Encouraging Another Broody Hen
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Encouraging Another Broody Hen”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8650″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1506353317235{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Now that we have had our first successful hatch with a first time broody hen, we got to wondering, can we repeat the process? From reading a number of both online and offline articles on broody hens we learned hens go […]
Rooster Time Out
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Rooster Time Out”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8670″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1506175894911{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Hunter is currently the top of the pecking order for the roosters. He thinks he is top of the pecking order for everything and everyone else too. Recently, he has been attempting to sneak up behind me, and either challenge or attack […]
Broody Hen is now a Momma Hen
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Pipping Through”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1506092365437{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]September 16th we began to see some activity out of the broody hen, Buff Red. She began standing, sitting, moving about in the nest and really paying attention to the eggs under her. Or so it seemed. The weather turned hot, in the low 90’s while most of the previous […]
August 2017 Egg Production
[show-rjqc id=”13″] August 29th one of our Buff Orpington hens went broody, so one less hen laying now.
Unhappy Roosters
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Unhappy Roosters “][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1504368115343{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]We were having our young cousins over for a visit. Our Welsummer roosters are definitely a little bit aggressive to unfamiliar people and the boys were sure to be the subject of their focus – after the hens of course. To give the matter some time to acclimate, I […]
Our First Broody Hen – A Buff Orpington
Our first year with chickens, we opted to not have a rooster so the 5 roosters in our original batch of “pullet hens” that we bought from the local farm supply were packed away to the freezer for a future dining experience. We started with five each, Ameracuanas, Barred Rocks, and Silver Wyandottes. After culling […]
July 2017 Egg Production
[show-rjqc id=”12″] July 3rd was our first pullet egg from this Spring’s batch of chicks. For all of July 2017, we had 4 hens from 2016 and 25 hens from 2017 Spring chicks. There are also 3 roosters in the flock, so total flock numbers 32 chickens. There were 19 blue eggs from the one […]
We Have Goslings Now
June 24th we added a pair of mixed breed goslings to our flock of chickens. They were about 4 days old when we brought them home. One an African Grey the other a Chinese Imbden, both mixed with a Grey Toulouse. They are just so cute! Photos below show them several weeks old. I’ll try […]
Feeders for baby chicks to grown chickens
There are as many different types of feeders for baby chicks to full grown chickens available as you might well imagine. We have tried a number of them, certainly no where near the full line of what is available. We started with the small round feeders we picked up at the local farm supply. These […]