Just another rainy day...

Rain Rain Go Away
Come again another day
Little chickies want to play

Its been raining for 2 days now! I'm sick of it and I know the chickies are sick of it... the run turns into mud and thats just no fun for any of us, I'm thinking we need to figure out a better plan for the run and mud problem... this was our 1st coop/run so its an ongoing learning experience

We Need Spring...

Good Night Chickies...

It was so nice here today, got up to 50 degrees! The snow is melting, the birds are singing, I hope Spring is on its way! The chickens loved all the sun shine today and stayed out in the run. So since it was so nice out thought I'd better take advantage of it and clean the coop of all the poo! I cleaned out the nest boxes and put down some nice clean wood shavings. The coop is all purtty... but it wont last long!

(thought I'd better take some pics. while its clean)

Chicken Noodle with some of his girls, sleeping in the run

Sept. chickies roosting

Momma with Nov. chickies

I woke them up...

Then they had to be nosy and see what I was doing...

Dont think Momma is too happy, lol

Momma trying to get her chickies back to bed...

Big Daddy with all his girls, hes got alot

Chipmunk sleeping by herself tonight

Sally Sue with his girls

Good Night

Got 10 eggs today :)

We lost a chickie...

I was thinking something yesterday when I went out to visit the chickens, I wasnt out there very long but I did notice one was missing and I was hoping it was just snuggled up with another chicken somewhere under the coop...

But when I went out today I still didnt see it. It was one of the Easter Egger/ OEGB chickies. So I'm guessing a hawk came down and got it... its very sad but sometimes that happens. One day I do plan on us putting a net over the run so that wont happen. I'm hopping we wont lose anymore. We lost one of our Sept. chickies this way too when they were little.

Me and My Chickies...

Was hanging out in the coop today with my chickies...
Kaylin came out and snapped some pics. The Nov. chickies are starting to be really friendly, they will fly up and sit with me to get warm.

The Chickens Do Not Like Snow...

We got snow last night...

It was still snowing around 7:00 this morning when I went out to feed the chickens and give them unfrozen water and there were NO chickens in the run... very unusual! Some of the chickens started to wonder out when they heard me coming. But most of them stayed inside the coop away from the white stuff, lol. I put food and water inside the coop for them.

The gave us 12 eggs today

3 of our Sept. chickies

"Chicken foot prints"

Where did all the Chickens go?

The flock eating pumpkin guts...

A little video from the chicken coop today...
I thawed out a tub of pumpkin guts for the chickens to have as a treat today.

The Flock and their 1st little bit of snow...

We only got a dusting of snow last night, lol.
The chickens dont seem to mind it... but it sure is cold!

Everybody seemed happy this morning when I went out to give them unfrozen water and food. They are pretty much getting along with each other... we got 10, 9, 4 and 2 month olds running around together. Egg production has went way down since winter is here! I feel luck when I get 12 eggs in a day from 27 girls. I'll be sooo glad to see spring come and alot more eggs!

The wild-bird station...