How is your flock today?

[BlueBaby]

I saw that! Now, you should enter that caption! "This cute chick has a red Jeep!"

But I already had her wanting to go for a ride on the beach!

 

[swampfox440]

Hi you all , I just found this thread . Hope all is well. God bless

 

[BlueBaby]

Hi you all , I just found this thread . Hope all is well. God bless

Hello, nice of you to join us over here!

 

[swampfox440]

Thank you! @BlueBaby How you all doing today ?

 

[BlueBaby]

Thank you! @BlueBaby How you all doing today ?

I'm doing good here, thank you! I'm just sitting here drinking my coffee and trying to catch up on my email's, and post's from here at BYC. I will most likely have to turn the mister's back on for the flock today, and bring ice for the waterer's. It's already 96-F. out there. I took care of the chick's food and water last night before sleeping, but they are in the brooder in the house.

I have been seriously thinking about getting some of those Bielefelder chick's. I have heard that they have nice friendly personalities, and you can tell what sex that they are at day old's.

How are you and your flock doing?

 

[416bigbore]

Hi you all , I just found this thread . Hope all is well. God bless

Hello Mark, glad to have you join our little group. My apologizes for not seeing your post sooner, things have been crazy busy on this end with work and all the animals.

I hope everyone and their flocks are doing well, I have been busy with building new accommodations for baby goats this December. Betty looks like she may be with kid, hoping for healthy twins this go around.

The weather has finally started to change and we are having nice cool mornings over all that hot humid sticky stuff!

 

[BlueBaby]

My 4 chick's that I hatched almost a month ago are almost fully feathered now, and I will be able to move them outside to the grow-out pen soon. The monsoon seems to have left us now, and the temp's have been a bit higher again.

 

[Sally PB]

I think my integration went pretty well! I have a mean-to-the-chicks hen (lowest in the pecking order), and put her in a dog crate in the run for 4 days. She'll still chase the littles, but when they run off, she lets them go.

The 3 hens and rooster are a flock, the 3 pullets a separate group. Just like they said it would be.

Hopefully the pullets (14 weeks old now) start laying in the next 6-8 weeks. The hens are slowing down to molt. One has stopped for the year, I think.

 

[BlueBaby]

I think my integration went pretty well! I have a mean-to-the-chicks hen (lowest in the pecking order), and put her in a dog crate in the run for 4 days. She'll still chase the littles, but when they run off, she lets them go.

The 3 hens and rooster are a flock, the 3 pullets a separate group. Just like they said it would be.

Hopefully the pullets (14 weeks old now) start laying in the next 6-8 weeks. The hens are slowing down to molt. One has stopped for the year, I think.

All of that molting make's it look like they had a pillow fight out there!

 

[Sally PB]

All of that molting make's it look like they had a pillow fight out there!

Yes! And I think it's just starting. It's funny when a hen preens a bit, then fluffs and shakes. Feathers fly!