Chickens and homesteading

Jul 29, 2018 7:46 PM

Big black cock (center of frame). Orlusion Male

Blurry flock picture

Babies! We have 3 French Pearl Guineas, with a White Turkey and Bronze Turkey. As well as 15 mutt birds we hatched this spring.

Here are the turkeys. White left of center. Bronze bottom left.

Less blurry flock picture. Feeding on scratch grains.

Flock picture with overgrown garden in the background.

New ducks (2 Khaki, 2 Rouen) hang in in the pond.

Enjoying their new found space.

Set up the fish tank again for the kids. Dozen goldfish.

Kids helping with chicken bedding.

They are trying.

Black beauty. She is an Ayam Cemani mutt. Ayam Cemani is the bird with all black meat and bones and feathers. You can see her black eyes and comb. She is mad because I took the eggs she was sitting on.

New bedding in the nesting boxes. Black beauty hopped in right away.

More fresh bedding on their roosting shelf.

Access hole (new) to the other side of the coop.

New side of the coop. Repurposed shed.

New coop side shelf.

New coop side rafter nesting bars.

Flock picture. New water and scratch grains.

Planted 35 red raspberry plants alongside the road this spring, along with 9 blueberry, 25 blackberry, and 4 pink raspberry.

Dog tax? New puppy. Pitbull, boxer, husky mix. 5 months old. Still working on not chasing chickens. Her name is Willow.

Good puppies.

Remington. Aka Remi. Our 5 year old pitbull, boxer, lab, and something else mutt.

Good blue eyed puppy.