Animals
You might remember that we started a new batch of just hatched Rhode Island Red chicks a few months ago. Well, finally these gals have grown big enough to be introduced to our other older chickens. The newbies were moved into the henhouse about a week and a half ago and all seems to be going fine. The strange thing that we have noticed is this......
- Chicken Mystery
Every morning, and pretty near all day long, you can hear Handsome Hank crowing his beautiful fully developed "Cock a Doodle Dooooooo". But, lately, there has been another sound coming from the fancy chicken pen. It sounds as though another rooster may...
- Hen Hugs
Chickens are not commonly a creature that I consider affectionate. However in the case of our Helen (our almost blind white chicken with cataracts) that is not so. Each day when entering Helen's yard, she greets us at the door making soft hen sounds....
- Amazon Chicken Mystery Solved!
You might remember a posting a few weeks ago about the chicken in the center of this picture. "She" is one of our new hens that we started about 3 months ago from newly hatched chicks. As these ladies grew we couldn't help but notice that one of the...
- Avian Update
Well, as with all news, we have to take the good with the bad..... Chickens.....we have 20+ new baby Rhode Island Red hens. They are a week old and doing quite well. Eventually, they will be living with Helen (our poor blind chicken). We hope to introduce...
- Chicken Relocation Project
Well, it seems that 26 chicken poulets make quite a bit of dust when housed in one's garage....and so it was time to move the chicken babies to their new quarters. Mike and Becky have been housing these little gals first in their bathroom in horse...
Animals
Amazon Chicken
You might remember that we started a new batch of just hatched Rhode Island Red chicks a few months ago. Well, finally these gals have grown big enough to be introduced to our other older chickens. The newbies were moved into the henhouse about a week and a half ago and all seems to be going fine. The strange thing that we have noticed is this......Look closely at this picture of our youger gals and note the chicken in the center of the picture. She is the same age and breed as the rest of the chickens around her, but she stands head and shoulders over them and has a fully developed comb and wattle.
We have dubbed her our Amazon chicken...because we have no idea why she is so well developed!
Any ideas?
Oh and for those of you who follow our blind chicken "Helen".....here is the latest picture of Helen and the Maude Squad. The three of them are happy as can be in their luxury house. I hate to tell them that at some point this house is going to be home to a few Bourbon Red Turkeys.
- Chicken Mystery
Every morning, and pretty near all day long, you can hear Handsome Hank crowing his beautiful fully developed "Cock a Doodle Dooooooo". But, lately, there has been another sound coming from the fancy chicken pen. It sounds as though another rooster may...
- Hen Hugs
Chickens are not commonly a creature that I consider affectionate. However in the case of our Helen (our almost blind white chicken with cataracts) that is not so. Each day when entering Helen's yard, she greets us at the door making soft hen sounds....
- Amazon Chicken Mystery Solved!
You might remember a posting a few weeks ago about the chicken in the center of this picture. "She" is one of our new hens that we started about 3 months ago from newly hatched chicks. As these ladies grew we couldn't help but notice that one of the...
- Avian Update
Well, as with all news, we have to take the good with the bad..... Chickens.....we have 20+ new baby Rhode Island Red hens. They are a week old and doing quite well. Eventually, they will be living with Helen (our poor blind chicken). We hope to introduce...
- Chicken Relocation Project
Well, it seems that 26 chicken poulets make quite a bit of dust when housed in one's garage....and so it was time to move the chicken babies to their new quarters. Mike and Becky have been housing these little gals first in their bathroom in horse...