We FINALLY have a farm! After a lot of hard work moving all of those chickens, they are settled in and enjoying life. They free range on 1.5 acres with extra room behind the barn that is all wooded.
Right now we have 18 full grown chickens! 14 hens/pullets, 3 roosters, and 1 rooster who thinks he's a duck WAY too many to count.
My Barred Rocks (Production Quality)
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Marge...
Marge FINALLY started laying on January 12th 2012! GO MARGE!
Marge went broody June 27th 2012 and hatched out 2 babies on July 18th and July 20th - and took on 19 RSL chicks as a co-parent with Flora Mae (silkie)
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Jagger...
Jagger is my sweet BR cockerel. I brought him home October 13th 2011 @ 3 months old or so..
We discovered that Jagger loves chicks. He loves to watch over them. He protects them from injury-causing hens. I think he believes they are his own.. I don't have the heart to tell him they are adopted.
Twerkie
Daughter of Marge & Jagger. She's Marge's clone!
My Heritage Type Barred Rocks
Barbara
We named her Barbara because it's just fun to say Barbara the Barred Rock. So I'm a bit of a goof, but it fits. We have two pullets that we call Barbara. Both are Barred Rocks. They were born just before Easter Weekend 2012!
The other Barbara
These girls did really well in show, and they aren't even that old yet. The one pictured above won Best in Breed. I am very proud of them! Can't wait to breed them next spring.
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Roger I
Roger II
We call both of the boys Roger. I can definitely tell them apart though. Roger II has a much longer tail. Roger I was very slow to develop his feathers.
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My Silkies
Lorraine
Lorraine was my first silkie. We brought her home on August 9th 2011 at 8 weeks old. She was so cute and so fluffy.
*Update: First egg - March 24th 2012!**
If any chicken was stupid out of any of my chickens, I would say it was Lorraine.
Lorraine's awful molt of fall 2012. Hehehe..
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Pearl
Pearl started laying January 16th 2012!
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Steve
Steveis was our alpha rooster! He keeps the peace and protects his girls (not really). After we moved, he lost his head rooster title. Poor guy.. How long could he be above Jagger anyway?
Steve is always on the lookout. He is wonderful at warning the girls of danger, but has never attempted to fight off an intruder (ie: the cat). He will not eat until his hens have stuffed their crops. He is such a gentleman.
Phyllis
Daughter of Steve & Lorraine Hatched 5-5-12
Gretta
Daughter of Steve and Lorraine. Hatched 5-5-12
George Jr.
Frizzled Silkie cockerel. Son of George & Flora Mae. Hatched 5-5-12
Stevie
Daughter of Steve & Pearl. Hatched 5-27-12
Edna
Daughter of Steve & Lorraine. Hatched 5-29-12
Agatha
Daughter of George & Flora Mae. Hatched offsite, but she is with us now. Hatched mid-May 2012
Milton
Son of Steve & Pearl. Hatched 5-27-12
We have more silkies, but all are too young to name... Not sure which ones are keepers yet.
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The Cochins
Mabel
Mabel is a cochin. She has mixed colours between buff and partridge. She was born on July 30th 2011
She started laying February 28th 2012
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Honey
On to one of my favourites…
She is named solely for her personality. Honey is the sister of Mabel. They are the same age.
Honey was free. Dave gave her to me because she was not SQ. She has a bad left eye. It looks like someone pecked her, but it has never gotten better. Honey is my baby <3
She won me POW on April 27th 2012! Go Honey!
Honey laid her first egg April 17th 2012!
Honey's molt of 2012
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Janet
And than there is Janet. She is a partridge LF cochin. Late Spring 2011 hatch as well. She seems small for a cochin.. and I did see her mother who was in the same pen as she was.. Ah well. She is beautiful, and lays the prettiest multi-coloured eggs. Went broody twice in 2012.
Janet laid her first egg January 26th 2012!
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My Other Hens (one of a kind)
Ruby - Rhode Island Red
Now THIS is what a true RIR looks like. No offence to Penny (who I adore!) but there is something about this deep mahogany colour that is extremely pleasing to the eyes.
Ruby's age is unknown. Born sometime in 2011.
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Harriet - Beardless Buff Laced Polish
Funniest chicken EVER. Born late spring 2011
I find their preening activity especially entertaining.
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Denny - Delaware
The head hen. The boss man. The queen of the roost. Take your pick. She is all of those things.
Denny is a Delaware hen. She was born in 2010 I believe. Not 100% sure. She molted in fall of 2011 and again in 2012. So she is at least 2 years old. If not older.
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The Red Sex Links AKA Pennies.
Penny. The favourite Penny. No really she is. Friendliest chicken I have. She has no fear of humans. Very sweet girl. All of the other Pennies were named after her.
She is constantly in your face and trying to steal your food. She does not frighten easily, and will fly right up on your lap if you have something that appeals to her.
As for laying, she is my best. All fall she gave me an egg a day right up until she started molting (before Christmas). She took two weeks off (to shed the feathers) and started up again when she was still all pins, and hasn't stopped for even a day yet! Penny is a working girl.
Some of the younger Pennies..
The Ducks
Macy - Lilac Pied Muscovy
Macy is our muscovy hen. Born late August/Early September 2011.
I wasn’t planning on getting ducks at all. My Fiance was the one who wanted them.
We had settled on either Muscovy or Khakki Campbell, but Macy just took my breath away. I loved her markings. I loved her eyes.
Muscovies are quiet ducks. Very broody. Macy tried to set on eggs 4 or 5 times in 2012. Each and every time I stopped her, as we do not have a drake to fertilize the eggs, and I didn't think chicken eggs were a good idea. We will have call eggs for her to hatch come 2013. She'll finally get to be a mother!
Khaki Campbell
We had to rehome Ruth after he tried to mate our chickens one too many times. In his place, we added two female Khaki Campbell ducklings.
Born in the beginning of 2012, or very late December 2011.
Bertha
Martha
We can tell them apart by their walk. Martha is a little bow legged, but gets around no problem. Just walks funny.
The Call Ducks - Blue Fawn
Randy the drake
My favourite of the trio. He's quiet. I like that about him!
Mandy
Sandy
Right now we have 1
My Barred Rocks (Production Quality)
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Marge...
Marge FINALLY started laying on January 12th 2012! GO MARGE!
Marge went broody June 27th 2012 and hatched out 2 babies on July 18th and July 20th - and took on 19 RSL chicks as a co-parent with Flora Mae (silkie)
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Jagger...
Jagger is my sweet BR cockerel. I brought him home October 13th 2011 @ 3 months old or so..
We discovered that Jagger loves chicks. He loves to watch over them. He protects them from injury-causing hens. I think he believes they are his own.. I don't have the heart to tell him they are adopted.
Twerkie
Daughter of Marge & Jagger. She's Marge's clone!
My Heritage Type Barred Rocks
Barbara
We named her Barbara because it's just fun to say Barbara the Barred Rock. So I'm a bit of a goof, but it fits. We have two pullets that we call Barbara. Both are Barred Rocks. They were born just before Easter Weekend 2012!
The other Barbara
These girls did really well in show, and they aren't even that old yet. The one pictured above won Best in Breed. I am very proud of them! Can't wait to breed them next spring.
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Roger I
Roger II
We call both of the boys Roger. I can definitely tell them apart though. Roger II has a much longer tail. Roger I was very slow to develop his feathers.
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My Silkies
Lorraine
Lorraine was my first silkie. We brought her home on August 9th 2011 at 8 weeks old. She was so cute and so fluffy.
*Update: First egg - March 24th 2012!**
If any chicken was stupid out of any of my chickens, I would say it was Lorraine.
Lorraine's awful molt of fall 2012. Hehehe..
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Pearl
Pearl started laying January 16th 2012!
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Steve
Steve
Steve is always on the lookout. He is wonderful at warning the girls of danger, but has never attempted to fight off an intruder (ie: the cat). He will not eat until his hens have stuffed their crops. He is such a gentleman.
Phyllis
Daughter of Steve & Lorraine Hatched 5-5-12
Gretta
Daughter of Steve and Lorraine. Hatched 5-5-12
George Jr.
Frizzled Silkie cockerel. Son of George & Flora Mae. Hatched 5-5-12
Stevie
Daughter of Steve & Pearl. Hatched 5-27-12
Edna
Daughter of Steve & Lorraine. Hatched 5-29-12
Agatha
Daughter of George & Flora Mae. Hatched offsite, but she is with us now. Hatched mid-May 2012
Milton
Son of Steve & Pearl. Hatched 5-27-12
We have more silkies, but all are too young to name... Not sure which ones are keepers yet.
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The Cochins
Mabel
Mabel is a cochin. She has mixed colours between buff and partridge. She was born on July 30th 2011
She started laying February 28th 2012
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Honey
On to one of my favourites…
She is named solely for her personality. Honey is the sister of Mabel. They are the same age.
Honey was free. Dave gave her to me because she was not SQ. She has a bad left eye. It looks like someone pecked her, but it has never gotten better. Honey is my baby <3
She won me POW on April 27th 2012! Go Honey!
Honey laid her first egg April 17th 2012!
Honey's molt of 2012
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Janet
And than there is Janet. She is a partridge LF cochin. Late Spring 2011 hatch as well. She seems small for a cochin.. and I did see her mother who was in the same pen as she was.. Ah well. She is beautiful, and lays the prettiest multi-coloured eggs. Went broody twice in 2012.
Janet laid her first egg January 26th 2012!
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My Other Hens (one of a kind)
Ruby - Rhode Island Red
Now THIS is what a true RIR looks like. No offence to Penny (who I adore!) but there is something about this deep mahogany colour that is extremely pleasing to the eyes.
Ruby's age is unknown. Born sometime in 2011.
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Harriet - Beardless Buff Laced Polish
Funniest chicken EVER. Born late spring 2011
I find their preening activity especially entertaining.
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Denny - Delaware
The head hen. The boss man. The queen of the roost. Take your pick. She is all of those things.
Denny is a Delaware hen. She was born in 2010 I believe. Not 100% sure. She molted in fall of 2011 and again in 2012. So she is at least 2 years old. If not older.
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The Red Sex Links AKA Pennies.
Penny. The favourite Penny. No really she is. Friendliest chicken I have. She has no fear of humans. Very sweet girl. All of the other Pennies were named after her.
She is constantly in your face and trying to steal your food. She does not frighten easily, and will fly right up on your lap if you have something that appeals to her.
As for laying, she is my best. All fall she gave me an egg a day right up until she started molting (before Christmas). She took two weeks off (to shed the feathers) and started up again when she was still all pins, and hasn't stopped for even a day yet! Penny is a working girl.
Some of the younger Pennies..
The Ducks
Macy - Lilac Pied Muscovy
Macy is our muscovy hen. Born late August/Early September 2011.
I wasn’t planning on getting ducks at all. My Fiance was the one who wanted them.
We had settled on either Muscovy or Khakki Campbell, but Macy just took my breath away. I loved her markings. I loved her eyes.
Muscovies are quiet ducks. Very broody. Macy tried to set on eggs 4 or 5 times in 2012. Each and every time I stopped her, as we do not have a drake to fertilize the eggs, and I didn't think chicken eggs were a good idea. We will have call eggs for her to hatch come 2013. She'll finally get to be a mother!
Khaki Campbell
We had to rehome Ruth after he tried to mate our chickens one too many times. In his place, we added two female Khaki Campbell ducklings.
Born in the beginning of 2012, or very late December 2011.
Bertha
Martha
We can tell them apart by their walk. Martha is a little bow legged, but gets around no problem. Just walks funny.
The Call Ducks - Blue Fawn
Randy the drake
My favourite of the trio. He's quiet. I like that about him!
Mandy
Sandy
