What did you do with your flock today?

[Shetland lover]

Yep, that's the other crazy sound. Like holding the neck of a deflating balloon. Not sure if Houdini has a happy noise.

That's exactly it! Wish I could work out what it means...

 

[Shetland lover]

The littles forgave me for the motorcycle ride after a bug search last eve. We are once again besties View attachment 3599892
Brought 5 hens down this morning who were not thrilled about being shoved into cat carriers and then the back of my truck, but I think they can be bribed also.
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Kind of boring down here with only 10 chickens locked in a run...
Im waiting on the washer to finish, then I will hang duvet cover and head back up to the mountain.
House looks and smells good...even the bathroom this time.

I can't believe how much the littles have grown! They are so pretty with bags of attitude ❤

 

[Shetland lover]

We were all new at sometime, lol. I had chickens when I was a kid... but don't remember them being so high maintenance back then. Now they are practically a full time job... or therapy session. Yes, the latter ♡

I think we sometimes make them more high maintenance than they need to be because we love them so much and are very attentive to their wants and needs. I know keepers who spend only 10 minutes a day with their flocks. If I ever get to that stage, I'll stop keeping chickens.

 

[TropicalBabies]

I think we sometimes make them more high maintenance than they need to be because we love them so much and are very attentive to their wants and needs. I know keepers who spend only 10 minutes a day with their flocks. If I ever get to that stage, I'll stop keeping chickens.

I hear ya. Like a day without sunshine ♡

 

[ChicksnMore]

The littles forgave me for the motorcycle ride after a bug search last eve. We are once again besties View attachment 3599892
Brought 5 hens down this morning who were not thrilled about being shoved into cat carriers and then the back of my truck, but I think they can be bribed also.
View attachment 3599899
Kind of boring down here with only 10 chickens locked in a run...
Im waiting on the washer to finish, then I will hang duvet cover and head back up to the mountain.
House looks and smells good...even the bathroom this time.

They definitely look happy to see you! Such pretty babies

 

[ChicksnMore]

Was trying to clean one of the coops but this pullet kept jumping on me, so I didn't get squat done.

Think she wants me to name her. I finally gave up on cleaning and just sat in the coop and enjoyed letting her satisfy her curiosity about me. We had a nice little chat.

 

[Smokerbill]

I want to know how many yolks are in that! Poor lady must have worked hard to lay that one

The jumbo egg was a nice double yolker!

 

[ChicksnMore]

The jumbo egg was a nice double yolker!

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Beautiful breakfast!

 

[Nomadicus]

Only collected uniform large and maybe 3-4 extra large today. The most exciting part of my day has been while taking a rest break Ms Godiva was a few feet away and went into a crouch and I timed it just right to catch her like a softball as she was about to land on me. We had a nice talk and I gave her some feed out of my hand to make her feel as special as she is. She had the naked neck for so long after being mauled by a predator. She is 6 months old next Monday. Being a White Giant I don't expect her to lay for another couple to 3 weeks. Her male brothers and cousins are going to be huge and are still growing. They are getting 27% gamebird chow it shows. Lustrous feathers and bright combs and wattles. Due to the neck skin injury I'll never let her run with any roosters but may AI her for fertile eggs with my Handome Easter Egger Shuster. He is so gentle and easy to handle. He got his lunch fed out of my had while setting on my lap today. I'm thinking about a new coop for Shuster and 8-10 RIR girls. Those chicks should be winners.

 

[TropicalBabies]

Only collected uniform large and maybe 3-4 extra large today. The most exciting part of my day has been while taking a rest break Ms Godiva was a few feet away and went into a crouch and I timed it just right to catch her like a softball as she was about to land on me. We had a nice talk and I gave her some feed out of my hand to make her feel as special as she is. She had the naked neck for so long after being mauled by a predator. She is 6 months old next Monday. Being a White Giant I don't expect her to lay for another couple to 3 weeks. Her male brothers and cousins are going to be huge and are still growing. They are getting 27% gamebird chow it shows. (>Lustrous feathers and bright combs and wattles. Due to the neck skin injury I'll never let her run with any roosters but may AI her for fertile eggs with my Handome Easter Egger Shuster. He is so gentle and easy to handle. He got his lunch fed out of my had while setting on my lap today. I'm thinking about a new coop for Shuster and 8-10 RIR girls. Those chicks should be winners.

Godiva sounds awesome ♡.
So, how many coops and runs do you have now? Lots of work... and what would you do the same or do differently? With such a large flock and so many different goals, I bet you have some good insight at this time.