Author: Sandi
The Mandalorian baby yoda and Butterscotch the chicken
Butterscotch also posed with #babyyoda for these pics. It’s been fun to add props to the photo shoots to see just how much and how quickly our pullet chicks have grown! These ladies are approx 7 weeks old in this photo shoot series.
Butterscotch our isa brown
Enjoy some closeups of raspberries on a tree with Butterscotch, our isa brown chick posing for some close up pics…
Red, our Rhode Island Red & Raspberries
Red was pretty interested in the raspberries, and posed for some great close ups at the same time!
Lady Elaine and Esther enjoy the Raspberry Tree
The chicks tried raspberries for the first time. Instead of just putting them in a dish – onto the faux tree they went. Some were a bit more interested in the tree than the berries, these two being more interested in the tree and what else was going on for…
Lady Elaine and the Chicken Diaper experience
Yes, indoor diapers for chickens is a thing. We’ve gotten a few in a variety of sizes to try them out and see what they are like. This #motherclucker has to do more research about putting clothes on chickens. Somehow I don’t think we are doing it right…looks awkward at…
How much do we weigh?
Melba the cuckoo maran rooster, tops the scale of our chicken flock weighing in at 3# .9 ounces. Compare that to Ebitz at a 1# .3oz, and Little big Bird at 2.0 ounces, and Tiny, our tiniest bantam weighing .7 ounces (smaller than a 1 ounce silver coin). That’s pretty…
Brown Leghorns? Americana? Starlink Green Egger? Marvin/Melvin and maybe Big Bird?
Brown Leghorns share the productive traits and nervous personality of their white cousins but have slightly larger bodies clothed in one of the most beautiful feather patterns of any white egg laying breed. Always alert, Brown Leghorns are athletic, excitable, noisy and often better able to avoid predators than slower…
Frick & Frack – Possible Americanas?
Possible Americanas? We picked up a variety of chicks in our flock of 8 the third time we did a chicken run to Rural King. Not sure of all the varieties, as they get older they look very much like the Americana’s on Hoover’s Website. Thoughts? Our Americana will give…
when can my chicks move outside?
As the chicks get bigger, that means bigger messes! They definitely need their space to explore the world, seek out food, and have some quiet/alone time! Here are the minimum temperatures per week in degrees °Fahrenheit that the chicks need!