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Our First Broody Hen – A Buff Orpington

Raising ChickensBy sam johnsonAugust 30, 20171 Comment

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…

July 2017 Egg Production

Chickens, FarmBy sam johnsonAugust 11, 2017Leave a comment

[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…

We Have Goslings Now

Chickens, FarmBy sam johnsonAugust 4, 2017Leave a comment

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…

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