Fugly Farm

[igorsMistress]

I spent the better part of the weekend outside in the backyard with the flock. The tweens and bigs got some chopped tomato and everyone got some mustard greens from the garden.

I took the heat plate out of the mini coop yesterday, the wee ones are sleeping in a pile without it.

I was starting to second guess myself about the pullet but ultimately put her down. Made me sad, she was sweet girl.

The white Turken roo has been the first tween out of the coop after the big girls come out. He'll come out and have scratch with them and if they walk toward him he no longer runs, just moves away a little bit. It has been interesting to watch him gradually integrate himself with them. He and the SF boy are the 2 crowers, but the Dorking pullet is showing a preference for the Turken male. He came out to the compost pile while I was raking it up and stood on top of it to crow a few times. He reminds a lot of Fugly in attitude and demeanor.

The rest of the boys are a pain in a lot of ways. Still very young and always under foot. The SF boy is a sneaky one...always likes to get behind me when I'm in the coop. He's also a talker...lots of screeching, clicks and growls. He also acts like he's tidbitting me all the time and got mad when I backed him off so he's definitely headed for freezer camp.

 

[igorsMistress]

IM, is that a strawberry plant in the 2nd picture?

Yes'm it sure is. I love them, Igor not so much. I've never grown them as an adult so this winter is a lot of new stuff for me. I am trying to start some celery from the hearts leftover from store bought celery. Wish me luck, it's a new thing for me too.

 

[N F C]

Yes'm it sure is. I love them, Igor not so much. I've never grown them as an adult so this winter is a lot of new stuff for me. I am trying to start some celery from the hearts leftover from store bought celery. Wish me luck, it's a new thing for me too.

We love fresh strawberries here! When we had our big garden in FL I had put in a large patch of plants and they were coming along nicely. Until a tree fell on them. They didn't do so well after that.

We used to grow all our own celery and started it from a store bought one. Hope yours does well!

 

[igorsMistress]

We love fresh strawberries here! When we had our big garden in FL I had put in a large patch of plants and they were coming along nicely. Until a tree fell on them. They didn't do so well after that.

We used to grow all our own celery and started it from a store bought one. Hope yours does well!

What a shame! I might have given mother nature a shake of my fist over that one!

 

[N F C]

What a shame! I might have given mother nature a shake of my fist over that one!

I may or may not have done something stronger than that but ok, we can call it shaking my fist.

 

[igorsMistress]

I may or may not have done something stronger than that but ok, we can call it shaking my fist.

I was trying to be delicate. I have given her the finger with a few choice words many times

 

[N F C]

I was trying to be delicate. I have given her the finger with a few choice words many times

We have so much in common

 

[BlueBaby]

It look's like your garden and the chicken's are basically coming along good. I like how that Dorking mix is coming along. If I had him over here, I'd be putting him with this FNN one that I have.

I have a ton of these aloe vera plant's over here if you want some. They are growing on top of each other now, so they need to be trimmed back again.

 

[igorsMistress]

It look's like your garden and the chicken's are basically coming along good. I like how that Dorking mix is coming along. If I had him over here, I'd be putting him with this FNN one that I have.

I have a ton of these aloe vera plant's over here if you want some. They are growing on top of each other now, so they need to be trimmed back again.

Thanks for the offer but I have all of those plus another pot full I got from my mom.

The Dorking boy will have his choice of the girls. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle the 6 boys in the wee group but I'm keeping him and the white Turken roo I have from Charley.

 

[BlueBaby]

Thanks for the offer but I have all of those plus another pot full I got from my mom.

The Dorking boy will have his choice of the girls. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle the 6 boys in the wee group but I'm keeping him and the white Turken roo I have from Charley.

I guess that you won't have enough girls there for more than 2 roo's, huh. What all chick's hatched from those last shipped egg's, all FNN's?