StillyChicken
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- Mar 24, 2015
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Hello All,
I have 6 chickens that just turned 1 year old this month. It has been a wonderful year of learning how to care for chickens. I do have some questions, before I start rambling off the questions, let me give everyone a little history.
Until last March, I have never since a chicken up close, my husband had several before we meant and convinced me this would be a good project for us. I should have known then he meant me. I spoiled the dog, Daisy, a 5yr old English bulldog, she thinks she is the baby of the house. Then there is Motorhead the cat, no I didn't spell it wrong, I named him Motorhead because when he purrs - he sounds like a motor. He will be 10yrs old - still does not know he is a cat. He was only a few weeks old when we found him and brought him home. He likes baths - go figure.
Back to the Chick, they are Frances and Irene are Rhode Island Reds, Isadora and Rebecca, I think are BardRocks and I am not sure what Sunshine and Snuggles are besides being my crazy chickens.
So, I started playing with them as soon as they came home, it took me awhile with the names but
after spending time watching them it was easy. Frances and Irene are named after my mother in law, no offense to mother in laws, but they were pecking at everyone in the box. Rebecca is after my Mom, had to be fair. Isadora because I love that name. Sunshine got her name because when I would clean there pen she would sit on my shoulder. Snuggles, she's my brooder, all she wanted to do was snuggle down in the pine shavings.
Do chickens really imprint a person? My husband, can let them out of the coop without me, once they hear or see me - they actually come running towards me and will squat in front of me to be picked up.
Is this normal behavior for chickens? Of course, Snuggles does not do this she watches from a distant and the will follow along later.
I have spoiled the chickens - I moved them semi in doors, to a sunroom for the winter when the temps went down to zero. Did I over react? They are still in the sunroom and I let them out on Sunny Days.
Hoping to move them back to the coop in the next couple of weeks.
We have Peeps around a month old and I want to move them to the Sunroom until they are old enough and bigger to move in with the others - once another coop is built. I plan on cleaning and sanitizing the sunroom before they move in. Anything else I should be concerned about when I move them?
Last question - When can I move all of them in together.. I was thinking September?
Thank you to those who took the time to read my saga.
Happy Chickens are good for the soul.
Stilly Chicken lady
I have 6 chickens that just turned 1 year old this month. It has been a wonderful year of learning how to care for chickens. I do have some questions, before I start rambling off the questions, let me give everyone a little history.
Until last March, I have never since a chicken up close, my husband had several before we meant and convinced me this would be a good project for us. I should have known then he meant me. I spoiled the dog, Daisy, a 5yr old English bulldog, she thinks she is the baby of the house. Then there is Motorhead the cat, no I didn't spell it wrong, I named him Motorhead because when he purrs - he sounds like a motor. He will be 10yrs old - still does not know he is a cat. He was only a few weeks old when we found him and brought him home. He likes baths - go figure.
Back to the Chick, they are Frances and Irene are Rhode Island Reds, Isadora and Rebecca, I think are BardRocks and I am not sure what Sunshine and Snuggles are besides being my crazy chickens.
So, I started playing with them as soon as they came home, it took me awhile with the names but
after spending time watching them it was easy. Frances and Irene are named after my mother in law, no offense to mother in laws, but they were pecking at everyone in the box. Rebecca is after my Mom, had to be fair. Isadora because I love that name. Sunshine got her name because when I would clean there pen she would sit on my shoulder. Snuggles, she's my brooder, all she wanted to do was snuggle down in the pine shavings.
Do chickens really imprint a person? My husband, can let them out of the coop without me, once they hear or see me - they actually come running towards me and will squat in front of me to be picked up.
Is this normal behavior for chickens? Of course, Snuggles does not do this she watches from a distant and the will follow along later.
I have spoiled the chickens - I moved them semi in doors, to a sunroom for the winter when the temps went down to zero. Did I over react? They are still in the sunroom and I let them out on Sunny Days.
Hoping to move them back to the coop in the next couple of weeks.
We have Peeps around a month old and I want to move them to the Sunroom until they are old enough and bigger to move in with the others - once another coop is built. I plan on cleaning and sanitizing the sunroom before they move in. Anything else I should be concerned about when I move them?
Last question - When can I move all of them in together.. I was thinking September?
Thank you to those who took the time to read my saga.
Happy Chickens are good for the soul.
Stilly Chicken lady
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