Well, of course it's up bright and early to let the girls out into their run, feed water everyone and then we load up our four pullets and one roo (at least we hope it's a roo) and were off to do our trading. We did other things in between but this is a chicken journal so I share pure chicken stuff here ;)
We get to Wendy's (our egg lady) at about 4pm. She loved our chickens, we loved her chickens...trade done, and off on the road again. We had to stop and get layer pellets for the hens because all I had was medicated starter food. I have oyster shells already. Then we stopped at Menards and blockbuster and it was off for home. We had lots of stoppers checking our out hens while we waited for cory at Menards. Nic and I pet the hens and talked to them. They are very nice and have not pecked at anyone but the dogs...they deserved it! They are happy...at least they seem to be. I can't wait to get them in the bigger house tho. We are planning on letting them out to forage in the grass Sunday. Saturday we have the family reunion and will be gone all day. My dads staying to look after them. Here are my two new Welsummer hens!
Angel:
AND Teddy Bear: She has a little bare back from being over matted by her roo boy friend but in no time she will be as good as new. I bet she will enjoy the break! LOL Wendy said the other was just a faster runner!
Aren't they just beauty's!? I love them!
OK so onward! When we got home we ate dinner and then at 6:30pm we decided that it had been four weeks ago that we put the girls in the hen house,and two since they were in the run. Which means that they can begin free range! So even tho we don't have a fenced in yard we thought we would just try it! We sat out there the entire time with them and they LOVED it! Here are some pics of that!
Violet: Our salmon Faverolle
My FIL just dug up some huge rocks here so thats why the ground has NO grass. The chickens love it. Prob full of nice big bugs that were dug up!
Izzy: Our Red Sex Link
Olivia, Izzy, Lacey: Barred Rock, Red sex link, silver laced wyandotte
And now the greatest surprise! LOOK what I found when I went to check on the new girls we just got today :) Angel laid this at 9:30 PM! I was shocked! I guess they are not under TOO much stress :)
One last picture I wanted to share. My dad and our Boxer 'Max'. He thinks he's a lap dog! He's almost as big as my dad! He just turned a year old...SWEET dog tho! He sure does entertain us!
OK now for some fun video! Check out Kelly's crow! And after that our FIRST time free ranging our flock. OH was I scared something would come grab them! We don't have a fenced yard so I was nervous! We just love our chickens! I even think my dad loves them ;) He is always watching them and he sat there with us and watched them forage in the grass.
SO I hope you enjoy the video...it starts with Kelly crowing, then our new breeder box we made...we are using it for the two hens we just got to quarantine them for three weeks before we add them to the crew outside. Then we got to the free ranging :) They loved it! I think you can tell by the video that were just a little protective of our flock! Can't wait to add the two hens!
4 comments:
Great pictures and videos. Kelly sounds so cute doing that crowing. Your Dad sounds like he is enjoying helping watch out for the chicks. Max is getting pretty big to be a lap dog LOL. Bet your Dad loves him already. He seems to love your Dad. Have a nice weekend. Helen
How cute! I do believe Kelly needs a little more practice however with the crow.
Missie
This is just such a great entertaining entry! I know you worked hard to get all this set up on here. Your two new hens are so pretty! I know Teddy Bear is glad to be there and not being mated all the time. I love my roosters, but I wish they didnt love some of my hens SO MUCH..lol. That Kelly, he is just trying so hard! LOL! He sounds so cute. It will get better, he just needs to keep on practicing. I love the video of you, your Dad and Nic outside. The chickens all seem to be so happy eating the green grass. Reminds me since we will be home all day today I will let mine out. I hope my new girls will go back in to roost tonight and I dont have to chase them down. Its so nice that your hubby is getting into this too. Ian doesnt get into it so I am just out there by myself. I wish he shared my enthusiasm. You are lucky to have him into it all with you. :) Everyone looks so great! :) Hugs, Kelly
Feh, I can't watch the video, it's not on your end it's this computer at work...shhh, I AM working hard! Anway the new girls are gorgeous...Angel has such a pretty face. Everyone looks so happy out pecking around for tasty bugs, I would say you have pretty spoiled chickens there! Max is a big boy, he reminds me of my Buddy...he weighs 68lbs and lays on my lap just like Max is. Max is gorgeous.
I will check out Kelly's crowing when I am at home.
Lisa
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