A few pictures from today.
Enjoying some fresh watermelon.
Neville couldn't get enough, he was being a gentlemen though and kept calling his girls to the treat. See where my other roo pecked at his comb? I was so furious at them. The dumb boys decided fighting through the fence AND wooden lattice was a good idea...
The sun washed this picture out a lot but it shows off Neville's width, he's getting to be quite the big boy.
Dawn, I also got my first dark egg today!
I believe it was from my Wheatie, who's name is Frenchie.
My fatty Coro babies, who are now with their adopted broody momma, are getting BIG! I think these chooks might end up being nearly the same size as my English Orps. Maybe... In this picture you can also see the little supposed Platinum Sumatra chick, I'm so enamored with this chick, I want so much for it to be a pullet.
Here's another picture of her.
Her hatch mate is either a dark Blue, or Black Sumatra. Any guesses?
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These are my Olive Eggers out of ruth's eggs, the gorgeous coppery olive ones. I cannot wait until these babies start laying!
This is Robin (on the left) and another young Heritage Rhode Island Red. We actually plan on eating Robin later this year when he matures... it'll be the first time we've processed a bird and I have to say I'm somewhat excited. I've tried not to get too attached to my Red boy, he's a big softie though. He already feels like a brick too and he's only around 3 1/2 months old. We'll see how much he weighs in a few months, I plan on growing him out until he crows. Then he'll be dinner. The Heritage Reds are such a gorgeous deep mahogany color, I have Robin and 3 pullets that I received from Paul Smith.
Finally, this is Toby our Corgi "dustbathing" in the chicken's run today.
Not everyone was as thrilled as Toby was about his bath.
Sorry about the picture overload, today was my day off and I spent most of it outside working in the garden and spending time with the chickens. It was HOT today here in Oakland, in the afternoon the high was 84 degrees. It was a beautiful day though and I got a bunch done outside. I successfully planted our melon patch this year. We've got a few different kinds of watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew melon growing. I cannot wait until September when it all should be ready to harvest!
