Found Big turkey boy Boopie's remains this morning. Bout 120 yards from coop, down in creek bottom - first little spot of feathers was 70+ yards from coop, then I could see the gruesome scattering of feathers where he was eaten about 40 yards further on.
DANGER- GRUESOME CORPSE DESCRIPTION...
Bird mayhem! These birds are running amuck!
Some of these are third generation hatched-on-the-farm. Some were even born in the woods. True wild birds.
Hen running in grass is "Biscuit," the original matriarch hen that started it all. Peep is the big rooster boy, father. He jumps for corn...
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So I picked up six new little chickies from the farm store. They are so cute and fuzzy. I have them in a big metal water trough, my brooder, that's on the floor of my existing chicken coop. Heat lamp, pine shavings, food and water - they are happy right now.
My existing adult flock...
Had five chickens yesterday. Two roosters, three hens. One of the hens was an outsider that was introduced later to the flock, along with her sisters.
Sally was her name. She was a sweet white egg-layer. Big and fuzzy, very friendly. Her sisters were eaten by raccoons a while back - I fixed...
Hey. New member here. I've raised four chickens since they were little "biddies" as we call them around here. They will be a year old next spring - two roosters and two hens - Edward "Big Specky", Charles "Lil Blackie", Butter, and Biscuit. My first chickens!
I had three other larger white...