Hi Folks,
I have just raised Buffs and dark Brahmas from day old chicks - they are now 5 months old. Also ordered some Wyandottes from Paul's Poultry which will be arriving in May. I had RIR's many decades ago and now am able to enjoy chickens again so I'm very excited! One of my Buff girls has become a silly pet. She just insists on human contact and I'm happy to oblige. Every morning she has to hop up on the little table and inspect how I am mixing their veggies and sprouts. I'll try to get a photo soon. A local carpenter is building us a coop. I raised the chicks in my greenhouse and then moved them to a temporary pen and coop (cardboard box on a table covered by a tarp). I'll be so glad to get a working coop - also need to get the girls out of my fenced veggie garden so I can plant my veggies! They have decimated the last of my winter crop of greens but that is okay, everything was bolting. I turn some ground in my raised beds for them every day so they can de-grub it. I love the mannerisms of chickens and everyone in the family is charmed by them.
We live on 14 gorgeous acres bordered by a large creek with about half our land in hardwoods. I'm a huge perennial gardener so I'm outside for several hours a day working on my gardens. I have a huge meadow for my chickens to free range when they need to be big enough. I've been training my 2 Dobermans to leave the chickens alone which is not too hard because I have English Budgies in the house and they are used to birds as part of our overall "pack". I'm looking forward to learning lots on this great forum!
Regards,
Trish Koontz
Hillsborough, NC
Visit my flicker photo site at: www.flicker.com/trishkoontz
I have just raised Buffs and dark Brahmas from day old chicks - they are now 5 months old. Also ordered some Wyandottes from Paul's Poultry which will be arriving in May. I had RIR's many decades ago and now am able to enjoy chickens again so I'm very excited! One of my Buff girls has become a silly pet. She just insists on human contact and I'm happy to oblige. Every morning she has to hop up on the little table and inspect how I am mixing their veggies and sprouts. I'll try to get a photo soon. A local carpenter is building us a coop. I raised the chicks in my greenhouse and then moved them to a temporary pen and coop (cardboard box on a table covered by a tarp). I'll be so glad to get a working coop - also need to get the girls out of my fenced veggie garden so I can plant my veggies! They have decimated the last of my winter crop of greens but that is okay, everything was bolting. I turn some ground in my raised beds for them every day so they can de-grub it. I love the mannerisms of chickens and everyone in the family is charmed by them.
We live on 14 gorgeous acres bordered by a large creek with about half our land in hardwoods. I'm a huge perennial gardener so I'm outside for several hours a day working on my gardens. I have a huge meadow for my chickens to free range when they need to be big enough. I've been training my 2 Dobermans to leave the chickens alone which is not too hard because I have English Budgies in the house and they are used to birds as part of our overall "pack". I'm looking forward to learning lots on this great forum!
Regards,
Trish Koontz
Hillsborough, NC
Visit my flicker photo site at: www.flicker.com/trishkoontz
