Category: luckycluckers

Mini Melba – with a much smaller comb and lighter colors! Melba with Mini Melbas and pals! About the Midnight Majesty Maran Chicken Breed The Midnight Majesty Marans™ from Hoover’s Hatchery have black plumage and most hatch with feathered feet, but some do not. Deep browns show up through their…

Having friendly chickens that we can interact with has been a goal of ours. Since they’ve had an extended childhood inside, we’ve gotten a daily opportunity to interact with them. We make sure to sit with them and pet them/handle them so they become comfortable with us. Of course they…

Nothing says get a good night sleep like discovering that two chicks (in this case a black asian and a maran) decided to fly and perch atop the fence around the temporary indoor chicken coop. So back in they go. As #motherclucker watches they fly directly at the fence, catch…

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…

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…

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…

That is how most of our most #epicstories begin. It’s February here in Michigan. We’re enjoying raising our flock of chicks, our pack of Golden Retrievers, and our School(s) of Koi. So of course, off to Rural King for supplies…and maybe, just maybe we’ll peek at the chicks. Just kidding,…