Adorae’s Family Flock and Farm

[Adorae]

Oh wow. I've had a super busy late summer/early fall. I've been working on reducing my flock numbers for the winter. I'm keeping 11 girls, and my Whiting True Blue rooster.
3 Ameraucana, 2 Marans, 2 Welsummers, 1 mixed that I hatched this spring, and 3 older hens I got from my neighbor when they moved. This will give me a really nice egg basket with white, blue, brown and speckled eggs.

I learned a lot about my limitation this summer and I'm excited for hatching this next spring. I think I will stick to hatching chicks for myself this next year so I can focus on other things. I've learned that I'm not a very good business person and I have been letting my birds go at a cost to myself, but I have learned a ton from hatching, raising and processing my own birds.

 

[notabitail]

Oh wow. I've had a super busy late summer/early fall. I've been working on reducing my flock numbers for the winter. I'm keeping 11 girls, and my Whiting True Blue rooster.
3 Ameraucana, 2 Marans, 2 Welsummers, 1 mixed that I hatched this spring, and 3 older hens I got from my neighbor when they moved. This will give me a really nice egg basket with white, blue, brown and speckled eggs.

I learned a lot about my limitation this summer and I'm excited for hatching this next spring. I think I will stick to hatching chicks for myself this next year so I can focus on other things. I've learned that I'm not a very good business person and I have been letting my birds go at a cost to myself, but I have learned a ton from hatching, raising and processing my own birds.

I'm glad to hear from you.

Pictures of your chooks?

 

[Adorae]

Oh, I had turkey's too.

I might rehome the remaining turkeys. They eat a lot and are a giant pain in the butt to get to roost inside the coops. I hate running around in the dark and cold trying to get them inside.
Here are the Marans I kept, in the lower left.

my pretty splash Ameraucana.

The pretty mixed girl that I kept, at the top.

and then 2 of the older girls, they were stubborn broodies, so I finally gave them a chick each for my last hatch. They have been very dedicated, protective mothers.

and a pretty nest of colorful eggs to wrap up the pictures.