2020 Flock Life

[Silkie2005]

hope you have a successful hatch!
Lovely photos
Frances is adorable!

Thank you!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

My chicks love eating out of my hand and then this...Fluffy Butt...

Very Cute! They must be quite tame.
I find it hard to tame them when they’re that age.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Hi guys!
I've just discovered a great thing!
My over 6yy old ISA brown Marina is actually laying!!!! i saw her yesterday..

I really don't mind about eggs, they couldn't do eggs and i'd love them the same, but....i don't know, i feel very proud of my little girl!!

Here....she was asking for privacy
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That’s great!

 

[Silkie2005]

Hi guys!
I've just discovered a great thing!
My over 6yy old ISA brown Marina is actually laying!!!! i saw her yesterday..

I really don't mind about eggs, they couldn't do eggs and i'd love them the same, but....i don't know, i feel very proud of my little girl!!

Here....she was asking for privacy
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Wow that's amazing! Well done chicken

 

[Cwestlake]

Hello and welcome to my chat thread
I’m making another one of these because the last one Went a bit silent and I was starting to talk to myself... Am I really that boring??

Allow me to introduce myself.
I live in Ireland.
I have 30 chickens, 27 Brahmas, blue buff columbian, golden partridge, blue partridge and lemon Pyle are their colours, I could go through them all individually but I wouldn’t want to bore you..,1 RIR, 1 buff Orpington and 1 buff Orpington mix.
only had around 10 chickens at the beginning of last year but I became a bit of a Hatchaholic.. it was around 50 at one stage ...
The plan was to breed them but they ended up getting a respiratory illness so now I’ve decided to keep them as a closed flock. Which is kinda what I was going to do anyways because no one was buying the roosters and I just had so many.
15 ducks, the colours are magpie, Rouen, khaki and a few mixed. 10 Guineas, 2 cocker dogs, 2 rabbits 2 cats View attachment 2041209
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some of my favourite hobbies other then caring for animals are garden design, interior design, painting and sculpting...

My cottage garden.
the garden consists of plants that attract butterflies and bees such as butterfly bush/ buddleia , sedum, delphinium, Ligularia dentata, red and yellow broom, sunflowers, petunias, bleeding hearts, montbretia and a few others
that I forget the names of..
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there are also around 30 roses in there and there’s a few trees such as blue spruce, blue cedar, holly and junipers.
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this next one is the patio.
it consists of different types of exotic plants like windmill palm, canary island date palm, musa basjoo the hardy banana... yes I grow bananas and palm trees here in Ireland.. bamboo, different types of hosta’s, Japanese maples, phormiums, cordylines, musella lasiocarpa, calla lily, ligularia, gunnera, fatsia japonica,Miscanthus sinensis Zebrinus, passion vine, silver spear, canna lily and different types of coleus

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More photos of the cottage garden
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I like to grow sunflowers every year because they are beautiful plants, they’re great for wildlife and they put a smile on everyone’s face.
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these are some of my oil paintings..
I just recently started using oil paints..
cow
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Our golden partridge Brahma rooster that goes by the name Prince
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two rabbits enjoying their breakfast
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Maltese dog
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so... I’ve introduced myself.
now it’s your turn

Just beautiful

 

[drstratton]

Very Cute! They must be quite tame.
I find it hard to tame them when they’re that age.

I try to hand feed them every hour, they can still be a bit flighty, but nothing compared to the Banty's I've raised!

 

[Cwestlake]

Hi my name is Cynthia I live in California my flock of 4 here pictured will be a year old on March 25th 2020 my husband and I purchased 4 more chicks, I believe I have a Olive Egger, Amerucana, Welsummer, I’m not sure the breed of the 4th one! I love my flock and I get lots of eggs from the adult hens 4 a day I will attach pictures of my newest chicks not sure how old they are maybe a month old? The top pictures is when we first got them and the last pictures are a few days ago... We also have a poodle mix dog cockapoo he’s 14 years old and lots of grandchildren

 

[Silkie2005]

Hi my name is Cynthia I live in California my flock of 4 here pictured will be a year old on March 25th 2020 my husband and I purchased 4 more chicks, I believe I have a Olive Egger, Amerucana, Welsummer, I’m not sure the breed of the 4th one! I love my flock and I get lots of eggs from the adult hens 4 a day I will attach pictures of my newest chicks not sure how old they are maybe a month old? The top pictures is when we first got them and the last pictures are a few days ago... We also have a poodle mix dog cockapoo he’s 14 years old and lots of grandchildren

Hi Cynthia, lovely flock you have there! Would you be interested in entering them into the online poultry show?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/poultry-show.1352427/

 

[Cwestlake]

Hi Cynthia, lovely flock you have there! Would you be interested in entering them into the online poultry show?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/poultry-show.1352427/

Sure I would love that thanks a bunch

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Just beautiful

Hi my name is Cynthia I live in California my flock of 4 here pictured will be a year old on March 25th 2020 my husband and I purchased 4 more chicks, I believe I have a Olive Egger, Amerucana, Welsummer, I’m not sure the breed of the 4th one! I love my flock and I get lots of eggs from the adult hens 4 a day I will attach pictures of my newest chicks not sure how old they are maybe a month old? The top pictures is when we first got them and the last pictures are a few days ago... We also have a poodle mix dog cockapoo he’s 14 years old and lots of grandchildren

Hello Cynthia
It’s nice to meet you!
Thank you!
Lovely photos
Those are some nice breeds.
Congrats on your new chicks!