The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Leahs Mom]

Hey WHERE IS LOANWIZARD?

 

[lalaland]

I don't know, but I like your name for him much much better!

 

[Leahs Mom]

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And Mumsy too! I was looking for the photos but haven't found them yet. Maybe they'll re-post for us.

 

[OffGridMAMA]

I posted this on my local thread but wanted to share here too. I mostly lurk but have learned tons from this thread I have new buff orp and blue/black Cochin babies, a few days old.
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It was such a beautiful day today. The chicks are doing great and the hubby plowed my garden. Lots of work to do outside but taking it a day at a time. This will be my first real vegetable garden. Also planted herbs and flowers. The little homestead is coming together

 

[lalaland]

offgridmama, that newly plowed garden looks wonderful, and the chicks adorable. thanks for tempting me lol

 

[zinia8]

So how old do the peeps need to be when you put in the plug of grass in the brooder? And does anyone recomend adding some deep litter from the big girls pen to the peep brooder?

 

[Sally8]

Sally..it should be fine if your humidity is good. What are you at?

It's about 53 percent. I don't want to drown the 5 other eggs.

 

[zinia8]

I posted this on my local thread but wanted to share here too. I mostly lurk but have learned tons from this thread I have new buff orp and blue/black Cochin babies, a few days old.
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It was such a beautiful day today. The chicks are doing great and the hubby plowed my garden. Lots of work to do outside but taking it a day at a time. This will be my first real vegetable garden. Also planted herbs and flowers. The little homestead is coming together

I am so jealous. I can't wait until the snow melts. COME ON SPRING.

 

[aoxa]

They started debris clean up today. STARTED. not finished.

So I had to come home to see all that in a big pile. They didn't dig the hole like they said they would for the animals, and now debris is all over their resting place. We told them they have to go through it again. This is not what we agreed on.

I'm so tired of crying.

 

[delisha]

Offgrid..that is a huge garden..tons of work..

cute cute chicks..congrats

zinia,
I have the dirt in already when the chicks go in the brooder. If I did not have a dirt plug I would use some DL from the coop.