Articles by mama2many

I have included some pics of my babies, feathered and un....I caught both my dogs napping in front of the fan today. It was terribly hot and they do a lot of running and barking. I'm afraid they may be running off a banty rooster that got out from my neighbors coop that is trying to come over...

So the baby chickens got a little bit of sun today. They are very confused....prefering to stay in the little house instead of perusing the green grass for snacks. I am hopeful that tomorrow will be better, after all they are only 2 weeks old today. They don't know what to do with fresh...

How I came to have these babies...... I had decided to raise guineas and purchased 6 from a friend, all french guineas and straight run. Well my kiddos one 6 year old girl and a 4 year old boy wanted pets, guineas don't make good pets. SOOOOO I came home with 5 chickens, pullets actually and...

Well, I am sad to say that my Silkie Daddy is getting picked on by my big roo..... it makes me blue to report I saw blood on the feather on Silkie Daddies head tonight and he was not allowed to enter the coop. I put him in on the nest box side with his wife and babies and he settled down for...

I lost a guinea baby today. This morning when I did my am rounds I found one of my white guinea babies laying on the floor of their pen. She was laying on her side very still and all the others were cheep cheepin for food. I moved her to her own bin for privacy and before I could let my big...

Hi, I am a mama to many. I have 2 kids, 2 dogs, 12 guineas, 25 chickens and 1 roo. Oh and a very patient husband, who is also very handy. Well there has been a change in my head count..... I now have 3 roos, 17 ladies, 10 guineas, 12 bcm eggs in the incubator with 15 mixed from my own flock...

This is the little EE baby from the earlier picture who is getting her big girl feathers on her head. She is in the "nursery" coop with her friends, one turken, one barred rock (I hope), 1 more EE, one mystery pullet and one mystery cockrel. They are almost 5 weeks old and are still nameless...