Not clamoring to get out (hmmmm)

[Hip Hillbilly Acres]

When doing things with my brooding chicks (now five weeks old) I notice my Neiderrheiners and Bielefelders do not attempt to fly out of the brooder like ALLLLL of my others have done in the past. I love it actually. Makes cleaning brooder and feeding them way easier.

I ordered fencing yesterday so when the coop dwellers begin free ranging we will move the brooder out into the hoop coop. That will be my last bunch of babies (sigh). And, assuming all will go well, I do not plan on getting any others in the spring; we have quite enough now. I will be simply watching them grow up. Our oldest brood set is now 22 weeks old. I am still awaiting eggs and I did hear a rooster attempt to crow starting two days ago. So, I suppose things are coming along nicely.

Still trying to figure out exactly who is a roo among our straight run chickens. One bielefelder is obvious, then there is the turkens, I think the roos there are pretty obvious as well. The watching and waiting is kinda fun though.

 

[3KillerBs]

Different batches of chicks really do seem to have different personalities.

My Easter batch was named "The Hooligans" because they started escaping from their integration pen after only 3 days and their leaders, a half-California White cockerel and an OE cockerel, led them into unauthorized free-ranging (they were small enough to slip through the electric netting), roosting everywhere except where I wanted them to be, etc.

The current batch remained inside their integration pen for a good week after I opened chick-size doors and even after I took the lid off completely.

 

[Hip Hillbilly Acres]

Whooaaaaa, I was showing off the chickadees to my spiritual Mom and BAM! One got loose. After jumping out she turned around with a look like, "Whoa, wayminute, where am I?"

I ran outside and got hubby to come in and put her back. (Chickens feel squishy to me and its freaky). So, I get him to do touching while I clean up poop and scoop litter (we work well together).

Oh, but out in the coop, yaw'll should see my black frizzle rooster. I really need to come up with a way cool, cute name for him. HE is SO fine.

 

[3KillerBs]

I ran outside and got hubby to come in and put her back. (Chickens feel squishy to me and its freaky). So, I get him to do touching while I clean up poop and scoop litter (we work well together).

It took me a while to realize that I could handle chicks without breaking them. My 17yo is reluctant to hold them much because he's in that clumsy because he's growing stage.

 

[Hip Hillbilly Acres]

Oh, but out in the coop, yaw'll should see my black frizzle rooster. I really need to come up with a way cool, cute name for him. HE is SO fine.

I forgot I named him "Flippy" the Frazzle.