Ah! Welcome to the HAL gang! We all carazy!!! My first eggs I ordered didn't look so good so I ordered more OMGeeze I am insane!!!Yeah…I told the husband I was getting hatching eggs this week after saying I was taking a break hahaha…he’s stopped fighting it
Yay!! There better be one buff Silkie that makes it!! The Cochin eggs not looking good?? I hope you get some!!Ah! Welcome to the HAL gang! We all carazy!!! My first eggs I ordered didn't look so good so I ordered more OMGeeze I am insane!!!
And I was so determined to finally get a BUFF that u order a whole dozen of em and she sent me TWENTY BUFF Silkies!!! I bet I get one this time by gosh!
Loved reading all this. You are such a good chicken momma. Your chickens look very happy and healthy. And, i totally understand about anxiety at the thought of taking a day 'off' for yourself. A solid daytime nap is way past my comfort zone, but sometimes is so necessary. Fortunately, taking care of my chickens is what helps keep me wellToday I tried very hard to do very little!! I’m proud to say I managed to do this with only a small amount of anxiety about it! I even got in a nap. It was glorious
I also made time for some chicken loves and chores…every chickie seems to be okay. My light Brahma Bella appears to be broody, Fuzzy is trying to be broody again, Sia is being broody, Polly is being broody, and Coco is having a serious molt! This is her back and her neck looks similar and she has no tailPoor thing looks sooo unpretty and uncomfortable
Think I’m gonna make them all some eggs tomorrow! And add some vitamins for them!
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We also made the decision to sell my cockerel OD—Lunch—to a woman with a flock and a three year old. Aria was very mad at me, but we had 14 roosters and she wants to keep them all! I trust that Lunch will be kind to a young child and also feel he’s fully equipped to have a flock so he deserved his chance! He’s already made friends with her gorgeous frizzle Polish hen so I think he’s a happy guy!
Nohope found his way back to the bantam run again…not sure how! He’s too big to be flying over the fence but he shows no signs he’s using his face to bang the door of the coop open. He got taken out the back of the small purple coop the night before last so last night and tonight he ran and hid in the green coop. It’s harder to get him out the back of, and he’s apparently figured this out!so he won for tonight…
I am hopefully getting a few hatching eggs this week! I’m excited. They are from a show breeder in Missouri that has white d’Anvers and I have black and self-blue, so I’m hoping to hatch some and play with colors in the future! Plus I just love a smooth feathered white chicken with a beard! They’re late laying and they’re being shipped, so I will feel fortunate to get 1-2 to hatch! I just love my BBDA babies!Pip Pip hung out with me for a bit today. She’s just a really calm girl and let’s me pet her as long as I want
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Also, speaking of molting. Ms Frizzle is back to her beautiful frizzled self!
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And Honey is starting to show signs of life post molt as well. She’s really thin, but not deathly thin and seemed happy today. She snuggled though for a good 20 mins on my shoulder. I’m not sure where to try re-integrating her. The bantams are a bit saucy! She might do better with my big girls. They’re nice to silkies and Polish…Honey should be accepted I’d think!
Ok, bedtime for me! Have the day off tomorrow but kids still gotta go to school!
Out of 15 only 5 are at just day 11...but those little 5 look healthy and strong but all have saddled aircells...so we'll see.
Ohhh I will think good thoughts!!
Ahh thank you!! I sure try to be a good chicken momma! They do bring me a lot of calm when I sit with themLoved reading all this. You are such a good chicken momma. Your chickens look very happy and healthy. And, i totally understand about anxiety at the thought of taking a day 'off' for yourself. A solid daytime nap is way past my comfort zone, but sometimes is so necessary. Fortunately, taking care of my chickens is what helps keep me well
Those raised beds were free?? Score!! Those look like super nice boxes! It’s so nice of the chickens to help with do the prep too!
) so everyone is conserving energy today. SO the teenagers felt comfortable leaving their safe space and were in the RUN and no one was chasing them!! It’s taken almost two weeks, but we are almost there! Musical chickens continues! Once they fully integrate I will move them over to the newly vacant purple IKEA coop that no one else seems to want to stay in—I can move the young ones out to the brown and white coop with Fuzzy the broody and Fluff the weenie so they can leave the dog kennel for bigger space! I’m so excited! 
Ugh, that molt looks painful & your babies are adorableToday I tried very hard to do very little!! I’m proud to say I managed to do this with only a small amount of anxiety about it! I even got in a nap. It was glorious
I also made time for some chicken loves and chores…every chickie seems to be okay. My light Brahma Bella appears to be broody, Fuzzy is trying to be broody again, Sia is being broody, Polly is being broody, and Coco is having a serious molt! This is her back and her neck looks similar and she has no tail
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We also made the decision to sell my cockerel OD—Lunch—to a woman with a flock and a three year old. Aria was very mad at me, but we had 14 roosters and she wants to keep them all! I trust that Lunch will be kind to a young child and also feel he’s fully equipped to have a flock so he deserved his chance! He’s already made friends with her gorgeous frizzle Polish hen so I think he’s a happy guy!
Nohope found his way back to the bantam run again…not sure how! He’s too big to be flying over the fence but he shows no signs he’s using his face to bang the door of the coop open. He got taken out the back of the small purple coop the night before last so last night and tonight he ran and hid in the green coop. It’s harder to get him out the back of, and he’s apparently figured this out!
I am hopefully getting a few hatching eggs this week! I’m excited. They are from a show breeder in Missouri that has white d’Anvers and I have black and self-blue, so I’m hoping to hatch some and play with colors in the future! Plus I just love a smooth feathered white chicken with a beard! They’re late laying and they’re being shipped, so I will feel fortunate to get 1-2 to hatch! I just love my BBDA babies!
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Also, speaking of molting. Ms Frizzle is back to her beautiful frizzled self!
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And Honey is starting to show signs of life post molt as well. She’s really thin, but not deathly thin and seemed happy today. She snuggled though for a good 20 mins on my shoulder. I’m not sure where to try re-integrating her. The bantams are a bit saucy! She might do better with my big girls. They’re nice to silkies and Polish…Honey should be accepted I’d think!
Ok, bedtime for me! Have the day off tomorrow but kids still gotta go to school!
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