First i want to say Thank you Thank you Thank you! I love the birds you gave me yesterday. I lost all of my incubating eggs in the tornado in April, then I lost half my breeding flock while I was in Iowa (One of the people taking care of my birds made a mistake and left the birds out over night to become predator snacks.)
These Orloffs are STUNNING. They are adapting quickly. I have them pinned up and will keep them penned up for a few days before I let them loose with the others.
The five chicks are too small to put with my other chicks so they have a separate pen with plenty of room to run. The pen was set up to hold 20 chicks comfortably so these little guys have plenty of space.
I sat in the coup with the new birds for an hour this morning, watching them dig through the litter, talking and clucking. I held the rooster in my lap. They make strange noises compared to my birds. They're softer.. the rooster makes this soft cooing sound. It is very soothing and I could have sat in there for ever.
So while I was out there with the birds I decided to count the birds...
With the 28 chicks, and the fifteen "older" birds you gave me and the older birds I already have....
I have 72 chickens. 72!!!!
So I had to do some serious chicken math to sooth my mind.
I am giving away my smallest hen to a family member who only has two hens and wants another.
So that is 71.
I will be selling 4 roosters in September so that makes 67.
about half of the 28 chicks will be roosters which i will have to get rid of so that makes 53.
one bid is crippled and my sister's pet so he doesn't count so that makes 52.
I will remove the smallest hens when they reach full size so that is roughly 45 birds left.
soooo by chicken math I only have 45 birds.
Phew! *wipes her forehead in relief*
OOPS! I forgot to count 20 of the 3 month old birds!
edited to add those twenty birds
These Orloffs are STUNNING. They are adapting quickly. I have them pinned up and will keep them penned up for a few days before I let them loose with the others.
The five chicks are too small to put with my other chicks so they have a separate pen with plenty of room to run. The pen was set up to hold 20 chicks comfortably so these little guys have plenty of space.
I sat in the coup with the new birds for an hour this morning, watching them dig through the litter, talking and clucking. I held the rooster in my lap. They make strange noises compared to my birds. They're softer.. the rooster makes this soft cooing sound. It is very soothing and I could have sat in there for ever.
So while I was out there with the birds I decided to count the birds...
With the 28 chicks, and the fifteen "older" birds you gave me and the older birds I already have....
I have 72 chickens. 72!!!!
So I had to do some serious chicken math to sooth my mind.
I am giving away my smallest hen to a family member who only has two hens and wants another.
So that is 71.
I will be selling 4 roosters in September so that makes 67.
about half of the 28 chicks will be roosters which i will have to get rid of so that makes 53.
one bid is crippled and my sister's pet so he doesn't count so that makes 52.
I will remove the smallest hens when they reach full size so that is roughly 45 birds left.
soooo by chicken math I only have 45 birds.
Phew! *wipes her forehead in relief*
OOPS! I forgot to count 20 of the 3 month old birds!
edited to add those twenty birds
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