Hello from the French Pyrenees

[A Swede in France]

Well, your avatar photo is pretty good, and awfully cute. Good luck getting your photos up!

Thank you and I figured it out so now there's loads

 

[BlueHorse17]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[DobieLover]

Uugh!!! Your birds are stunning!

 

[triciayoung]

Hi! I'm experimenting with a coop and run only for the boys but I'm too soft hearted to keep them locked up all the time so at the moment they sleep separately but most of them still free-range together during the day. I've got two girls who are apparently extremely alluring, and I keep them separate from the boys all the time now. I'm still sort of vainly hoping I can have one big happy free-ranging flock but yes maybe is boys on their own or creating two flocks, one for the big breeds, and one for the smaller

Do you keep your roos completely separate and out of sight of the girls?

No. My roos only have a fence between them and the hens. Also, I do not free range - my hens have a now 110 foot chunnel. The roos have free range of the backyard. So, technically speaking, they "feel" like they are together.

 

[Grammy60]

Wow, thanks for sharing pictures of your beautiful flock

 

[Sammster]

Welcome!

 

[Tookie]

Hi and welcome to BYC!

 

[A Swede in France]

No. My roos only have a fence between them and the hens. Also, I do not free range - my hens have a now 110 foot chunnel. The roos have free range of the backyard. So, technically speaking, they "feel" like they are together.

Wow Milo, so handsome!

I see, we did the same setup here, two coops and two runs they share a wire-fence wall so they still feel together.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hi! I'm a first time chicken mama living with a mixed flock of Brahma, Faverolles, Araucana, Grey Gauloise, Appenzeller Spitzhauben, Silkie and what in France is called an Azure (although she lays pure white). Currently 11, all younger than a year. 2 roos, 9 hens, but looking to add some more because I don't want to say goodbye to my lovely boys. Trying to figure out how to give everyone in my eclectic flock the best life ever. Utterly unwilling to eat anyone, and occasionally a bit bewildered with having such a mix of sizes and two roos. We've got 5 hectares of pasture and some woods, and when we're around (almost always) the chickens have the run of the place.

I live in the mountains, foothills really, 600 meters above sea level, on the border between France and Spain outside a small village.

I've been a regular reader here since the first babies hatched last summer and have gotten so much out of it. What a great community and source of knowledge!

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. I think you have the prettiest flock, that I've ever seen!