This is my year old Ameraucana, Esther - having stepped up to the job of hatching 9 Swedish Flower chicks. She went broody - nearly as soon as they arrived from the post office. Amazing timing.
One chick hatched with curled toes - and immediately got a tape splint. Two days later - looks...
Ok -- so it's been a while -- and with some encouragement to post more pics -- I've dug up some pics of the duck house before and after construction -- share the joy -- I love the ducks..
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I have 4 Barred Rock roos - included for warmth? - in my summer order for guineas and Orloffs from Natures Hatchery. I have listed them everywhere - no takers. I have 3 roos already in my group of about 40 hens -- and 2 of the Orloffs are roos - which I will also keep. Is this a sign from...
I can't sleep -- the wind is howling -- and one guinea thought it would be a good night to stay out. Only - I can't see her in the trees - or on the peak of my neighbors house - like she did the last snowstorm we had. This time it's rain and wind -- . I gave the ducks their supper at dusk --...
Anyone out there in Western Mass area - have a spare Welsh Harlequin or two ...?
My girls are just under a year old - 4 Campbells and 2 Swedish. I could order babies -- but would rather try to find a pair about the same age to add to the group.
Thanks--
Here's my two Swedish stretching their wings ..
And their new house - though finishing touches interrupted by snow - alot of snow!!
Chicken coop in the background ...
Hey -- anyone got some snowy hens out there? I took these pics after a snowstorm - and then the sun came out -- hens were happy.
This is Olaf and his harem of hens.
This is their new portico -- which I added just before winter set in hard. The tarps are blocking the west and north wind...
"Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.
The size of the project means little in art, beyond
the money matter. It is the quality of the character that really counts."
Frank Lloyd Wright
I was inspired by the Mother Earth Coop Contest two years ago -- and by the time I finished the coop -- there was no longer a contest!
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Many thanks to the creators of Backyard Chickens to tend such a large flock of us folks with...