2020 Flock And General Chit Chat

[Maeko]

Hi!! I'm a chicken newbie but have been around em all my life and we are FINALLY starting a small flock first week of March. Don't even know exactly which breeds yet but I'll be choosing 4 for me and 3 for my mother in law who is also starting out with us! My husband is excited to build 2 coops since I have a lot of specifics for ours and he can actually be creative with his mom's
Waiting until March to get my chicks is killing me though. I can't wait until I can post coop and chick pics!

 

[MysticUniKitty]

Welcome guys! And chick posts are always fun!

Hatching is addictive and frustrating... One that piped is not going far and it's been 24hrs so I'm hovering.

 

[FortCluck]

38 mystery eggs ready to hatch on Sunday

 

[MysticUniKitty]

I love surprise hatches!!

 

[MysticUniKitty]

Our lone survivor.

Hubs named it Paprika. It has tiny leg feathers starting! It's pretty cute. I'm just so heartbroken that I had only one make it. Our new incubator isn't working very good. I'm wondering if it's cuz we bought used.
Or the cold snap we had this last week.

 

[MysticUniKitty]

We ordered Paprika some friends, they arrived this morning!

A surprise fluffy lil nugget box! No idea on breeds all heavies though.

A sad note... We lost one of our Brahma girls to looks like a fox. And a BR mix is missing too. We're building a large run for them so this doesn't happen, but we didn't get it done in time. So frustrating! But by the time babies get big enough it will be!

 

[drumstick diva]

So very sorry for your losses, just heartbreaking. Maybe you need some electrified fencing to convince the fox to move on to someone else.

 

[MysticUniKitty]

So very sorry for your losses, just heartbreaking. Maybe you need some electrified fencing to convince the fox to move on to someone else.

That's a good idea!

And I'm happy to report that GT showed up this morning, not sure her hiding place but she's a smart funny chicken!

 

[MysticUniKitty]

My hubs surprised me with a new heat source tonight!!

No more heat lamps and fearing a shed fire!!

Hope everyone is doing good!!

 

[MysticUniKitty]

They gang this morning.

The young ones
White- Frosting, Red- Swirl, multi color- Paninni. These guys are Brahma crosses from my big boy.


And the babies! Camera is evil...


Getting their starter feathers in nicely!
We had to go back to heat lamp, too big of a cold snap for the plate in the shed.