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Chickens
Jesus, Mary,Joseph

Welcome to our chicken journal page.
2008 June

We had a chicken go broody around the time baby Margaret was due, so eggs were piling up. The chicken went broody in the coop in the same spot all the chickens lay their eggs. They continued to lay eggs and before we knew it there were thirty plus eggs under and around her. A second hen decided she wanted to nest too and she started to sit on the surplus eggs. Since I was distracted giving birth eggs kept piling up.
Finally the sitting hens stopped letting other hens near them and eggs began to be layed in an old rabbit cage. This is about the time I was up and around after giving birth and noticed what was happening. Since this was our first time with broody hens we decided to do nothing and see what happened. The eggs began to hatch and we had two chicks born. Both hens continued to sit on the eggs and the chicks went back and forth between them. The second day another chick was born. The fourth day an egg exploded under the first nesting chicken and both hens decided to call nesting quits.
The chicks and hens moved to the other side of the coop. The offending egg was removed by me (mom) and the rest left till I had time to clean it.The next day when I went out to clean all the left over eggs a fourth egg hatched. The baby was weak. I placed her with the hens and chicks and gave them fresh water and food. The hens didn't seem to mind the late addition. The following day moms and three babies were out and about walking around.
The last baby had not made it and was feed to the dog. Zakita (our big dog) is very smart and eats kits (baby rabbits) and chicks only when fed to her. She protects live ones from the other dog. These are some pics of the odd family walking around in the rain. We can't tell what baby belongs to which hen.

 

2008 January

We have some really crazy chickens! They are self cooking.

When a small fire is going they go and scratch at it, eating toasted bugs until the fire is out.

2007

2007 Posts are listed oldest to newest.

Jason has started our farm with chickens. The baby chicks are due to arrive today, March 15, 2007. They were ordered by the Texiera family from the farm co-op in Live Oak; it is a multifamily endeavor. This is a picture of our baby chicken coop. It was a gift from the Russo family.
Our chickens are Black Australorps. They are a dual purpose breed; meaning they are good for meat and egg production.

March 16, 2007

The chickens lived in the kitchen for the first couple of weeks. We had a couple more nights of freezing temperatures and we didn't want the chicks to get to cold.

Sarah really liked having them in doors.

Below left: March 23, 2007 was the last night the chickens were indoors. The next morning we found them walking around the kitchen. They had grown large enough to escape their box.

Below right: Joanna is 23 days old. Not much older then the chickens!

March 24, 2007 moving out day

April 19, 2007

Chickens grow quickly. Mom has discoverd how much she does not like them too. Chickens are gross!!! Poop, Poop, Poop, everywhere!!! The children and dad like them so they get to stay, but mom no longer is cleaning up after them. She has retired from coop duty.

 
Chicken yard from a distance before mom's goats moved in. Eventually the chickens will have a coop that is more convenient for egg collecting and their own fenced area.

Cousin Blake with Dinner
June 2007

 

 

Below: July 17, 2007

The roosters that should be in my freezer have conspired against us. Everytime a date is set for butchering something really odd happens (fire alarm goes off and the house smells like smoke, but neither an electrician nor the fire department can find anything wrong)and they survive anouther day. Hopefully they will be done by the end of the week. The hens should start laying toward the end of the year.

Above: May3, 2007

Laura and Chickens
Growing Well

Below: Cousin Max finding bugs for chickens

The chickens eat the goat feed making mom more convinced they need to be froozen or cooked!

August 2007

The best way for mom to see chickens. I apologize to those who don't share my odd sense of humor.
Okay, chickens that give these are growing on me.

 


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