Call Ducks or Bantams...Crazy Animals Around the Farm

[MillersFarm]

Both my Calls...Blossom the actual Appleyard Bantam and Apple my snowy Call..Both setting a pile of eggs each. Fabio is the Dad...

Oh wow, I missed a lot. How long have they been broody for? Are they separated from everyone else?

 

[chickens really]

Oh wow, I missed a lot. How long have they been broody for? Are they separated from everyone else?

They have been acting Broody since I took these 4 eggs..Due the 8th...I have these marked though..
So possibly due around April 16th or ?
Two separate nests..I'll pull Fabio once it gets closer to hatch..Then separate Mommas too. One will go to my garage Brooder and one will stay in the Duck house..Both heated..

 

[chickens really]

Watch the Divas toss out my marked eggs too...
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[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Brahma Chicken5000 must be working on his Coop and Run today?...If not?. He is Pretty quiet...

Service issue. My dad took my phone to the phone store while I was doing yard work.

Just spent my entire morning and half of the afternoon outside with my animals, Decided to take some shots (No not those shots) and did some thinking of what I'm going to work on next. But for now now i'll share some pics
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some extras of my broodies
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Beautiful pictures

I love Barnyard Chickens...They create some really great Birds...

I love my Chickens I make and they are so cool looking too..

Home made Easter Eggers are always way more colorful than the ones from hatcheries or feed stores which all mostly look the same. I plan to hatch a lot of eggs from my mixed layer flock. I’ll eat the cockerels and sell some of the pullets.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I let Wendy and Albastru out while I was ripping out some old bushes and planting new ones and Albastru ran and then flew, yes she really flew, like 8 feet in the air and then landed and flapped her wings. She did it twice. Wendy laid today in the nest box and I’m getting some of the lumber for the run this evening. My dad wants me to make the run 12’x6’ instead of 12’x8’ so that it’s not so close to the jerk neighbors property. I agreed to avoid arguing, but this makes the run 72 sq feet instead of 96 sq feet which would give each chicken over 12 sq feet each. We have to buy 8 foot 2”x4”s regardless of which length I choose to make the run. And I ordered the hardware clothe in the 4 foot height I’ll probably just make the run 12’x8’. I never had any problem keeping 8 chickens in this sized run except for a pecking incident which was my fault for giving them too much scratch grains and the Leghorn pullets got a bit hyper.

 

[chickens really]

Hmmm?..All my Chickens are out but the Ducks won't come out today..
They are all just staying in the Run..This is Casanova and his ladies..No one Broody in that pen...

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Hmmm?..All my Chickens are out but the Ducks won't come out today..
They are all just staying in the Run..This is Casanova and his ladies..No one Broody in that pen...

They must not be in the mood

 

[chickens really]

I let Wendy and Albastru out while I was ripping out some old bushes and planting new ones and Albastru ran and then flew, yes she really flew, like 8 feet in the air and then landed and flapped her wings. She did it twice. Wendy laid today in the nest box and I’m getting some of the lumber for the run this evening. My dad wants me to make the run 12’x6’ instead of 12’x8’ so that it’s not so close to the jerk neighbors property. I agreed to avoid arguing, but this makes the run 72 sq feet instead of 96 sq feet which would give each chicken over 12 sq feet each. We have to buy 8 foot 2”x4”s regardless of which length I choose to make the run. And I ordered the hardware clothe in the 4 foot height I’ll probably just make the run 12’x8’. I never had any problem keeping 8 chickens in this sized run except for a pecking incident which was my fault for giving them too much scratch grains and the Leghorn pullets got a bit hyper.

You will do fine I'm sure of it..

 

[chickens really]

They must not be in the mood

I guess not?...It did snow a bunch last night too..

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

You will do fine I'm sure of it..

Thanks I just don’t know which size to go with. I’m getting back the original roofing panels from my other run. I just don’t want there to be any problems. I don’t want to give in and make my run smaller...