Michigan

[Hillbilly Hen]

It is supposed to be 85 degrees here today.

Hillbilly Hen thinks she might finally get warm, maybe

 

[gladahmae]

Hillybilly Hen! What a cutie! (the husky ) The chicken coop/run are outside the fenced yard where the pups are, so hopefully we don't have any issues. The neighbors' dogs may be a different story. Let's just say that when they moved in 2 years ago they had 4 black austrolorps. And by the end of summer they didn't have chickens anymore.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Thanks gladahmae

He is very calm and laid back.....until we go for a ride and get halfway to the Farm store

If I know my "grand-pup" is coming over the chickens stay locked up because I have no doubt that he would kill the chickens.

 

[theron]

Exciting week so far. I had my last day of high school yesterday. Our broody muscovy hen hatched out 16 to 18 muscovy ducklings last night. Hatched out our very first call ducklings on monday. Our chocolate frizzled serama hen hatched out 5 chocolate serama chicks. Planted our two gardens on Sunday. Took my beagle (Jr.) and my maltese/cairn terrier (Zeva) to the dog park along with my two friends. (One has a husky mix and a norwich terrier/jack russell mix; the other friend has a sheltie.) They had such a fun time together. Now today, I am taking it easy and maybe going kayaking out on our local lake. Enjoy the nice weather everyone!

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

Congrats Theron!!! Sounds like you had a very exciting week!

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Daron, congrats on all the new additions to your growing farm.

Theron, congrats!

Broodies and more broodies! Anyone need/want chicks??

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

HH... They all look so angry... Except the last one

The white one in the middle for sure... "Wanna mess with me?"
Pretty momma's you got there!

 

[Bianca67]

Love the emu chicks! You sure have a lot a babies to contend with now, have fun.

Welcome to all the new comers.

Have been trying to get the girls to leave the coop since Saturday, can't even coax them out.

 

[Olive Hill]

Daron - The emus are so neat! Congrats on the piglets!

 

[Juise]

I lost all my quotes yesterday, which is probably okay by now I suppose since some of them were from 4 days ago now, teehee. I give up on that.. so I am going to try to play the memory game and lose. Thanks for the compliments on the arbor!

RIRJen - The coop looks great!

Farmerboy - Congrats on all the babies! The little emus look so funny and neat. Something about their body shape cracks me up, but their patterns are really cool.

Silly - You know to get the super crazy strength vinegar from the plant store, right?

Theron - Grats on finishing high school, I was so happy to be out of there.

HH - My baby insists your granddoggy is a kitty. XP

Raz - Haha. Very funny. -.-

Taprock - You gave me an idea about my little "timid" chicken. A couple nights ago, she didn't find her way into the coop and wasn't there when I went to shut them up. I've never had a chicken do that before. So I searched all over the place for her and eventually found her behind the barn under some wood. The next night, she was in the coop, but under the roost, so I put her up with the others. There have been a handful of other nights that I have put her up on the roost. Earlier this week, I saw her walk into a tree.

The gap in size between her and her sister widens every day, she is small, and after I read about yours, I tried with the feed, picking it up, dropping it, offering it to her, etc. Nothing. Set her right in front of the feeder with no other chickens around, shook it, and she dove it like crazy. I left her eating, did some work around the house, checked on her after about 20 minutes. Still eating. Checked on her again 30 minutes after that, still eating!! I don't know if she took a break, but holy crow. I am going to be watching her to see if she really can't see. I had been thinking she was just a little bit short of a full deck...

3urbanchics! Love the pic of the chick on the cat. and...

gladahmae! It would probably be "better" to get at least two of each kind, but I have gotten mixed breeds both times and had no issues at all. I have heard that they prefer the company of chickens that look like themselves, but in my mixed flock I haven't actually witnessed that preference. They do split off into pairs at times and have their best buddies, but it does not appear to have anything to do with what they look like, or even what size they are.

Mom - Sorry about the lizard...

Your husband deserves to be surprised by the chicks if he doesn't notice an incubator in the middle of the dining table.

Teeville - Glad you found the nest in time! Hope all goes well with the hatch.

Bianca - I feel like you probably already said this, but I can't remember, so... what did you use for the sliding pop door tracks? I mean, the piece of wood that the door slides in, is that one or two pieces? I hope that makes sense, because I am not sure how to ask what I am asking, lol? I would like to put the storm covers on a drop down sliding track.

Okay that is all I have got, I know there were a bunch I didn't get to, but I can't remember what they were anymore and I doubt anyone wants me to type that much more anyway.

If I forgot an actual question actually addressed to me, you may have to ask again....