What did you do with your flock today?

[TheOddOneOut]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it was almost easier when they were babies.

 

[kurby22]

I want the floofy girl in the last pic. She’s so cute!

I know, isnt she the cutest?? I love how her neck just disappears into her floof

They are my most demanding chickens about attention, and if one visits me the other has to too this was this morning’s relaxing view

 

[kurby22]

I haven’t been doing a lot with my birds recently (aside from the normal stuff), but I discovered the SFs love the berries from one of my trees. And by love I mean the berries turned them into greedy little monsters. XD
I’ve never had anyone that excited for the berries. It’s even more shocking because the SFs are reeeaaally picky eaters.

Everyone is all scraggly and molting right now, so no pictures. Yen is almost done with hers, and Molly is pretty close, but everyone else is just starting. So far my ducks have it the worst. While the ducks themselves look fine, the coop looks like a crime scene before I clean it every morning. XD

Honey is still getting better with the birds. I can walk by them with a loose leash, and the other day she was out running while the caged birds were in their run and she barely glanced at them.

Mmmm the SFs are smart! Berries are delicious

My chickens are all too young for any big time molting but there are plenty of feathers anyway! My quail look horrible and feathers everywhere. Not quite at crime scene level but pretty bad haha!

This cooler weather seems to have riled up all the babies! Everyone is bickering today! Like kids that are tired of each other

I’m glad Honey is getting better! It’s so stressful having dogs and chickens for me, I can’t feel totally at ease and would be sooo upset if I lost a chicken to one of my own dogs

 

[TropicalBabies]

Gosh, I love these terrific photos super HGTV dreamy. Then I look out at my dirty mess and ... my old molting girls lol. Oh well. ... they will look beautiful in a few months- just wish I could master the photograph like you folks. Just fabulous ♡♡♡

 

[Gigi_The_Chicken]

They turned out to REALLY like the black soldier fly larvae. Which is good for me, ‘cause I bought a five pound bag!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I still buy like 20 lbs of mealworms at a time

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Mmmm the SFs are smart! Berries are delicious

My chickens are all too young for any big time molting but there are plenty of feathers anyway! My quail look horrible and feathers everywhere. Not quite at crime scene level but pretty bad haha!

This cooler weather seems to have riled up all the babies! Everyone is bickering today! Like kids that are tired of each other

I’m glad Honey is getting better! It’s so stressful having dogs and chickens for me, I can’t feel totally at ease and would be sooo upset if I lost a chicken to one of my own dogs

They are! I’ve never tried these berries, but the birds are pretty fond of them. I think the SFs were raised on cherries, so it explains why they’re so picky. XD

I am too! I’ve never really had to worry about dogs until I got her. I have pugs, so I normally have to focus more on keeping the dogs safe from the chickens, lol.

 

[kurby22]

They are! I’ve never tried these berries, but the birds are pretty fond of them. I think the SFs were raised on cherries, so it explains why they’re so picky. XD

I am too! I’ve never really had to worry about dogs until I got her. I have pugs, so I normally have to focus more on keeping the dogs safe from the chickens, lol.

Ahh man! I’d be picky too if I’d been raised on ! Especially Rainier cherries! Those are the best!

That’s funny that your pugs aren’t a concern! My French bulldog is way worse than the big dog I’m sure she’d have no clue what to do with them if she caught one but she’s sure relentless fortunately she’s old and lost a lot of the feeling in her back legs so she’s a lot slower hehe. Pretty sure my big chickens would kick her butt! I mostly worry about the bantams, they’re a lot more fragile!

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Ahh man! I’d be picky too if I’d been raised on ! Especially Rainier cherries! Those are the best!

That’s funny that your pugs aren’t a concern! My French bulldog is way worse than the big dog I’m sure she’d have no clue what to do with them if she caught one but she’s sure relentless fortunately she’s old and lost a lot of the feeling in her back legs so she’s a lot slower hehe. Pretty sure my big chickens would kick her butt! I mostly worry about the bantams, they’re a lot more fragile!

Yeah, they’re pretty chill. They’re both old now too, so it’s even less of an issue. It took one peck when they were younger and the dogs haven’t bothered the birds since. XD

 

[WIchickMama]

Not too much going on with my flock beyond the normal. Everyone has been pretty chill, I think they are getting ready to hunker down for their 1st winter. It was blustery yesterday, but 60 and they were all huddled in one corner of the run, like "it is too nice out to go in the coop but I need to use a friend as a wind block" lol.

This weekend we are wrapping the run in plastic as we are expecting our 1st freeze so then the ice and rain won't be far behind.