MY GIRLS were released today!!!! PHOTO HEAVY~

[sonew123]

Well its been above 40 and sunny today so I let most of the birds out to play We had a serious predator attack a few months ago So they have been stuck in their coops and large runs-but today we were all busy around the coops..So I released the gates!!!!! Hope you enjoy

releasing pen by pen

4YR OLD EE "SANDY"

Silver Laced Brahma teenager roo

3 yr old molting black cochin "Momma"

4 month old cochin twins

Dh and son we adopted ( basically hahaha) unloading snow plow to get ready for Winter..

Dh working on stacking wood on pallets-GO HUNNY GO!!!

11 of my biddy hens pretending to be dead!

Silver Laced Brahma Roo "Big Ben"

Ben and some of his girls

Big Ben's daughter

her "momma" that hatched her for me as well as her brother

"cookey AKA Nosey"

"BoB"-5 yr old RIR hen

BLR brahama girls-"Peaches and Cream"

more millies--love them to pieces

"Princess" 5 yr old BO hen

"Dude" Lav Ameraucana roo

worst molting chicken I have ever owned~!!!!

"Stevie" 4 yr old light brahma bantam

 

[Gresh]

Great pics!

What kind of predator attack did you have? Sure hope it doesn't happen again--your boys and girls look like they're having fun.

 

[CoffeeCow]

You have a nice looking flock there, except the ones in the woodpile are featherless!! is that a new breed? or are they molting?

 

[sonew123]

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we believe it was dogs-Summer renters. In 5 years we've never had an issue-ever..They are always locked up tight as a drum at night too. They freeranged from 8 am until dark every night-until that day. I was playing softball in town and Dh had to leave downt he road for 45 minutes-when he returned half my flocks were killed and all over 6 acres-feathers everywhere. We had all neighbors and family out searching for bodies and survivors-it was during day light hours. We never did find a survivor and our oldest most favorite girls were killed-NOT EATEN-just killed--no heads missing nothing-all bodies intact except bite marks-and a few hens came up completely missing..It was one of our worst chicken owning days ever. Dh went out the next day and bought 100's of feet of fencing for huge outdoor runs-no more free ranging unless we stand guard the whole time!

 

[sonew123]

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the Dh-yah he's molting too

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Beautiful!!!!!!



But..........something happened with your birds in the last two pictures. Looks like someone put curlers in their feathers......

 

[sonew123]

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hahaha--I love those goof balls-they are my hubbies Tolbunts--He's a real man now that he has his very own coop and breed!!!

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

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hahaha--I love those goof balls-they are my hubbies Tolbunts--He's a real man now that he has his very own coop and breed!!!

A very masculine breed, too.

Sorry, they are just so very fluffy – which brings to my mind feminine. And Polish have always made me think of Phyllis Diller – who I think of as a girly girl.




They are stunningly beautiful, I understand why he likes them.

 

[speckledhen]

They sure look happy to be free!

 

[GardenGal]

Such beautiful birds! Glad they're safe now