I'm not even sure how many chickens we have to be honest. We have 17 layers. We also have chickens we are raising for meat and I'm not sure what that count is at least 17ish of those.. I don't get attached to them because they become food :(. Then we have 3 bantams that are pets/ raising...
Ha.. I just sent you a message. I've developed a fever to somehow get myself some silkies. :)
We live in Costa Rica.. up in the mountains. It's about 1.5 hours away from Cahuita but that's the closest "real" town. We're currently rained in. It's dry now but if we get a few days of rain...
We introduced her to the mother again last night and the chick is doing great! :) It's SO stinkin' cute watching the momma stand up and the babies come running out and then there's this tiny little thing. Ha. adorable.
It's the tiny yellow one :)
and here's a picture of the mom. The...
Well, I brought in the smallest chick. While it is the smallest it is just huge compared to this baby. The chick thought it was a hen and tried to burrow under it so the larger chick just ended up walking all over it LOL. So, I put that one back with the momma and the sick on is back by...
Ack. So the hen accepted the chick fine last night, but when I went to the coop this morning (around 7:00) she didn't have the new baby with her. I finally found it laying in the bottom of the chicken coop cold and limp. :(
It was still alive so I've got it back in the house in a box with...
Ha! The mother hen had moved tonight so while I was trying to find her that's where the chick went.. it's quite cool outside so it rode around in my bra LOL
We are from Waco TX originally, we moved here about 1.5 years ago. We decided we wanted to try a back to the basics lifestyle and the climate of a tropical type area won out as we could garden year round. It's certainly been interesting but we are loving it!