Hi, I've wanted to make a thread for my flock for a little while now. I finally decided to do it. I'll keep this thread updated as my flock grows and changes.
First off I think it's only fair to start with a couple chickens that I no longer have. The original ones that started my chicken obsession.
I first got chickens in spring of 2018. That little flock consisted of a dominant barred rooster, a brown barnyard mix hen and 3 sebrights.
I got a new phone a couple years back and unfortunately lost most of my photos of them, so all I have are bad quality screenshots and 1 photo of the rooster.
First day home:
The barred rooster got rehomed due to our neighbors complaining about crowing.
The 3 sebrights were given to our family friends. One day the silver laced hen escaped their enclosure and a fox came into the yard (the owner saw this but couldn't run downstairs fast enough). She hid under something. The rooster was still inside the enclosure, but he flew over the fence in an attempt to save the hen and flew directly at the fox. The fox took the rooster and left. He really went down like a hero. After that incident the 2 sebright hens were rehomed for their own safety. Apparently they're still doing good.
Then I got some hatching eggs and hatched 17 chicks. 2 cockerels and 15 pullets. Some might have hatched from the barred rooster and brown hen. Some of them died (I think it might've been mareks or something similar). A few survived. Some I found homes for and 3 I gave to my grandparents. For a while they lived fine. This summer a barred rooster and a white hen died at grandparents' farm. Right now the only one left is a black hen named Shadow. She hatched and raised 15 chicks about 2 years ago.
Even though I gave them away, I still consider them once part of my flock since I raised them and visited them often. I think the barred rooster might’ve been my original rooster's son.
Shadow with her 15 chicks:
Oh, but that's not it. The next year (2019) I still had my original brown hen and I rescued some older hens that were no longer useful for egg production. Unfortunately I lost all of my pictures of them them.
Then the next year (2020) I lost all of my older hens over the winter. Because of that I bought 3 pullets and 1 black hen. I named the blue pullet Smokey, the brown pullet Lion and the black pullet Blackberry. The White pullet didn't have a name.
My only photo that includes Lion:
Over the winter (I should note that until 2022 I gave all my chickens to my grandparents over the winter. They often are visited by foxes and hawks.) I lost Lion. In the beginning of 2021 my flock consisted of Smokey, Blackberry, the white hen and a little chick. The chick I got because she hatched a week before my grandmother's turkey's eggs were supposed to hatch. To prevent the turkey from leaving her other chicken and turkey eggs they gave this one chick to me. At this time covid hit and we went under lockdown. I had school online, so I had a lot of time to spend with the chick. She lived in a box under my desk with a heater. During zoom classes she would chill on my desk while I took notes.
I rehomed these girls later in 2021 because they were really mean to my new silkie chicks. The red and black hen also bit people's toes.
I will continue with my chickens starting from summer of 2021 till today in further replies.
First off I think it's only fair to start with a couple chickens that I no longer have. The original ones that started my chicken obsession.
I first got chickens in spring of 2018. That little flock consisted of a dominant barred rooster, a brown barnyard mix hen and 3 sebrights.
I got a new phone a couple years back and unfortunately lost most of my photos of them, so all I have are bad quality screenshots and 1 photo of the rooster.
First day home:
The barred rooster got rehomed due to our neighbors complaining about crowing.
The 3 sebrights were given to our family friends. One day the silver laced hen escaped their enclosure and a fox came into the yard (the owner saw this but couldn't run downstairs fast enough). She hid under something. The rooster was still inside the enclosure, but he flew over the fence in an attempt to save the hen and flew directly at the fox. The fox took the rooster and left. He really went down like a hero. After that incident the 2 sebright hens were rehomed for their own safety. Apparently they're still doing good.
Then I got some hatching eggs and hatched 17 chicks. 2 cockerels and 15 pullets. Some might have hatched from the barred rooster and brown hen. Some of them died (I think it might've been mareks or something similar). A few survived. Some I found homes for and 3 I gave to my grandparents. For a while they lived fine. This summer a barred rooster and a white hen died at grandparents' farm. Right now the only one left is a black hen named Shadow. She hatched and raised 15 chicks about 2 years ago.
Even though I gave them away, I still consider them once part of my flock since I raised them and visited them often. I think the barred rooster might’ve been my original rooster's son.
Shadow with her 15 chicks:
Oh, but that's not it. The next year (2019) I still had my original brown hen and I rescued some older hens that were no longer useful for egg production. Unfortunately I lost all of my pictures of them them.
Then the next year (2020) I lost all of my older hens over the winter. Because of that I bought 3 pullets and 1 black hen. I named the blue pullet Smokey, the brown pullet Lion and the black pullet Blackberry. The White pullet didn't have a name.
My only photo that includes Lion:
Over the winter (I should note that until 2022 I gave all my chickens to my grandparents over the winter. They often are visited by foxes and hawks.) I lost Lion. In the beginning of 2021 my flock consisted of Smokey, Blackberry, the white hen and a little chick. The chick I got because she hatched a week before my grandmother's turkey's eggs were supposed to hatch. To prevent the turkey from leaving her other chicken and turkey eggs they gave this one chick to me. At this time covid hit and we went under lockdown. I had school online, so I had a lot of time to spend with the chick. She lived in a box under my desk with a heater. During zoom classes she would chill on my desk while I took notes.
I rehomed these girls later in 2021 because they were really mean to my new silkie chicks. The red and black hen also bit people's toes.
I will continue with my chickens starting from summer of 2021 till today in further replies.
