My Flock Journey 2.0

[KLIL]

Those look yummy

They look delicious!

Im waiting for my partner to get home. He works arvos to nights so im home by myself until about 11pm at night and I have tomorrow off so im going to stay up and cook him dinner and have dinner with him. Because im a good future wife lol

 

[TheTropix]

Raccoons & possums! I hate when I have to go out at night and deal with them. The other day there was a huge chicken snake just outside my door. It was well over 6 feet long. I went to catch it and release it several miles away (they do a great service when they aren't eating chicks, chickens & eggs), but it saw me coming and went under some stuff on the porch. Maybe between me chasing it and the dogs, maybe it'll go away. lol ....and maybe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow???? hahhahhaha

 

[KLIL]

Raccoons & possums! I hate when I have to go out at night and deal with them. The other day there was a huge chicken snake just outside my door. It was well over 6 feet long. I went to catch it and release it several miles away (they do a great service when they aren't eating chicks, chickens & eggs), but it saw me coming and went under some stuff on the porch. Maybe between me chasing it and the dogs, maybe it'll go away. lol ....and maybe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow???? hahhahhaha

Im glad we dont have raccoons. They sound vicious as!

 

[Chick Chick McGee]

Hi everyone,

I have documented My Flock Journey from the very beginning.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-flock-journey.1258290/

But people stopped getting notifications from my original flock journey so I have created a new Flock Journey 2.0. I will be sharing my flock updates and updates of my life on acreage and trying to live self sufficient.

During my original journey I have lost 7 pullets and 4 chicks long stories if you would like to read my original flock journey please see link attached above.

My current flock is:
Age - 3 months 8 days
1 Hybrid Australorp Pullet - Hazel

Age - 1 month 18 days
1 Black Australorp Cockerel- JD
1 Black Australorp Pullet - Licorice
1 Light Sussex (sex unsure) - Chippy
2 Rhode Island Red Pullets - Almond and Coco
1 Rhode Island Red (think its a Cockerel) - Gin

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Hope you follow along and share some updates with us too.

Beautiful flock!

 

[KLIL]

Beautiful flock!

Thank you lovely. Please feel free to share your flock on here to. The more chickens in life the better

 

[FloridaChick45]

I lost my protector of my flock yesterday We woke up to him having a hard time breathing and pretty cold, rushed him to the vet to find out his heart had a defect we didn't know about and it had ruptured. He was only 6 yrs old.

 

[FloridaChick45]

Raccoons & possums! I hate when I have to go out at night and deal with them. The other day there was a huge chicken snake just outside my door. It was well over 6 feet long. I went to catch it and release it several miles away (they do a great service when they aren't eating chicks, chickens & eggs), but it saw me coming and went under some stuff on the porch. Maybe between me chasing it and the dogs, maybe it'll go away. lol ....and maybe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow???? hahhahhaha

Yes it's very aggravating.. We have possums and hawks that we have to watch for every day here.

 

[FloridaChick45]

Oh wow! I just joined BYC hours ago, may I come along and watch?

 

[FloridaChick45]

Two of my girls:
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Aawww they're beautiful

 

[FloridaChick45]

Update on my chicks roosting at night:
Today has been a week since my chicks joined the big coop but they still haven't worked out how to go up the ramp to roost at night. I have been showing them up the ramp every afternoon. Today Hazel got up and yelled at them but still not happening.
So mum/me is still showing them how.
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My baby Banty's took a long time to figure out they're roosting habit when I moved them to their big pen too. For the longest time they did the pile on top of each other pyramid in the corner lol