Our first year with chickens, we opted to not have a rooster so the 5 roosters in our original batch of “pullet hens” that we bought from the local farm supply were packed away to the freezer for a future dining experience. We started with five each, Ameracuanas, Barred Rocks, and Silver Wyandottes. After culling…
[show-rjqc id=”12″] July 3rd was our first pullet egg from this Spring’s batch of chicks. For all of July 2017, we had 4 hens from 2016 and 25 hens from 2017 Spring chicks. There are also 3 roosters in the flock, so total flock numbers 32 chickens. There were 19 blue eggs from the one…
June 24th we added a pair of mixed breed goslings to our flock of chickens. They were about 4 days old when we brought them home. One an African Grey the other a Chinese Imbden, both mixed with a Grey Toulouse. They are just so cute! Photos below show them several weeks old. I’ll try…