Chive’s 2026 Project 365

[Chive]

January 3rd.

Some of the newest button chicks! They would not stay still enough for me to get a nice picture.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

View attachment 4276363January 2nd!
I moved all of my Button Quail down to the basement. I had them in the garage, but was tired of having a heat lamp running for them. This is a pen of all my Silvers!

Wow, they are such a beautiful color and they are so tiny! I have always wanted quail ever since I learned a little bit about them a few months ago, but unfortunately its probably too cold for them here.

 

[casportpony]

January 2nd!
I moved all of my Button Quail down to the basement. I had them in the garage, but was tired of having a heat lamp running for them. This is a pen of all my Silvers!

Wow, I've never seen that color. Beautiful!

January 3rd.

Some of the newest button chicks! They would not stay still enough for me to get a nice picture.

Too cute!

 

[StinkyAcres]

Hi, @Chive! Looking forward to following along!

 

[Chive]

Wow, they are such a beautiful color and they are so tiny! I have always wanted quail ever since I learned a little bit about them a few months ago, but unfortunately its probably too cold for them here.

They are actually doing pretty well, and we have been having a lot of teens and negative temperatures. I did have to have a light on them at night and finally decided to just move them in the basement which is a little bit warmer than outside.
Of course our cats got into the brooder that had all the colored birds (other than silver) and ate over half of them the night I took that picture. I had separated them out because I wanted to get more colored chicks rather than all silver again…

They are so much fun to raise! They do fly though. You should see when one hops out as I am putting the food or water in and I basically am racing the cats to find him first.

 

[Chive]

Hi, @Chive! Looking forward to following along!

Aw, how are you doing? Were you able to find a home for some of the birds that you were looking to find new homes for?

 

[StinkyAcres]

Aw, how are you doing? Were you able to find a home for some of the birds that you were looking to find new homes for?

I'm doing alright, thanks! How about you?

I made the difficult decision to butcher one of my ducks for the sake of the other ducks. Their fighting was just getting out of hand. So I am going to keep the remaining three. I have also decided to keep my Brahmas for now unless I come across the perfect home for them.

 

[Chive]

Well, I already missed a day.
Here’s a photo to make up for yesterday:

We pick up milk for our pigs from the Hood facility right down the road from us and they had someone just drop 6 pallets worth of lettuce and leave them. They wound up calling us and asking if we would take it. Well, I know what the birds treats are going to be for the next few days. They love it! A picture of some of the boxes.
And this is Pom for my picture of the day (no, it wasn’t me who named him ). He’s my favorite cat out of the four we have.

 

[Chive]

I'm doing alright, thanks! How about you?

I made the difficult decision to butcher one of my ducks for the sake of the other ducks. Their fighting was just getting out of hand. So I am going to keep the remaining three. I have also decided to keep my Brahmas for now unless I come across the perfect home for them.

I’m doing alright! I’m glad to hear that.
That’s rough. I’m so happy that you were able to do the right thing. It’s always hard. I actually wound up getting rid of all my ducks.
That sounds like a great idea. It’s funny how those things happen, especially when you think you are dead set on something.

 

[StinkyAcres]

That’s rough. I’m so happy that you were able to do the right thing. It’s always hard. I actually wound up getting rid of all my ducks.

Oh no..may I ask why you got rid of your ducks?

That sounds like a great idea. It’s funny how those things happen, especially when you think you are dead set on something.

I was never really dead set on it. I kept going back and forth because I love all of them. But I am going to be converting a shed into a second chicken coop so I'll have the room to keep them.