The New Flock 2021: Back to Basics

[speckledhen]

And, by the way, Ms. Cricket will not be getting any eggs to hatch going into winter. Not happening. Plus, I don't need more chickens at this point in time. She'll have to wait until spring, at least. Of the entire group, Cricket is my favorite hen. Rayna, the blue-and-brown EE is my fav EE hen, but overall, Cricket is my baby. I adore that little buff girl.

 

[speckledhen]

UPDATE: Luna is fine this morning. No more wheezing. It was just what I thought, worked out the same way it did with my Nora years ago.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Great news Cynthia.

 

[getaclue]

I'm so glad. Tell her to quit scaring us like that.

 

[speckledhen]

No kidding! I love Luna. She's adorable and so round. She runs around with her little Olive Oyl voice and bonus...she never pecks me like Bee and Iris. She's a sweetheart.

 

[speckledhen]

Milestones! Tomorrow, Iris & Mace turn 23 weeks old. Last night, Iris roosted next to Gunnar for the first time ever, abandoning Mace in the other pen. This morning when I went in to to chores, I found her on the nest, very seriously sitting. And this is what I brought back from the house....that little blue hen was actually sitting on the first two jumbo green eggs! Then, I watched her lay this perfect, beautiful little brown egg reminiscent of the Buff Cochin color of her sire Magnus's side of the family. Bee and Luna, the splash Cochin hens, both lay the cream color you see in the photo. Iris's is more the color of Cricket's, which I love. Congratulations, Iris, you silly biting goofball!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Congratulations. She's so gorgeous and so is her little egg.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Milestones! Tomorrow, Iris & Mace turn 23 weeks old. Last night, Iris roosted next to Gunnar for the first time ever, abandoning Mace in the other pen. This morning when I went in to to chores, I found her on the next, very seriously sitting. And this is what I brought back from the house....that little blue hen was actually sitting on the first two jumbo green eggs! Then, I watched her lay this perfect, beautiful little brown egg reminiscent of the Buff Cochin color of her sire Magnus's side of the family. Bee and Luna, the splash Cochin hens, both lay the cream color you see in the photo. Iris's is more the color of Cricket's, which I love. Congratulations, Iris, you silly biting goofball!
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Holy Chicken shit thats a BEAUTIFUL Chicken!!

 

[speckledhen]

Thanks, she is a pretty little thing, isn't she? Glad to have a new layer, too!

 

[getaclue]

Awww, that's a cute LITTLE egg. She's very pretty too.