Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

[Sefirothe]

Quail are awesome. I highly recommend opening up a little space in your heart and life for a little quail covey.

We need to get our deck replaced and have been working on clearing junk out from under/around it. There’s a nice sheltered spot that would get morning sun, especially in the winter when the trees are bare. Would be a good spot for a little aviary…..

 

[Beau plus penny]

I started 2025 with 9 hens, close to the max my run will support as I'm limited on flat usable land and cant free range. I swore to myself no more chickens in 2025. I'm currently down to 3 of my OG hens due to rehoming chickens I didnt like/didnt fit with the flock.

I made the bad choice to window shop breeds at the hatchery's website that I've ordered my past chicks from.
Eleven........ELEVEN chicks hatching Oct 14th fell into my cart and I somehow in a daze input my CC details and checked out.

I managed to snag one each of these breeds:

Green Queen
Welsummer
Black Ameraucana
White Crested Splash Polish
Splash Ameraucana
Olive Egger
Lisa Steele's Cookies and Cream
Chocolate Orpington
Cream Legbar
Blue Birchen Marans
Plus one freebie random breed layer.

I've also been obsessively refreshing the listing for their Blue (BBS) Laced Red Wyandotte and should one show available before the 14th I'll ask if I can get it added to my order.

I figure I'm hedging my bets if some dont make the trip ok, most previous orders were no issue, but one...was not good on arrival. If all arrive and thrive, after a few months I can easily rehome a couple that that maybe I dont like or wont fit in with the flock.

I brood on the floor of my coop and spent the afternoon getting the crate set up and food containers/waterers cleaned. I figure my big girls can take their time getting used to it being in their space before filling it with cheeping fluff balls.

Excuse the feathers. The two that are black and black/white are molting hard. The coop and pen look like a dozen black chickens exploded in there.

Did I mention its also October and I've never gotten chicks in the fall before, always late spring.

Who's coming with me on this rollercoaster?

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have you ever had cochins im not trying to enable you (i am)

but you should definitely check them out they are calm gentle birds including roos and they are fluffy with feathered feet and one thing i must mention the feel of their feathers feels like on of those soft blankets