The Old Folks Home

[lovesfarms]

@lovesfarms welcome to the OF Home.

Thank you! I read the Old folks alot. Right now with all this protesting and stuff going on we need to fill our minds with good clean laughter.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Tell us all about your birds

 

[lovesfarms]

Did you tell us about your birds yet?

I got my own place last Aug& couldn't wait to get chicks from the local Farmers Market but Lancaster was in the last section of Pa to open up this spring so I mail ordered through tractor supply.. Here we are in May...picture 1. Picture 2 was the same age, she jumped into my and and feel asleep. They are Easter Eggers Hens. I started with 10. While still sleeping in atub in the house a 'hen' started crowing. I had several that looked huge like roosters. An Amish friend bought him but wished for a couple hens as well so because this batch of chickens were turning out much larger than I anticipated, I sold her 3 others as well. And I didn't feel so guilty knowing my boy had some ladies since he did such an excellent job of caring for them. Enclosed is a picture of the first time he crowed from my shoulder. I'm having lots of fun with them! The last picture was yesterday. It was raining when I left them run around. When it stopped raining, I set my umbrella down and one of the girls wanted to see what it's like holding it.. Only she's to tiny for such a big thing!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I got my own place last Aug& couldn't wait to get chicks from the local Farmers Market but Lancaster was in the last section of Pa to open up this spring so I mail ordered through tractor supply.. Here we are in May...picture 1. Picture 2 was the same age, she jumped into my and and feel asleep. They are Easter Eggers Hens. I started with 10. While still sleeping in atub in the house a 'hen' started crowing. I had several that looked huge like roosters. An Amish friend bought him but wished for a couple hens as well so because this batch of chickens were turning out much larger than I anticipated, I sold her 3 others as well. And I didn't feel so guilty knowing my boy had some ladies since he did such an excellent job of caring for them. Enclosed is a picture of the first time he crowed from my shoulder. I'm having lots of fun with them! The last picture was yesterday. It was raining when I left them run around. When it stopped raining, I set my umbrella down and one of the girls wanted to see what it's like holding it.. Only she's to tiny for such a big thing!

Perfect picture great flock I have three coops one is for banty other two big birds to roosters a blue marans other is easter egger

 

[ronott1]

I got my own place last Aug& couldn't wait to get chicks from the local Farmers Market but Lancaster was in the last section of Pa to open up this spring so I mail ordered through tractor supply.. Here we are in May...picture 1. Picture 2 was the same age, she jumped into my and and feel asleep. They are Easter Eggers Hens. I started with 10. While still sleeping in atub in the house a 'hen' started crowing. I had several that looked huge like roosters. An Amish friend bought him but wished for a couple hens as well so because this batch of chickens were turning out much larger than I anticipated, I sold her 3 others as well. And I didn't feel so guilty knowing my boy had some ladies since he did such an excellent job of caring for them. Enclosed is a picture of the first time he crowed from my shoulder. I'm having lots of fun with them! The last picture was yesterday. It was raining when I left them run around. When it stopped raining, I set my umbrella down and one of the girls wanted to see what it's like holding it.. Only she's to tiny for such a big thing!

Congratulations on getting a place to keep chickens!

 

[ronott1]

This was funny to me!

 

[CapricornFarm]

I got my own place last Aug& couldn't wait to get chicks from the local Farmers Market but Lancaster was in the last section of Pa to open up this spring so I mail ordered through tractor supply.. Here we are in May...picture 1. Picture 2 was the same age, she jumped into my and and feel asleep. They are Easter Eggers Hens. I started with 10. While still sleeping in atub in the house a 'hen' started crowing. I had several that looked huge like roosters. An Amish friend bought him but wished for a couple hens as well so because this batch of chickens were turning out much larger than I anticipated, I sold her 3 others as well. And I didn't feel so guilty knowing my boy had some ladies since he did such an excellent job of caring for them. Enclosed is a picture of the first time he crowed from my shoulder. I'm having lots of fun with them! The last picture was yesterday. It was raining when I left them run around. When it stopped raining, I set my umbrella down and one of the girls wanted to see what it's like holding it.. Only she's to tiny for such a big thing!

Nice!
I have goats as well as chickens.

 

[microchick]

@CapricornFarm I've been meaning to ask you how your babies are doing? The little escapee isn't escaping any more is she?

 

[pennyJo1960]

We are in our little office or computer room air is on I turned it off for 10 minutes but needed it back on this room is a after thought thinks it was part of deck they closed in to make another room

 

[CapricornFarm]

@CapricornFarm I've been meaning to ask you how your babies are doing? The little escapee isn't escaping any more is she?

The babies are doing well. I am working on putting chicken wire on the inside of the field fence. I have one side done and another side started. Need more wire. I let them loose in the pasture and they didn't even try to escape. Then when it was time to go in, I called them and they all came.