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Our lovely flock is continuing to grow up! Frankie, our roo, is still finding his crow and uses it proudly in the mornings. Both of our eldest hens, Licorice & Dotty, have been laying eggs. Licorice’s being ~45g average and Dotty still gaining weight on hers (42g most recently). We made the...

At almost 8 weeks, Frankie has finally picked up on our neighbors’ roosters crowing and decided to give a few crows of his own. (Personally, very proud of his first attempts!) We also finally introduced 2 new pullets to our flock, a pair of 3-4 month old Appenzeller Spitzhauben x Easter Egger...

It has been staying 100°+ the past week or so and will continue to be over the next week. Yikes! The girls (and boy!) are handling it fairly well with daily ice enrichment treats and fresh water. Frankie, our cockerel, continues to show off his male growth. I have them pretty well trained to...

Update for my little chicks. They’re growing like weeds- every day I notice new feathers among the flock. Recently moved them out of the garage. They’re allowed to roam the fully chicken wired run, and are locked up in their hardware cloth run/coop before night. We have more hardware cloth...

Thank you! They’re all such funny little things. Can’t wait until their feathers fully come in so I can better identify them by names! I thought so! That comb is suspiciously large for a young chick his age and he’s developing slower than the other SS.

Thought I’d formally introduce my modest flock of 6. 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 California Grays. Expecting all 6 pullets but one of the SS is looking suspiciously like a cockerel! We’re hand raising them to be as friendly as possible and exposing them (slowly) to the various hustle and bustle of...