They spend several hours a day , sometimes as much as 7 hours, free range. They have several water stations available plus the house troughs next door are open as well. I added olive oil today as we have no meat fat but no blood today so I'm relaxing a bit.
eggs are still regular size . She laid late today with no blood. She is still in lock down in the dog cage with a tarp over her. She has ventilation and water and a bit of non layer every few hours.
not a boring narrative at all. I have 5 kids so I enjoyed it.There is definitely a store there, Gramma ChickMy husband is in the retail meat business, and sometimes his suppliers can't deliver or he needs extra meat, and goes to the slaughterhouse to get it himself. One day our seven year old son was with him on one of these trips, and a young ccicken escaped from its cage and made its way into the goat section, where they were. I suppose the workers needed a bit of entertainment, so they told my son that if he could catch this chicken, he could take it home. So when I picked him up later I saw him getting into the car with a sneaky manner, trying to hide something under his arm. Well the chicken wasn't that small that I couldn't see some white feathers sticking out. At that time I was flabbergasted that the husband allowed him to have it, because he's always complaining that we have too many animals and they make too much mess around the yard and house. Before that, I never gave a thought to keeping chickens here, even though my family had a few when I was a teenager. But that was in a whole different continent, with a much bigger yard. There was much argument about naming i, and after all that, we ended up with the very original Chick. He wasn't fully feathered yet, and still made baby noises, and in two months he's grown to be bigger than most chickens I've seen. Well I hope I didn't bore you all with this narrative, but that's the story behind me getting a chicken.
Nice! I just got done cleanig off the droppings boards. The bedding is ok, I just replaced it a couple days ago. All while still walking on my broken ankle. I refuse to wear the boot they gave me because I've had two knee surgeries and it pulls on my knee. So I'm walking on this ankle lol! I still take care of the ladies and gentlemen chickens though!Quote:
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YES IT Is ! Me too... I am taking advantage of it ..Yesterday I cleaned out all the litter in the coop....
It was partial decomposed...smells like dirt ...Going to be great for the garden
