Saturday, August 18, 2007

20 weeks old,


here is my little flock of chickens, I have 2 roosters and 8 hens (pullets), they are all in this picture, one of them is behind the chair and only her tail is visible.
my first "homegrown" meal, the egg yolks are just the size of a cherry at this point,

the three eggs fit into my hand, this was before I fried them

Sophie, the Ameraucana rooster, he is just a big dork, very single-minded and he is just as clumsy as a lover as he is when he is trying to fly or jump up on something, he keeps running up to the girls "hey, you wanna have some fun?" and they all run from him, doesn't seem to discourage him at all, he just keeps trying

Goldie, is in charge of the little flock, he is always on the lookout, and if Sophie is chasing one of the hens, Goldie intervenes, he runs right in front of Sophie, who stops in his tracks and runs the other way when he knows he is in trouble.


Leydi found herself a cozy spot in a sandbox that I have filled with soil to grow some baby trees, luckily it was already clear that the trees didn't make it before Leydi chose the sandbox as her observation deck.


Buffy in the front and Mira in the back checking out what's on the other side of the fence. Sophie is under the tree checking out Leydi who has picked a spot where she can see the chickens and has a good view of the neighborhood too.

From front to back, Bella, Bianca and Mira

Group picture of the girls, this table is 16 inches tall and their heads now reach up to it

1 comment:

Danni said...

Hello! I found your blog through your posting on the chickens 101 group. I am very, very new to raising chicks...my 12 babies are now 3 weeks old and still living in a box in my spare downstairs bedroom (egad....it's really time for them to go out to the garage or something...they're MESSY!). Anyway, I was noticing the run you have created for them and was wondering if you could give me some more info about it. What type of fencing did you use? Did you use t-posts exclusively around the run to attach the fencing to? Did you dig the fencing down into the ground, too, to deter digging predators? How did you cover the top.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
danni in oregon
p.s.
your hens (and rooster) are GORGEOUS!
so are your pups. I'm a complete and total dog girl.