I love chickens, my parents use to raise meat chickens by the hundreds and we also had a small flock of laying hens. All that changed 9 years ago when my dad got a job working for the railroad. We sold our laying hens (And sold or gave away all our other animals a pig some goats, some ducks and a few rabbits.) and started traveling the country with him. Late last year we decided that we were going to start the farm back up and try to make a living off the land, first we got some pigs and rabbits, then some ducklings and then last but not least we bought chickens, 13 grown chickens, 12 laying hens, 6 Australorps, 3 Cuckoo Marans, 3 EE's and a Delaware rooster to protect them and 40 chicks (Australorps EE's Barred Rocks a cuckoo marans and a comet). Sadly some of the chicks have died and we now have 34 chicks. Here is our flock.
All our grown chickens are roughly 7 months old.
This is Isidore, he was our Delaware rooster, he died last night (the 16th)
He was a very friendly and calm rooster except when a dog or other animal gets to close to his hens, then he gives them a piece of his mind. I'll miss him.
This is Madeline. The prettiest EE of the bunch, she lays light blue eggs.
This is Sandy, she is also an EE, she's at the bottom of the pecking order. She lays blue/green eggs.
And here is our Stella. The last EE. She lays a pretty blue egg.
Here are all three
And the other girls (Who do have names but are really hard to tell apart.)
Eggs
These are Sandy's eggs
Stella's egg
And the chicks and ducklings.
When we first got the chicks.
The ducklings at about a week old.
The chicks at a month old
The ducklings at about 3 weeks old
A month old.
About 6 weeks.
About 5 weeks.
At about two months old
About 2 months old
About 9 weeks old
The chicks at about 2 and a half months old
Some current pics of the chicks and ducks
And for anyone who'd like to see our other animals here are the pigs and rabbits
We got some goats and a few new rabbits 2 weeks ago.
Elsa and Darth Vader (My niece and nephew named them)
Elsa
Her kits yesterday morning. (The 6th) one day old.
One week old
I hope you enjoyed it.
And if anyone would like to follow our day by day happenings here is my sisters blog
https://caroestis.wordpress.com
and our Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/bluebarnfoods/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
All our grown chickens are roughly 7 months old.
This is Isidore, he was our Delaware rooster, he died last night (the 16th)
This is Madeline. The prettiest EE of the bunch, she lays light blue eggs.
This is Sandy, she is also an EE, she's at the bottom of the pecking order. She lays blue/green eggs.
And here is our Stella. The last EE. She lays a pretty blue egg.
Here are all three
And the other girls (Who do have names but are really hard to tell apart.)
Eggs
These are Sandy's eggs
Stella's egg
And the chicks and ducklings.
When we first got the chicks.
The ducklings at about a week old.
The chicks at a month old
The ducklings at about 3 weeks old
A month old.
About 6 weeks.
About 5 weeks.
At about two months old
About 2 months old
About 9 weeks old
The chicks at about 2 and a half months old
Some current pics of the chicks and ducks
And for anyone who'd like to see our other animals here are the pigs and rabbits
We got some goats and a few new rabbits 2 weeks ago.
Elsa and Darth Vader (My niece and nephew named them)
Elsa
Her kits yesterday morning. (The 6th) one day old.
One week old
I hope you enjoyed it.
And if anyone would like to follow our day by day happenings here is my sisters blog
https://caroestis.wordpress.com
and our Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/bluebarnfoods/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
