Our Mixed Flock Journey!

[WhoDatChick]

Spoiler: Not solution for everyone.

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That looks delicious!!

 

[WhoDatChick]

A couple of pictures of Spazzy up on the enclosed pen roost! She is happy to be out of the confinement pen and still hasn't run back to the nesting box...

I think she's pretty cute!
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She is adorable! But her name suits her well!!

 

[WhoDatChick]

Okay another pic of Spazzy, this one is with Little Roo...
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These pics are really great!! So cute!! ❤

 

[WhoDatChick]

Looks very effective. Good set up.

Thank you!

 

[drstratton]

Oh my gosh! They are gorgeous! Especially Madeline ❤

She's definitely a pretty girl...all the boys think so too...lol

 

[drstratton]

She is adorable! But her name suits her well!!

Oh it truly does...she's a funny chicky!

 

[drstratton]

These pics are really great!! So cute!! ❤

Thank you! I had some good photo ops today, it's been really fun!

 

[drstratton]

Well, I just went out to check on the flock & Spazzy was on the roost with everyone else! I would say that broody jail was successful!

 

[cavemanrich]

caveman - how do you like the Serama? The Bad thing about them, they are like silkies, no immunity to anything.

My friend Arline who has had house chickens for over 30 years - not the same ones of course.
had 2 serama mature hens and one mature silkie hen. Only the silky was allowed in the back yard because it didn't fly. The seramas were good flyers. Apparently the silkie brought in "Mareks," to the seramas. - All of the birds died a day apart. Arline hasn't gotten any new birds since.

I find my Seramas to be as hardy (health-wise) as any of the other girls. Gorbie in my Avatar, she went MIA after a group of rowdy neighborhood kids were chasing playfully my flock to KINGDOM COME. I put an end to that behavior, but was not able to find Gorbie that evening. ,, Years later I did find remains, and it was Gorbie's as she tried to hide away, and not able to squeeze back out
My second Serama died of a respiratory disease, along with 2 other hens. I was worried that I would loose the whole flock. The sight was not pretty,,
Mareks is a common widespread disease. My understanding is that there are a few breeds resistant to it. I don't think any of the hens that I keep are resistant.
In over 20 years , I have never encountered it in my flock.

That looks delicious!!

DW cooks up a pot of chicken soup just about every week. No,,,,, I don't cook my chickens,,,, I would be out of chickens in no time.

 

[Ribh]

Well, I just went out to check on the flock & Spazzy was on the roost with everyone else! I would say that broody jail was successful!