Thursday, April 29, 2010

Meet Farm Kitty...

Shhhhh Kaylin doesnt know we have her, heheheeee

.A new friend brought her to us today while the kids where in school, its a surprise! I had to beg Brian to let us have her! Kaylin has been beggin for a cat for awhile now, shes going to be so happy!
I'm gonna let Kay name her.

Shes around 8 weeks old and very sweet.
I ♥ Her

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Hanging Out With The March Chickies...

The 3 March Chickies so far are our sweetest chickies, they will come right up to you, climb on your lap, arms, shoulders even your head, lol. We have messed with them since they were born. I just love them and I also think they are our prettiest chickies so far too.

These first 6 pics. are from this past Sunday, our niece was down and she was so excited to go to the coop to play with the chickies and help collect eggs. She told me this was her BEST visit EVER!







Travis made some friends... (Kaylins Boyfriend)
One of them left him alittle surprise, lol

Our Beautiful March Chickies... almost 1 month old

I THINK the one in the back is a girl and the one in the front is a boy

I THINK this one is a girl

I put 27 eggs in the bator this morning... 12 for a customer and 15 for me (Travis's dad gave me 12 eggs from his chickens, so its gonna be a surprise hatch!)

BO broody is on day 4... 5 eggs :)

Friday, April 23, 2010

April Chickies get moved to the brooder...

I could wait to post some fuzzybutt pics. for ya'll!

37 Chickies have hatched! I cant believe it... I did so great on this hatch! I moved 33 chickies to the brooder this morning, then #'s 34, 25, 36 and 37 hatched, the last 2 eggs havent done anything yet... but theres still time :)



My chickie TV is back...

My 2 lil bantams that hatched out, they are so cute.

This on is real fluffy, it has EE in it too

So cute

*** I was just saying today that with EVERY hatch I feel like a kid in a candy store!

ps I'm going to do a blog to answer all of your questions about the hatch & egg turning.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

April Hatch...

They started hatching around 6ish this morning...





* I lost count at 18, lol...
Lots more pips and zippers, I'm hoping they all hatch! (40)

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

We've been busy lil Chicken Farmers lately...

We have been so busy lately...
added another chicken run, fixed a bench, made a sidewalk, built a chicken tractor for Sally Sue and builting a 2nd coop!


Somewhere with all this going on I had time to make my family these wonderful homemade Cinnamon Rolls.


Everybodies Happy On The Chicken Farm...

My 3 March Chickies



The Banty Chicken Tractor...

We are going to build a coop at this end

Had all 3 bantam in it but Chipmunk wasnt happy so I let her in with the barnyard mix. But Sally Sue and Goldie are very happy together.

Heres where I get to sit and watch Chickie TV...
We redone this bench over the weekend, the wood was rotted and broken. Now is nice and no broken wood to poke your butt!

Now For The 2nd Coop...
This pile of wood turn into...




ThE HiLlBiLlY HeN HoUsE!

To Be Continued............

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Just More Chickie Pics...

My March Chickies are almost 3 weeks old...
I think they are so pretty.


"Chickie Feet"

"Too Cute"

Oh and heres Hank...

...anytime the holes is on he's gotta have a drink, lol

Blog from about a year ago...
Getting Alittle Sunshine
The ChIcKeN ShAcK

Monday, April 12, 2010

Adding on to the chicken area...

Time to add on......

Come here and hold this...

Oh, its tooooo heavy! lol (just kiddin)

La la laaaaa... dont have all day here!

Putting on the front... thanks memaw & papaw :)

Hummm... alittle to the left ;)

Hold that right there...

Gotta keep your eyes on those 2 roosters, lol

Brians fixing the roost box and I'm protecting Brian from Big Daddy, lol

Ta Daaaaa... The Rooster Pen
(just need to add some finishing touches)

Summer Rooster Roost

Digging Holes...
working on another run, that we can separate into 2 pens, adding lil coops later

The Men :)

Brian and Cody putting a post in

Kaylin telling EVERYONE what to do and when to do it! lol
Dont mess with The Boss Lady!

Watch This MoM.... lol

Dylans working hard, lol

Brian going back over our work...

Let em out to free range in it... might do this til we get the garden planted and growing so they dont eat our seeds and sprouts!

We let Sally out of his cage and in with the girls... lets see if hes going to be a nice rooster now?!?! Charlies in there too, hes almost 7 months now

March chickies... 2 weeks old. Moved them to their own area inside the coop, letting the flock get use to them before I mix them in.

* Update on broody hen... shes not broody anymore, lil stinker! I candled the eggs and there were some yolkers and some that had blood rings :( Maybe next time.