Utah!

[sundancenbare]

Hahaha, nice! Lisa, can I guess your hubby's pickup line? "Hey baby, nice tooth."

Here's part of my costume.

You are adorable

 

[Cynthia12]

You two look great..ha ha.....

Here is Austin's .. and a few of his friends. Old Folks came by to visit.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Cynthia, Austin and Co. looked great! Red, love the outfit!
Diana--no they watched me put the makeup on. I always do it after they get here, then they are not scared. We had a great time!

Here is one with the DH. And I found some new teeth lol

Hope everybody had a safe and happy Halloween.

On to Christmas!!!! haha

 

[the-bird-man]

i have a few girls that will have a forever home here too, eggs or no eggs my first girls are getting up there in age too and yet they still lay great. there are just some chickens that you cant help but love. so yesterday i went to a local pumpkin patch and got a few pumpkins for the girls, 40lbs for under $5. i love supporting the local farmers. and plus its so much cheaper than getting them at stores. i am sure you can get a even better deal if you go now. but yeah my girls are happy eating pumpkins right now and hey it saves money too. and i am a believer in the seeds being a natural wormer

 

[acemario]

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Sooo Cute

 

[acemario]

Sooo Cute

Thanks! So, out of the 5 that hatched, the frizzle is a smoothzle, the austrawhitemarans is a rooster for sure, and I can't quite tell on the 2 OEs and the marans.

Love all the chicks though!

I've come to a realization. When I hatch and raise the chicks in a brooder, they are very friendly and personable, although the integration into the flock is difficult. However, when I let a broody hatch and raise them, they fit great into the flock, but are skittish and afraid.

I guess i need to decide which is the lesser of the two evils. Any thoughts?

My first batch of broody raised chickens are now reaching adulthood, and they are scardy-chickens! They absolutely fear me! While the rest are very friendly and can't wait for me to come outside.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

People! Our thread is deeeeeaaaad. Haha.

Hope everybody is doing well. Happy November!

Ace, is your Marans blue or black I can't remember? From my flock, I have noticed the blue boys take a while to show up, the black boys however are super obvious within a couple weeks. It is weird. Dang to the Austra-roo!

I have no success with mama broodies so I would know the difference. I have definitely noticed that the more sweet and adapted to me a baby is, the more likely that one will be the target when I integrate them. The best sweetest babies are always the ones that get harassed and pecked the most, I just think their fight or flight instincts are not as good as the ones that are less friendly to start with. The ornery ones are always just fine and run and hide, do what they have to do to survive...the hand raised pampered babies often hide their head in a corner with their body totally exposed, or bury their head with their body sticking out and I have had a few get killed that way, even though there are plenty of boards to hide under and other hiding spots. My very favorite black ameraucana, Maleficent, got murdered....I put her out there 4 different times, at 8 wks, 12 weeks, then a few weeks later, and again at almost 4 months old, after having to keep putting her back in the garage because they attacked her. Everytime they went after her, even though she had buddies she was raised with...the last time she did a little better and by nightfall I thought she would be ok, then the next morning she was MDK'd out by the feeder, all torn up when I went out with her head under the edge of the feeder. So sad, I was soooo mad at my girls for doing that to her. That is the one and only thing I do not like about raising chickens, the peck/murder/cannibalism that pops up, I just hate it! They can all get along great and love each other for months, then one bird can upset the whole Zen thing we have going.

 

[Cynthia12]

You are adorable

X's 2!