This is my first egg watch this year. Hopefully there will be more success than last year! I snapped these pics when Mama got up to get a drink and a bite to eat. There are 12 eggs in her nest! Let the countdown begin...
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Boo!
This morning at the chicken coop... "What is this??? Something's under here!!! I have to have it!!!" Dig...scratch....barkbarkbark "I give up!" "BOO TO YOU!!! I WIN!!!"
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Egg setting time?
I've noticed more and more that certain hens want to stay in the nest boxes. I think they're planning to go broody soon which means chicks (AND SPRING!!!) won't be far behind!
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Treat time!
These are just a few of the girls enjoying a bedtime treat.
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Cluck cluck
He thinks he's a chicken! When I take treats to the girls, he goes right in and eats alongside them. I didn't notice him in there the other night and locked him in there. Ted let him out the next morning. I bet he slept in a nest box!
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Kickin’ it into high gear
My hens are ridiculously backwards with their egg laying. Most hens lay tons when it's warm (late spring through early fall). My girls lay eggs when it's super cold. It's like they think a snowpocalypse is going to force them to the brink of extinction, and they lay tons of eggs to propogate their species. … Continue reading Kickin’ it into high gear
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Learning to play nice
The flock and Meaner, the big tomcat, have a mutual respect for each other. The two kittens Ted rescued at work and brought home are learning exactly what that means. I figure when they get chased across the yard just a few more times, they'll understand those hens mean business! LOL
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Fluffy butts
I like fluffy butts and I cannot lie... Admit it. You laughed.... ...and now you're rapping that song, and it's stuck in your head!!! LOL
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Austin holds a bird
This is Sahara's boyfriend, Austin. He wanted to hold a bird. He followed them all over the yard trying to get one. When he caught the turkey, she poo'd by his shoes. He didn't much want to hold her after that. Bwahahahaha!!! Teenagers crack me up!!
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Free range experiment
My hens had to be locked up in June due to the local raccoons deciding my area was their personal all-they-could-eat buffet. Egg production dropped significantly. I was barely getting an egg every third day from 20 hens. I hate having them locked up. They hate it, too, and they pace the run like prisoners … Continue reading Free range experiment
Striving Acres 