Chicken Math Got Me Bad....

[AnneGirlGG]

I’m pretty happy with my set up, it’s about as close to Fort Knox as it can get. Pretty much I’d only worry about the occasional bear that we get wandering thru.

I just wish it was BIGGER.


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Flat land is at a premium here tho.

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Man, I would never get tired of that view! How gorgeous!

 

[AnneGirlGG]

I’m pretty happy with my set up, it’s about as close to Fort Knox as it can get. Pretty much I’d only worry about the occasional bear that we get wandering thru.

I just wish it was BIGGER.


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Flat land is at a premium here tho.

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Oh, and a beautiful setup too! What a wonderful home for your flock.

 

[Sefirothe]

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I think they might like mealworms or something.

That’s Gimpy towards the middle flapping her wings and jumping for treats!

 

[Sefirothe]

Sunbathing chicken nuggets!!!

 

[Sefirothe]

Laverne: “Are you my mamma?”
Fiona: “Are you edible?”

 

[Sefirothe]

Lost Susie the CCL chick today. Some how the adults managed to catch her out in the run and....it wasnt pretty. I thought they were big enough at this point to be past this stage. Plus she was the quickest and most skittish of all the chicks. Never thought she would have been caught.

Sigh. RIP little Susie.

I am never trying to add a blue egg layer to the flock again. Its not meant to be. Fifth blue egg layer I've lost as a chick since I started keeping chickens.

 

[AnneGirlGG]

Lost Susie the CCL chick today. Some how the adults managed to catch her out in the run and....it wasnt pretty. I thought they were big enough at this point to be past this stage. Plus she was the quickest and most skittish of all the chicks. Never thought she would have been caught.

Sigh. RIP little Susie.

I am never trying to add a blue egg layer to the flock again. Its not meant to be. Fifth blue egg layer I've lost as a chick since I started keeping chickens.

I'm so sorry. Losing them is never easy. RIP Susie.

 

[BonnieBlue]

I am so sorry. My chicks are only a few days older than yours, and they are not even in their transitional coop yet, but this is my huge fear.

RIP little Susie.

 

[Folly's place]

So sorry! Our current bantam chicks were raised in a separate but visible coop area, and gradually opened up to the flock while everyone was free ranging, when they were six and seven weeks old, fully feathered, and locked in their brooder area every night. After a week or ten days, their area is open to the main coop at night too, and they still go there, on or under the brooder plate at night.
I watched carefully during the blending weeks, and no issues came up. Lucky, maybe, but all is well here.
Having broody raised chicks is much easier!
Mary

 

[Sefirothe]

Yesterday was really hard. Susie was named after my mom and was my favorite chick from this batch. Culling her to put her out of her misery was probably the hardest chicken thing I’ve had to do.

You have no idea how glad I was to come home and see everyone running around and happy. I didn’t even mind dealing with the cecal poops on top of the brooder cover!