The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[ki4got]

well, pretty cool out today but I got more work done on the pens... almost done with 2 more sections. just have to put in the roosts and front of the houses and the fronts of the pens (with doors) and some roof...

the roof is going to have to wait a bit for a better pay check, so short term, i'm putting up the fronts of the pens and will put doghouses in each one for the cochins to sleep in for now. then once I get the roofing i'll finish their houses.

here's where I left it at for today...

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Hey ya'll!

 

[armorfirelady]

Ki4got the pens look great!!

 

[Leahs Mom]

here's where I left it at for today...

Looking good!

Hey ya'll!

AFL - Loving seeing those girls and their new dinner!

 

[Nickeyo]

I have had a very good result with putting mustard in the eggs, they hate it, their reactions are funny and they don't really eat much for and hour or two until they are sure the taste is gone

 

[aoxa]

There is a contest for the best homesteading page. Stony's page is Life with Chickens,
if anyone wants to go vote for his page. The voting is way down at the bottom of the link.
http://www.modernhomesteaders.net/modern-homesteaders-thankful-thanksgiving-contest-giveaway/

I'm on there too Vote for us as well (you can vote twice!) We are Les Farms!

 

[Leahs Mom]

You and stony are almost tied


Good luck to you both!!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Walking this evening and heard a cooper's hawk. I've been learning my hawk calls by using the web site that has recordings of the calls. I keep going back to it and listening so that I can id them if I hear them.

This morning I let everyone out of jail and stayed out about 1 hour so that I could keep an eye on things then called them back in. Later in the afternoon I was going to let them out again but when I came out "mamma's" head shot up, she began growling and ran into the coop. Everyone followed. There were no birds to be heard; no squirrels. Nothing. So I assumed there must be a hawk nearby but didn't see anything. I turned around to go back to the house and across the road - a very long ways off - was a hawk perched on one of the light poles. Not at the side of the road but about a quarter mile back away from the road. Amazing that the kiddos either saw it or heard it but they went right inside. It was a long way off but I walked way up front and zoomed in. Soon as it saw me pointing at it it flew away.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Bad hair day.

(Little Gray 9 wks)


Larger Black 9 wks.




Mamma at attention.




Don't tell mom and big black!



Mom & the kids 9 wks.

 

[lalaland]

I love little grey, she is adorable