fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

P.S. Today was the first time the chicks ate from my hand. I brought them chopped up overripe tomatoes, and when the hens were sated the chicks came and snatched bits out of my hand.

See? Grape Lady isn't so bad...

 

[lightm]

From today:
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That's Zacchaeus, wow!

He gave my feet a cursory peck, then stopped. Good. I'd rather keep my Little Chick.

Wow, Zack surely changed a lot! What a handsome lad!

 

[NanaK]

Glad you had a great vacation. Granddaughters are precious! I know you enjoyed time with them.

When my grandson was small he was sworn in a Jr Ranger too. It put such a big smile on his face!

 

[fuzzi]

Wow, Zack surely changed a lot! What a handsome lad!

Yep. But Samuel was handsome, too.

Zack needs to moderate his impulses.

 

[fuzzi]

Wow, Zack surely changed a lot! What a handsome lad!

From today, he's 13 weeks old. The dark mahogany on his back is good, and the green tint in his black tail feathers is also promising.

Now he just needs to behave fairly well.

 

[fuzzi]

Glad you had a great vacation. Granddaughters are precious! I know you enjoyed time with them.

When my grandson was small he was sworn in a Jr Ranger too. It put such a big smile on his face!

I think the ranger had as much fun as the girls!

 

[fuzzi]

Pink band and aqua band cockerels are spending the night in the shed, confined to a laundry basket. Tomorrow morning they're headed to the auction.

 

[fuzzi]

And they're off to new homes.

Things should chill a bit in the coop now.

 

[fuzzi]

It wasn't just BYM available at the auction, but Sebrings, Wyandottes, Cinnamon Queens, more...and there was a naked neck for bid, as were a couple Polish roosters.

 

[fuzzi]

It's definitely quieter in the coop. Joanna's only brood sibling is gone, but she appears to be hanging with Rahab's remaining three. Rahab isn't nurturing them anymore, but she's allowing her chicks to be near without pecking them. Tamar's already shed all her mother duties.

Purple=Esther
Blue=Joanna
Lime=Priscilla/Prissy (dark back)
Yellow=Silas (boy)