Around The Chicken Farm... Part 2

Goldie laying an egg...

I collected 2 of Goldies eggs and marked them. I'm gonna put it in the bator to hatch out for me. I've collected 33 eggs so far for April Hatch.

Caught ya... They like to scratch at the hay bale

My new pullet egg, EE, BO and RIR eggs

( My only Sept. pullet started laying this week, shes 6 months old,
charlies hatch mate)

Around The Chicken Farm... Part 1

Hung out with the chickens/chickies today. I took alot of pics. so I'm going to post in parts for the next couple of days, lol Today its all about my Feb. chickies...

1 month old...

They want to be in the big pen with the others, lol

Charlie came over to check em out...

I "think" they are pullets... WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Heres some close up of each one...

Chickie #1

Chickie #2

Chickie #3

Naptime...

*After dinner I went back out to play with chickies, I sit on the red milk crate... all 3 flew up and sat on me, lol. Wish I would have taken the camera out but I didnt!

To Be Continued...

In Memory Of Pig Pen...

Meet Pig Pen

I went out to the coop this morning to feed/water the chickens and chickies. When I filled the feed bowl for the Feb. chickies I noticed Pig Pen didnt get up to come eat, she just laid where she was... so I figured she wasnt going to make it, shes had something wrong with her butt since she was born at first I just thought it was pasty butt but I think it was something more serious. She wasnt growing as big as the other chickies from her hatch... she looked like a midget chick... She would come up to me and want me to love on her and she was soooo stinky! But I showed her some lovin anyways... shes lived a nice lil chickie life while I had her....

* The other 3 chickies from Feb. are doing great and I'm THINKING they are pullets... time will tell. They turned 1 month old over the weekend, I'll try to post pic. sometime this week.

* March chickies are doing great, no pasty butts so far. I love watching them in my fish tank bator. Two customers are coming this weekend to pick out the chickies they want.

* I'll be starting April's batch sometime this week too

19 March Chickies...

We have 19 Chickies...
*12 are being sold

Our lil weekend country boy is back,
here he is checking on the chickies in the bator...

Chickies in the brooder...

* Theres still eggs in the bator, but I honestly dont thing anymore are going to hatch, its sad. I'm going to leave them in til Monday. Then I'm starting another hatch the beginning of April...

March Chickies Are Hatching...

This is the 1st one to hatch. Its the only bantam that made it to hatch day... I was so happy to see its lil pip this morning and to watch it hatch out. I'm keeping this one, I told my husband its gonna be my house chickie... hes like Yeah Right! lol One other egg has hatched so the lil bantam has a friend to keep it company while they wait for the other 34 eggs to hatch, lol

From what I can see there are 7 pips right now...
I'll do another blog when they all hatch and are nice and fluffy.

And Then There Were Only 4...

I sold 15 of my 19 chickies from my Feb. hatch yesterday. It was kind of sad to see them go, I hope they live a good chickie life and give their owners lots of yummy eggs...

I kept 4 for myself since they are from my 1st bator hatch, I want to watch them grow up and see how they turn out. Once again I'm hoping they are all girls, we will see...

(* March Hatch went on lockdown last night... 36 eggs, hope they all hatch!)

Their wanting me to take em outside...

My 4 Beautiful Chickies... almost 4 weeks old

Catching alittle nap in the sunshine

They were lovin their dirt bathing today

Listen up you two... I'M THE BOSS around this Chicken Shack! Got it!
Follow that rule and no one gets flogged.

* Heres some exciting news... we are expanding the chicken area this summer and adding more coop or coops! I'm sure we will add alittle more each year til we get it the way we want it.

Hummingbirds...

Are On Their Way...

So get your feeders ready! I go here to track the hummers. They should be in my area April 1-15, I put my feeders out early cause you never know... I love watching the hummingbirds and have 4 hummer stations in my yard, so where every I am I can see them, lol. They are just so cute. Now we only get the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in our area. Heres acouple pictures I've taken through the years... I have alot more but these are SOME of my favorites.

I mix up 1 part sugar to 4 parts water, fill my feeders then put the rest in the fridge. I've done ALOT of research through the years on feeding hummers... I use to boil the sugar water, but you dont have to and you should not add anything else too it! Also make sure you clean your feeders every couple of days or weekly. Feeding hummers is alot of work but so worth the enjoyment of seeing them up close and personal... I would miss them so much if they didnt visit my yard! Summer just wouldnt be the same...

Lil Weekend Country Boy...

Jake came down with my Momma and Clinton to stayed the weekend with us... he our 3 year old nephew, he really had a great time with us and we enjoyed having him here. He ran around and played from morning til night, he was so good,he'll be our ...

Lil Weekend Country Boy.

*My youngest sister Crystal has 4 kids (Desiree 9, Keyarra 7, Abby 4 and Jake 3) and all of them love coming down to Aunt Jen Jen and Uncle Brians house.

Playing alittle basketball

Blake showing Jake some of the chickens when they took over the basketball court for their dust bathing area

He was wanting to pick one up but was too scared.
He would say chicken bite me! lol

Helping Uncle Brian add 2 more steps up the front walk...
we added solar lights too

Kaylin and Jake playing in the grass

What lil boy wouldnt love this...

He saw a big chicken and thought it was coming to get him, lol

Helping Aunt Jen Jen collect eggs

Heres the link to my other blog showing our Weekend Project #3

When Its Sunny Out The Chickies Will Play...

Its really nice here today, its 69 degrees right now! I went to the coop this morning and collected the Feb. chickies 2 at a time and put them in a area outside so they could enjoy the sunshine. They are growing so fast (2 1/2 weeks) and are so cute, I just love watching them.

The plan was to get alot of house cleaning done today. Yeah right. Who can stay in and clean when they have these cute lil fuzzy butts to play with? Not Me...

Checking me out...

Hello There...

Have A Nice Day...

I've collected 20 eggs so far today =)