I feed persimmons to my flock and they love them! Figs, they also love, apples, plums, pears, and Asian pears. All from our orchard, all organic, no spray, worms included :)
We got our first egg too! We are so excited and have been waiting since 4/20/16. Our chicks (11 of them) arrived on 4/20, we lost 4 of them to our chick killer Lab, that was our fault, not his, he is a bird dog. Replaced the 4 we lost with 4 red sex links from the feed store, they have been...
We have 10 total, 6 are 12 weeks old(2 Buffs, 1 RIR, 1 Easter Egger, 1 PR - The PR is the star of the flock she has a lot of personality, & 1 Light Brahma and 4 are about 9 weeks old(Red Sex Links). No eggs yet but I think we are getting close with the 12 week old, hopefully 4-6 weeks more. The...
I moved the kiddie pool in the coop just because that's what they spent most of their lives in until moving into the coop, they seem to love it, but yeah it does keep the mess in the pool :) Good point on the hiding places, I can get under there but it requires to get dirty. Maybe i'll block...
Name: Carla or possibly Carl
Age: 6 weeks
Model: Plymouth Rock
Gender: Pullet?
This is a great bird, very sweet. We lost her sister to my Lab, arrrrggggg!