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Adorae’s Family Flock and Farm
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All of my gender guess are guesses at the moment. I don't have hardly any chicken experience, so I could be wrong about everything.
The chicks were all so happy to move once they got used to the new place. I felt terrible for how dirty and cramped they were getting. Almost as soon as I got them into the coop they were spreading their wings, scratching around, and sun bathing. I now have some breathing room, and will need to complete the other side of the coop in roughly a month or so for when they outgrow their current space and I can separate them. It looks like I lucked out for the most part and have at least 2 pullets in each breed.
The Columbians have been my favorite so far. They aren't nearly as flighty as most of the others and are the first to investigate things. I also think they are very pretty looking. They are getting some heft to them now. They are the base of what I want my meat bird flock to look like.
The NN are going well also. They have a pretty cute little chirp. I'm going to put a CR over the hens to get some silver into them. I want to be able to lighten them up if they are to be a meat bird, so that they can be prettier after being dressed. They seem to be keeping pace with the Columbian Rock's growth right now.
The Dark Cornish are putting on some weight finally. I can look at them and think they could be meat birds. They stayed small for a while. They also seem to be the most timid of the breeds so far. Probably from having the strong game bird heritage. The next few weeks will be interesting to see how they change. Their legs are all huge looking now.
The Silkies are kinda meh right now. long term plans are to make giant silkies, but it's going to take a while to do anything with them. #1 is significantly bigger than all but the dark blue. If I'm lucky and they happen to be opposite genders I will try to hatch some of their eggs. Bagel managed to hop out of the coop when I went to check on them yesterday. Took about 20 min to catch her and get her back into the coop. I was sad that I might have had to leave her, there are a lot of predator animals in the area.
The Lakenvelder are doing well, I think they are looking nice, they aren't as big as the Columbian, or the NN, but they are keeping pace with the WTB, and doing better than the Dark Cornish. They are suppose to be dual purpose, so it'll be interesting to see what their frame is like as adults. They are calmer than the WTB.
Whiting True Blues are by far the most annoying of the group. They would fly out of the brooders when I would change their food and water. One I named P.I.T.A. he influenced the naming of all the others and was the worst about escaping. I got home from work on Monday and 3 of them had escaped somehow and could get back into the brooder. Luckily the indoor cats are worthless so nothing happened to them.
The chicks were all so happy to move once they got used to the new place. I felt terrible for how dirty and cramped they were getting. Almost as soon as I got them into the coop they were spreading their wings, scratching around, and sun bathing. I now have some breathing room, and will need to complete the other side of the coop in roughly a month or so for when they outgrow their current space and I can separate them. It looks like I lucked out for the most part and have at least 2 pullets in each breed.
The Columbians have been my favorite so far. They aren't nearly as flighty as most of the others and are the first to investigate things. I also think they are very pretty looking. They are getting some heft to them now. They are the base of what I want my meat bird flock to look like.
The NN are going well also. They have a pretty cute little chirp. I'm going to put a CR over the hens to get some silver into them. I want to be able to lighten them up if they are to be a meat bird, so that they can be prettier after being dressed. They seem to be keeping pace with the Columbian Rock's growth right now.
The Dark Cornish are putting on some weight finally. I can look at them and think they could be meat birds. They stayed small for a while. They also seem to be the most timid of the breeds so far. Probably from having the strong game bird heritage. The next few weeks will be interesting to see how they change. Their legs are all huge looking now.
The Silkies are kinda meh right now. long term plans are to make giant silkies, but it's going to take a while to do anything with them. #1 is significantly bigger than all but the dark blue. If I'm lucky and they happen to be opposite genders I will try to hatch some of their eggs. Bagel managed to hop out of the coop when I went to check on them yesterday. Took about 20 min to catch her and get her back into the coop. I was sad that I might have had to leave her, there are a lot of predator animals in the area.
The Lakenvelder are doing well, I think they are looking nice, they aren't as big as the Columbian, or the NN, but they are keeping pace with the WTB, and doing better than the Dark Cornish. They are suppose to be dual purpose, so it'll be interesting to see what their frame is like as adults. They are calmer than the WTB.
Whiting True Blues are by far the most annoying of the group. They would fly out of the brooders when I would change their food and water. One I named P.I.T.A. he influenced the naming of all the others and was the worst about escaping. I got home from work on Monday and 3 of them had escaped somehow and could get back into the brooder. Luckily the indoor cats are worthless so nothing happened to them.
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Checked on the babies after dinner and they seem to have integrated well.
I put out a bowl of water and hung out by the coop door. No one attacked it like they hadn’t had a drink all day, so they must have figured out the water nipples. Everyone that I saw had full crops.
PITA and a few others came up close a bunch to check me out. Otherwise they were all playing around or chilling. The Silkies were even looking cleaner.
I put out a bowl of water and hung out by the coop door. No one attacked it like they hadn’t had a drink all day, so they must have figured out the water nipples. Everyone that I saw had full crops.
PITA and a few others came up close a bunch to check me out. Otherwise they were all playing around or chilling. The Silkies were even looking cleaner.
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I take baby girl with me to check on the chickens after big brother goes to bed. So far the chickens are doing great. They adapted to the water nipples fine and all seem to be eating well. I hung out for a few minutes to kinda watch them to see if any where having issues and many came up to investigate me.
I saw a few getting grit from the grit bowls, so I think I might offer some meal worms to them occasionally so I can get them to be friendlier and trust me.
I saw a few getting grit from the grit bowls, so I think I might offer some meal worms to them occasionally so I can get them to be friendlier and trust me.
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One Saturday I visited with the chicks out in the coop. I gave them some fresh greens from the yard and they went nuts over it. I should taken pictures of them running around and chasing each other, but I was too busy watching. lol
On Sunday I gave them their weekend snack of scrambled eggs. I do this as a way to get rid of the eggs that have meat or blood spots on them since I'm particular about it. I plan to continue this every time I get new chicks, and then when the adult chickens are molting. I will freeze the unsellable eggs if I don't have enough to give to the whole flock.
While hanging around the coop, the chicks seemed to get a bit friendlier. Pita is definitely the first one to come up to check things out. Some of the WTB girls, and a few Silkies will check things out if Pita doesn't get eaten lol.
The neighbors have let me know that they either have a coon or a opossum messing with their chickens and they have a few live traps out. I hope they can take care of it so they don't start trying to mess with my babies. I guess it's time for me to get a couple live traps as well to put around the coop at night.
On Sunday I gave them their weekend snack of scrambled eggs. I do this as a way to get rid of the eggs that have meat or blood spots on them since I'm particular about it. I plan to continue this every time I get new chicks, and then when the adult chickens are molting. I will freeze the unsellable eggs if I don't have enough to give to the whole flock.
While hanging around the coop, the chicks seemed to get a bit friendlier. Pita is definitely the first one to come up to check things out. Some of the WTB girls, and a few Silkies will check things out if Pita doesn't get eaten lol.
The neighbors have let me know that they either have a coon or a opossum messing with their chickens and they have a few live traps out. I hope they can take care of it so they don't start trying to mess with my babies. I guess it's time for me to get a couple live traps as well to put around the coop at night.
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Adding a couple quick pictures I took of the chick flock. the WTB's went from being incredibly flighty to being the first to come up and greet me when I open the coop door.
Pita and one of the splash pullets, I haven't have a chance to have a good look at which one, since I'm worried about the hoping out of the coop, want very badly to get up on my shoulders.
My mom will be coming up this weekend, so maybe I can get a few individual photos again, or at least a few better group photos. They all seem to be eating really well, and are all happy.
Once I get the baby reliably sleeping at 6:30pm, I am hoping to get out there to continue my work on the coop. I know that they will need the other side sooner than it'll be ready for them. I'm also going to have to look into getting an electric fence so that they can start going outside during the day. I wonder what age I should do that? I am not able to watch over them during the time they would be out.
Pita and one of the splash pullets, I haven't have a chance to have a good look at which one, since I'm worried about the hoping out of the coop, want very badly to get up on my shoulders.
My mom will be coming up this weekend, so maybe I can get a few individual photos again, or at least a few better group photos. They all seem to be eating really well, and are all happy.
Once I get the baby reliably sleeping at 6:30pm, I am hoping to get out there to continue my work on the coop. I know that they will need the other side sooner than it'll be ready for them. I'm also going to have to look into getting an electric fence so that they can start going outside during the day. I wonder what age I should do that? I am not able to watch over them during the time they would be out.
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Tragedy struck this weekend and I lost 5 birds. 2 Dark Cornish, and 3 True Blues, Brownie, Bagel, and Rye.
We nearly lost the smaller of the white Silkies, but we got her heated back up and she seems better.
What happened was that my husband disconnected the extension cords going to the coop so he could mow the field. When it got reconnected, one of the cables were loose and the brooder plate wasn’t working. Then we immediately had cold rainy weather, and I failed to check up on them, cuz I didn’t want to go out in the rain. I’m upset with myself and this situation won’t happen again.
We nearly lost the smaller of the white Silkies, but we got her heated back up and she seems better.
What happened was that my husband disconnected the extension cords going to the coop so he could mow the field. When it got reconnected, one of the cables were loose and the brooder plate wasn’t working. Then we immediately had cold rainy weather, and I failed to check up on them, cuz I didn’t want to go out in the rain. I’m upset with myself and this situation won’t happen again.
Oh gosh, I am so sorry for your losses.
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