Some photos!
Goldilocks chilling in a tree:
Sweet Colleen:
Pretty little Cleo:
Charlotte:
Penny:
Little Blind Gidget chowing down on some grass:
Mr. Beard:
Well, it's been a while. Both Baroness and Colleen, two of my first hens, have gone to chicken heaven, Baroness after a brave fight with canker, and Colleen very suddenly, in my arms. 😞 But life goes on, and I'm thankful for the fifteen hens and rooster I have left.
Only two, Peeper, my Java...
I haven't been posting for a while, as I've been pretty busy, and, to use the overused cliche, life happened. :p But here's the next installment!
It's Goldilocks!
Name: Goldilocks (Whoa, you couldn't have guessed :rolleyes:)
Nicknames: Goldi hen, Cheeks, Fat Red Hen :lol:
Age: 6 years...
Oh my, yes. :lol: I don’t have a photo of her asleep in the water, but she loves standing in it.
I’ve never thought about it like that, but they kind of do!
Next up is Colleen!
Name: Colleen
Nicknames: Bukky, Buk
Age: 6 years
Breed/variety: Columbian Wyandotte
Favorite food: Anything green!
About me: Hi, I’m Colleen, but you can call me Bukky. I’m second in command here, and you’d better obey me! I even try to keep Peeper in line, though that...
Hey y'all...its been a while, for sure. The chickens have just been leading a boring life, lol. I figured I would do some chicken profiles, introducing them all again. First up is Peeper!
Name: Peeper
Nicknames: Spotty, Spots
Age: 6 years
Breed/variety: Mottled Java
Favorite food: Anything that...
Not me by myself! I live with my family of five, and we eat a lot of eggs. During the spring, we have too many to eat, so we tried preserving them in lime this year, and we hard boil a lot as well. Right now we're getting about six to eight eggs a day, which is a manageable number. With ten of...
Well, nothing much has been going on with the girls lately. It's gotten up to 103 degrees here the past couple days, and no one's enjoying that, that's for sure. They've all survived, no heatstroke casualties so far this year. Bukky and Silver love standing in the water bowl I put out for them...
The chickens have been doing well, for the most part. Silver got to go to the vet a couple times, and got some medicine for her respiratory issue, which will hopefully resolve soon. She didn’t particularly like the car ride, but she was a very good traveler.
Everyone else is doing fine, though...
Time for a chicky update! All the girls are laying now, but Dover's putting out some soft-shelled eggs here and there. They're enjoying the mild weather, though it's been a bit windy, as is usual for spring here. We're getting nearly a dozen eggs a day, from seventeen hens. That's super good...
The chickens got nice fresh shavings yesterday! They enjoyed it very much, except when Penny knocked a shovel over and gave herself a heart attack…and when Cleo got so terrified she tried to fly onto my head…and when Bean and Little Nancy tried to share a nesting box…yeah. But otherwise it was...