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M2H, Bon Bon is just the cutest chicken ever!

Here's the boys, and they are looking terrible! The whole flock looks neglected. I can say though, that they are walking examples of 2 boys integrated into a flock together as adults, and living in harmony.... Gus has been reformed and no longer attacks people, and Blueberry is a good boy all the time.... even if they do look like crap right now. :)


Some of the molt crew...
 
I like 'em. I'm going to cc your photo and show it (w/credits) in the natural chicken keeping thread
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That's great! I'm glad you liked it too. I was going to use the cattle panels that I got for growing my peas etc, but I couldn't maneuver them on my own
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. Today we put more branches on it. I'm thinking it might be a good sized mess when it dries out though. I really hope next year we will have more permanent plants in the garden for them to hide under.
 
I don't know what t do... Any advice? Here's my issue: I took in a hen from a friend who wasn't taking proper care of her. I have her. Quarantined in a small store bought coop. Yesterday when I went out to feed Big Momma and Sassy (who by the way is gained most of her strength back and feathers are filling in very well) I called them--"here bitty bitty bitty"-- all of a sudden at my feet is a pretty little hen, a production red I think but very darkly feathered, looking up at me as if to say- ok I'm here what do you feed around this place. I called the two neighbors that I know have chickens, none of them were missing any. So I put her in a small coop (that was not in vry good repair) by herself. This morning I went out to check on all my bitties and when I called t them to come get their grain... There comes a pretty little white hen. She looked like shed been starved!!! Where are these girls coming from and what can I do with them???
They have been cast out from "chicken heaven". You are their way station for a possible reprieve from descending lower. Do all you can to save their little chicken souls from damnation.

Or, less likely, they could have been dumped by someone who tried the chicken thing and got tired of it.

John
 
I realized while watching the chickens that they have no shelter other than the coop when predators are about. So, I got a couple of pallets and hooked them together and covered them with limbs from the trees our power company is trimming. My DH think's its crazy, but I think its sort of cute. It needs a few more branches though.


I like it. I think my ducks would really enjoy something like that.
 
I do actually have a question to post today. Have any of you ever fed pumpkin to your chickens? We have some left over pumpkins from Halloween. We always let the girls draw a face on them and after Halloween we cut them up and cook them down to pulp for pumpkin pies and pumpkin bread and such. (we don't like to waste food) We have enough pumpkin pulp in the freezer this year and I was thinking about just feeding them to the chickens. How would one prepare the pumpkins to be fed to the chickens?
They love pumpkin, watermelon, cantalope, apples, bread, lettuce, tomatoes, plums, broccoli plants, basically anything. Avoid citrus and tomato vines/leaves. I have found that they generally don't eat what isn't good for them.

Mine eat table scraps from my house and 3 neighbor's houses. Any garbage is relished. I collect icing buckets from a local donut shop and toss them into the chicken yard. They love to pick all the left over icing from the inside of the buckets, but it does make for sticky chickens.

If in doubt, toss it over the fence and see if they eat it, IMO. I go by the theory that chickens have been forageing in the wild for eons and probably are good at deciding if something tastes good to them. Of course, I'm a little more sloppy in my chicken management than some of the purists on this site. On the other hand, they ain't dead yet.

John
 
I like 'em. I'm going to cc your photo and show it (w/credits) in the natural chicken keeping thread
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They love pumpkin, watermelon, cantalope, apples, bread, lettuce, tomatoes, plums, broccoli plants, basically anything. Avoid citrus and tomato vines/leaves. I have found that they generally don't eat what isn't good for them.

Mine eat table scraps from my house and 3 neighbor's houses. Any garbage is relished. I collect icing buckets from a local donut shop and toss them into the chicken yard. They love to pick all the left over icing from the inside of the buckets, but it does make for sticky chickens.

If in doubt, toss it over the fence and see if they eat it, IMO. I go by the theory that chickens have been forageing in the wild for eons and probably are good at deciding if something tastes good to them. Of course, I'm a little more sloppy in my chicken management than some of the purists on this site. On the other hand, they ain't dead yet.

John
Its a pretty nice setup when you can get your neighbors to feed your chickens! I was so surprised when you told me that you fed your chickens McDonalds
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, but they look like they are really healthy and the girls I brought home are just beautiful.
 
I do actually have a question to post today. Have any of you ever fed pumpkin to your chickens? We have some left over pumpkins from Halloween. We always let the girls draw a face on them and after Halloween we cut them up and cook them down to pulp for pumpkin pies and pumpkin bread and such. (we don't like to waste food) We have enough pumpkin pulp in the freezer this year and I was thinking about just feeding them to the chickens. How would one prepare the pumpkins to be fed to the chickens?


My chickies and my cows love pumpkin! I generally step on them to break them open but they'll eat them wether I open them or not.

Our chickens (And Turkeys) LOVE pumpkins.  We cut them in half and just set the halves down.  They eat them right down to the skin.   We actually went to a local pumpkin patch right after Halloween.  We got an entire truckload of pumpkins for $20.  That will keep our birdies in treats for most of the winter!

:) awesome! I got a truck load for cheap also. My cows have decided they're really good so they've eaten about half of them.
 
Hi Sally, My chicken feed contains the cayenne pepper with some other herbs and they have not slowed down their production at all so far. Its my first year and I haven't fed them anything else, so I don't have any comparison, sorry!
 

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