3 weeks old and growing fast!

Here are some of my 30 3-week old babies enjoying their daily treat of a bucket of mulch and some pulled weeds.

They are outside now full time, heat lamp was off 2 nights ago and last night the heating pad was turned off. We are in Hawaii and daytime temps are in the 80's and nighttime might go down to 70 on a cool night. I checked them and no loud peeping . They were all spread out sleeping under the covered part but not all huddled up together like they were cold.

They have caught a gecko on their own and watching them play football with it was hilarious!

They will be moving to their big girl area in a few days. We need to make sure the deer netting is covering any escape routes.

With these cuties I now have 54!! Chicken math got me! I picked up 12 hens and a rooster yesterday that a lady didn't want to deal with anymore. She was unsure of their age, maybe 3 or older. I got a big beautiful brown egg from one of them today!

I have 3 flocks now, all in their own areas. They can see each other, but not crossing into each others territories.

54!!! That's amazing! Perfect weather it sounds like! My sister lived in Hawaii for a few years and I always wished I could have visited her.

Good job at keeping them busy. My barred Rocks are the best hunters!

They/Chickens can be addicting I started with one (rescue) that I later rehomed (Cockerel), so I called the breeder and got 2. One turned out to be a Cockerel and since they were bonded, rehomed them to a 4Her. So I then became a "chick nanny" for the breeder; she'd hatch & I'd care for (35 - 50) chicks until they were 8wks then she'd take them back. Breeder at one point gave me some Wyndottes & EE chicks that I had "sexed" but then I gave them back cause I had no one to care for them & had to make a flight to the Mainland. Then I got some pullets (Buff & Australorps) from Dels but when they were about 20wks, had to rehome due to family situations.

It's been 3yrs & I called the breeder, got 2 RIR & 2 Ameraucanas/EE chicks late last year, they just passed the 20wk mark. I'd love to get more but Summer is my Grandma trip to the Mainland & Hubby's not that keen on caring for them He built me a beautiful enclosed Run (8x12), says IF I get anymore to WAIT until I return from my planned trip

Hello there in Hilo! We are in HPP on an acre. The chickens are on about 1/2 of that and as soon as we clear more land, they will get more. A little at a time, it really is a jungle back there!

Thankfully my hubby is very understanding and was more then thrilled when I sold my first eggs last week.

I've never process any chickens so that will be a first for us, but I have to be able to subtract if I want to add.

Have a great trip to the mainland, my daughter will be here in July to start highschool from Las Vegas.

Island Juli said:

Hello there in Hilo! We are in HPP on an acre. The chickens are on about 1/2 of that and as soon as we clear more land, they will get more. A little at a time, it really is a jungle back there!

Thankfully my hubby is very understanding and was more then thrilled when I sold my first eggs last week.

I've never process any chickens so that will be a first for us, but I have to be able to subtract if I want to add.

Have a great trip to the mainland, my daughter will be here in July to start highschool from Las Vegas.

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Isn't this a GREAT site?!
HPP is a nice place to be to "farm", in Hilo I can only have a few chickens, not sure what the limit is but figure I'm safe with 4 pullets. Congrats with your first egg sell. I'm looking forward to fresh eggs & keep us entertained but this "teenage" stage is making me NUTS! We thought of processing once they slowed egg production but then I decided they're "pets with benefits" Would like to add 2 Orpingtons but must wait until AFTER summer
That's great your daughter will enjoy some beach time before starting high school. Best of wishes and enjoy your chickens!