Pics, pics and more pics! All good going into Summer. Downsized by about 15 birds yesterday. The guineas went to the neighbor because they were beating everybody up. They were mean little stinks! Also sold 10 young hens.
I could not break PJ from broody so I caved and got her australorp...
I dont think the white brahma is laying anymore. She is old as dirt. 😂 We have soooo many mutts it could be anything. LOL
She is super cool! The only one I have with that color. I call her Pearl ❤️
I use a 5 gallon bucket with the poultry water cups. The trick I picked up last year was to fill gallon milk jugs with water and freeze them. I add one to the waterer each morning and it acts as a giant ice cube to keep the water nice and cool. :thumbsup
People forget chickens are not herbivours. 🤭 We hang deer carcasses after butchering for the chickens to eat. They go nuts! Its crazy how fast they will have it cleaned down to the bone!
Things I dont feed my chickens? More like things my chickens refuse to eat, and thats a short list.
Lettuce (really?)
Beans
Worms that I personally found and harvested for them (apparently worms are only acceptable if THEY find them)
Thats pretty much it. They get ALL the kitchen scraps and...
I have a german shorthair pointer who has never touched a chicken. These are the safest chickens on the country block! Thanks to him, we have full time pest control on site 24/7. He actively pheasant and rabbit hunts with my husband but has always been respectful of our birds. We introduced him...