Chicken Math. Or "The story of how I didn't want chickens and got hooked"

[azurbanclucker]

Some Chicken TV images. Yesterday I had 7 eggs. That's our high water mark so far. I've got 17 potential layers, so we're still really low, but it seems like upping them to 21% egg producer feed is definitely producing eggs... Copper stole a dozen carton off the counter the other night and ate them. Was NOT happy with the little twerp.

Cuckoo Maran Rooster. He's MASSIVE. Already made a deal to rehome him, just waiting for him to be picked up.

One of the new Barred Rocks sizing up my camera.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Today's loot.

 

[azurbanclucker]

"was there something?"

Coop cleaning day, and some of the girls had to come inspect my work. I think I'm going to name this one "Priscilla". She just looks like a Priscilla to me for some reason.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I really dig the blue in this EE's feathering.

 

[deepbluesea]

I like this thread! I'm living chicken math vicariously through you.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Forgot to lock the coops last night and the girls thanked me by trashing the back porch and then swarming me as soon as I came out to feed them. It was like a velociraptor attack.

 

[azurbanclucker]

So I'm home sick today, and upstairs resting (there's a hideous flu going around the office). Suddenly there's a commotion downstairs. Wife is yelling, dogs are barking, sounds like the end of the world. I jump up and stagger downstairs to mixed barks and shouts of "Get out! Stupid chicken!" *bark bark* "Out!" *bark bark* Out! *cock-a-doodle-dooo!* "OUT!"

Turns out, our massive Cuckoo Marans roo decided to poke his head through the dog door and crow loudly. That scared my wife and she screamed. That set the dogs off, and the roo hightailed it. He came back and did it again a few seconds later though, and so my wife went over and is standing by the back door yelling at him every time he pokes his head in now with the dogs adding their 2 cents in. She's so irritated she threatened to cook him.

I'm laughing so hard I may burst a lung from the coughing.

(edit: can has grammar)

 

[Teila]

So I'm home sick today, and upstairs resting (there's a hideous flu going around the office). Suddenly there's a commotion downstairs. Wife is yelling, dogs are barking, sounds like the end of the world. I jump up and stagger downstairs to mixed barks and shouts of "Get out! Stupid chicken!" *bark bark* "Out!" *bark bark* Out! *cock-a-doodle-dooo!* "OUT!"

Turns out, our massive Cuckoo Marans roo decided to poke his head through the dog door and crow loudly. That scared my wife and she screamed. That set the dogs off, and the roo hightailed it. He came back and did it again a few seconds later though, and so my wife went over and is standing by the back door yelling at him every time he pokes his head in now with the dogs adding their 2 cents in. She's so irritated she threatened to cook him.

I'm laughing so hard I may burst a lung from the coughing.

(edit: can has grammar)

PS. I hope you feel better very soon.

 

[azurbanclucker]

A dozen I made up for a coworker this morning.

 

[MagpieDucks]

A dozen I made up for a coworker this morning.
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Nice! A dozen eggs is a rare sight for us at this time of year...17 Chickens and 3 eggs a day?!?! Come on...