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  1. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Did some work in the coop today! I cobbled together a poop board. This serves two purposes, to keep the bedding cleaner, and also to block drafts from the pop door so I can keep it open at night. It was a much larger job than I anticipated so hopefully it works out!
  2. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Lots of pictures in no particular order... All 3 ducks at the end of the summer... RIP. My first official egg! There was a broken one on the porch the day before this but I count this as my actual first egg. Nest box, round 1! My first attempt at the jig saw. Nest box, round 2. I...
  3. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Just got alerted that this week was my one year anniversary at BYC! More updates on my flock, no pictures right now, I'll have to add them from my phone later. Seems like I'm only coming on to talk about losing birds, but such is life, and I'm refining my chicken keeping as a result. My brother...
  4. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Been a while since I’ve updated. Sadly I lost my other BR, Bertha, to some dogs. I also lost a duck to an unknown predator. Therefore, chicken math ensues... for every one lost it has been replaced by 2. When I went to get new chicks he didn’t have any barred rocks so I ended up getting 4 black...
  5. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Yesterday I had my first chicken casualty. I think Wobbler had a congenital issue, she was always a runt and had issues the first week I brought them home. She just became more and more listless all week and passed yesterday during he day. Just glad my first loss wasn’t something traumatic like...
  6. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    First big adventure outside the run yesterday. They stayed pretty close to their run but did venture a little further. It’s crazy to think that two months ago they were just little balls of fluff- starting to look like real chickens!
  7. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Hard to see, but when I went outside last night to close up shop everyone was on the roost looking out the window!
  8. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    8 weeks old as of yesterday! They have had the pop door open during the day for the last two days and are enjoying the run. Dotte (back) and Caramel: Bertha: Red Hen #1/Princess Wobbler: Red Hen #2/Ruby: Meanwhile, Darkwing and Launchpad have also made the move outside after definitely...
  9. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    I never thought I would get so attached to chickens but i just spent a weekend away from them and I couldn’t wait to check on them when I got home! Here’s what the goofballs were up to when I returned: Ruby, Dotte, Wobbler, Bertha, Princess, Caramel They have a perfectly good roost at the same...
  10. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    5 weeks old today and I went out to the coop tonight and almost everyone was roosting just like big kids! :love Now to figure out what to do with these guys:
  11. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Yesterday and today were the first times they’ve had the pop door open to their run yesterday no one was brave enough to get past the “porch” but today everyone made it out for a little (supervised) exploration! Also , my tiniest chicken was the first one to hop up to the “big kid” roost! They...
  12. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Got a new bowl of dirt! Boy I didn’t realize how exciting it would be for them! Also, you can really see how tiny my one barred rock is in this video. I believe they’re all the same age because their feathers have come in the same- but that little gal is just so small...
  13. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Growing like weeds now! The kennel was taking up a lot of space in the coop and they were taking up too much space in the kennel, so they got the whole place to themselves starting on Tuesday! Day of the move (19 days old): My “solution” to them wasting feed... I have since changed this a bit...
  14. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    It wasn’t until I had looked back at my original pictures that I had realized how much they have really grown! They’ve also grown to be much more wary of me but I’m just Taking my time there. 12-day old pics:
  15. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Yesterday was day 8 at home (not counting "gotcha" day!) and I moved their brooder with the heating pad out to the coop early in the day. They didn't really seem to notice once they were in there probably due to the fact that their immediate environment didn't change at all. In the afternoon I...
  16. Eilsel

    My Kansas Chicken Story

    Starting a thread here now that I actually have my chicks! The Beginning: Fall 2017 we bought a property with 9+ acres so I could bring my horse home. Shortly after I got the itch to get chickens. I spent the winter months researching and planning for the chicks to come home over spring break...
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