2020 Flock Life

[Chaos11793]

All adorable.. but that cat .... and what kind of dog is the little one!?

Dawww...thank you. The cat is definitely a character. See second picture...
Our little dog, Ez, is a yorkie/pomeranian/poodle mix. His fur is like a yorkie's in texture and coloration. He started out all black, except a little white locket (see attached picture), but has faded to this unique grey black.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I seriously love this bird so much

 

[MysticUniKitty]

Thanks for tagging me!

So intro: my name is Monica. Im a stay at home mom turned chicken carer. Last March my then 5 yr old son was obsessed with chickens, we thought it a phase....nope! We finally caved and got him 12 chicks. He loved them, cuddled them, took them on adventures, and got me hooked too! We've rehomed and added since then, but my kiddo has a special bond with all our chickens. He can run and play and they follow him and want his attention, even our big rooster!

I don't like birds, but I have to say this adventure with chickens has changed my tune a bit. At the start of fall we had 18 chickens, we now only have 13 grown ups. A coyote and neighbor dog have been sneaking girls. . So we tried ordering chicks and got all roosters, but chick days started and I now have 17 babies, 3 four month olds we hatched, and our 13 adults. Waiting for the ground to dry a bit before finishing up the new large run.

Here's some pics!

All the babies: OE, Giants, BR, Comets, and Orps.

Our big boy Toasted. He's a sweety!

His three babies I was able to hatch. Two OE mix males and one cinnamon queen mix girl.

All our remaining girls. It's been raining almost nonstop till this morning, so everything is a mess!

 

[Silkie2005]

Large Fowl Flock A
Run by Shelley (my two year old cockerel) it has 12 hens in it which are between 8 years old and 1 year old.

Shelley

Large Fowl Flock B
Run by Claude (my one year old cockerel) it has 10 hens in it which are all 3 year old ex battery hens. Claude is Shelley's son.

Claude

 

[YesYahoo]

The newbies at the water. Arrived midday yesterday. Alot quieter today yet drank 3 times as much in the first full day with me. One of em, Goldie, tells me she's bummed about baseball season being delayed and March Madness being cancelled. All good tho. I'm just glad to see all of em healthy..

 

[redfoxco]

I just posted this in my intro and thought I'd cross-post it here too. Got a few pictures of the girls today! They chose a new spot for a community dust bath and were very proud of themselves. (DH's comment is "3 phase chickens" ... a little electrical engineering humor for you .) Poor Plucky (the reddish hen) is missing some feathers from a recent close encounter with a very bold fox.

 

[Silkie2005]

The four chicks so far

 

[Silkie2005]

Well, have anymore hatched ?
I love that little white one!

Unfortunately it didn't all go to plan and one of the chicks died on day 18 of incubation, the other egg is due to hatch on Monday. The white chick is named Frances or Fran for short.

Frances. She/he (not sure) is 2 days old.

Florence (aka Flo) is the mother of Frances. She is 1 year old.

Freckle is the mother of Florence and the grandmother of Frances. She is 4 years old.

 

[Silkie2005]

That’s actually a good idea! (If they are in the mood )

I’ll look for a suitable tree tomorrow!

Like this but in a tree!

I know what you are talking about, sometimes they just sit there and are angels and sometimes all they want to do is run away and make a break for freedom!

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Here’s one of our birds from our more exotic ‘flock’

If you can spot it