked & he's being extra mean lately. Olive's got white old lady feathers now. You can see where the color is leaving her feathers on the top of her head. Reminds me of an old dog going gray.

 

[Molpet]

Awww babies! It's so much nicer when they have a good mother to care for them. Definitely cuts back on the work. My birds are molting. William looks like he's been 1/2 plucked & he's being extra mean lately. Olive's got white old lady feathers now. You can see where the color is leaving her feathers on the top of her head. Reminds me of an old dog going gray.

Yes mine are molting too. One coop looks like a pillow fight happen

 

[Molpet]

A few of the families taken Sunday

 

[Molpet]

A few of the families taken Sunday
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Awww babies! It's so much nicer when they have a good mother to care for them. Definitely cuts back on the work.

Well the old buff hen wasn't doing well and I put her down this morning.
A few weeks ago I heard a fight behind me and she was limping. Seemed like it was sprained but kept getting worse. She was hopping around on one foot so I kept her in the coop with the littles. Then her crop was still full Tuesday morning and she wasn't eliminating. Massage and oil didn't help. She was just flopping around this morning.
Her chicks are 5 weeks old. Another broody decided that her ⁸ weeks old eggs weren't going to hatch and has been trying to steal the chicks the last couple days. So they won't be alone .

 

[apryl29]

That's sad. How did the chick's do? Did any of the eggs hatch? When my Loki hatched that one chick it did a number on her. Idk how they survive it all.

I have news! Tomorrow morning I will be signing the papers for my very own house! Still freaking out about the cost and whether or not I will be able to afford to eat but my kids who are in their twenties are very excited to finally not have to share a bedroom. I'm not very excited about having to live more than 3 minutes away from work but it is what it is. And because the town we're moving to does not allow chickens on properties that are less than 9 Acres I will not be able to have my chickens living with me. I may use a loophole to have a house chicken someday. But for now I will continue my nightly drive to my dad's house after work.

I hope everyone is doing well! It looks like most of us have moved on but I do hope you all stop in once in a while to check in.

 

[Molpet]

That's sad. How did the chick's do? Did any of the eggs hatch? When my Loki hatched that one chick it did a number on her. Idk how they survive it all.

I have news! Tomorrow morning I will be signing the papers for my very own house! Still freaking out about the cost and whether or not I will be able to afford to eat but my kids who are in their twenties are very excited to finally not have to share a bedroom. I'm not very excited about having to live more than 3 minutes away from work but it is what it is. And because the town we're moving to does not allow chickens on properties that are less than 9 Acres I will not be able to have my chickens living with me. I may use a loophole to have a house chicken someday. But for now I will continue my nightly drive to my dad's house after work.

I hope everyone is doing well! It looks like most of us have moved on but I do hope you all stop in once in a while to check in.

The fox came by and out of the 6 only 2 pullets survived.
The 3 eggs that were abandoned and put under the other hen, all 3 hatched... but the fox got one. A pullet and a cockerel are still with mom, but she is getting tired of the cockerel.
The other step mom is still taking care of the pullets.

Congratulations on the house . It will be nice to have room
Moving is so fun

Sorry you can't have chickens ... maybe quail in the garage?

 

[apryl29]

The fox came by and out of the 6 only 2 pullets survived.
The 3 eggs that were abandoned and put under the other hen, all 3 hatched... but the fox got one. A pullet and a cockerel are still with mom, but she is getting tired of the cockerel.
The other step mom is still taking care of the pullets.

Congratulations on the house . It will be nice to have room
Moving is so fun

Sorry you can't have chickens ... maybe quail in the garage?

That's so sad. I get that they need to eat but can't they eat something else? I've seen a fox and coyotes on the traid cam recently. My brother got the one that killed clover, My lavender orp. Only took 2 years.
Thank you! I keep having panic attacks about it. I've done a lot of things in my life that should have been hard or scary, but this is the scariest thing I've ever done. Kids (adult) are super excited about not sharing a room anymore. It's a split level w a family room downstairs and the entire space under the kitchen amd living room is a crawl space, plus a shed and a 2 car garage. The former owner had a train room in the garage so it's currently only a 1 car garage. Oh! And we have a washer and dryer! So excited. We have about 1/3 of our stuff moved in. Hoping to be fully moved in by next Sunday night. Have to be out of the appt by January 1st. I have friends helping Saturday night. I was going to hire movers but they wanted 1k just to move the heavy stuff.
It's exciting, but its a lot and it's overwhelming. I'll be 15 min from work so I'll have to get up earlier. My younger one will need to take a different route home from school. Older will have a longer drive to & from work too. But more space. Space is important.
Ill check the zoning. I didn't see quail mentioned but it does separate "house birds" so I think that means house chickens are ok.