We've always mixed our scratch in with the food ( whether it be egg rations or gamebird feed) I mix 1/4 scratch to 3/4 food. My chickens are in a temporary dirt pen with no access to fresh greens but we pick and feed them fresh every day. I do the feed in the mornings and the fresh in the...
The chicks are not quite 5 months so I wasn't really expecting any eggs until mid-late august. And I'm sure my fellow Kansans could agree that with this heat (110 my therm says today and still going up) I'm lucky to have anything! It's so exciting and I hope they continue at this rate or better!
When the girls first moved outside. The bantams weren't quite big enough yet. And that's Big Red. Their Mother Roo. He takes his mothering quite seriously too. He loved me until they came along.
He'd been working quite alot. I think they missed him. It started as a greeting fest until the...
Cricket the bantam chicky. Yes sounds like a lil cricket when it chirps. Also the lover in the bunch originally thought to be the bully.
The 2 bantams with a pullet. Not sure what she is. And her wing feathers seem to want to flip out to an extent. They look different than the other chicks...