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Doodle-Do, The Lucky Roo
These chickens hatched from eggs our hens laid in the spring, just after Rudy the Rooster sacrificed himself to save the flock from a fox. For a few days after his death, instead of selling or eating the eggs our … Continue reading
Mama Hen and her six baby Easter Eggers
Matt shot this video of our Mama Hen, Miss Priss, teaching her just-hatched babies how to eat lunch. Watching the chicks watch their mama is probably my favorite pastime ever. They are so much like human toddlers, watching mama very … Continue reading
Moving Day for Mama and Babies
Logan checking out the broody hen and her Easter Egger Chicks inside the nursery coop…Broody isn’t too sure about any of this. So we moved the Broody Hen to the nursery coop, along with six chicks and a half-hatched egg…hopefully … Continue reading
Babies! Ahead of schedule!
It’s like a clown car under this mother hen A few weeks ago one of our hens went broody–she decided she was going to hatch some eggs. Problem was, she didn’t have any fertile eggs to sit on. Thankfully, we … Continue reading
News from the Hen House
One of the hens refused to get off the nesting box when I went to collect eggs one night last week. I had to pick her up to get to the eggs, and she pecked at me. She was still … Continue reading
Chicks free-ranging
The chicks are 7.5 weeks old now so we let them out of their nursery coop to hunt and peck and make mischief. Out of the 28 chicks, we think we have about 18-20 roosters in the bunch. When they … Continue reading
Chicks in their nursery
The chicks are about four weeks old now, all 28 have survived and are growing like crazy. They are hilarious and, thankfully, finally coming out of their awkward phase when they’re partly feathered and still have funny little puffs of … Continue reading
Our First Chicks!
Look who I just met! These two just popped out of their eggs out of no where! A tighter shot of Chick no.1 (pip no.2) And a tighter shot of Chick no.2 (pip no.8)
Right on time, the chicks are starting to hatch!
Still trying very hard not to count our chickens before they hatch, but it’s getting more difficult! The eggs have been very active over night. We had two pips (the first poke-through of the beak) last night, exactly three weeks … Continue reading
Hatching Eggs
After our rooster met his maker, we collected all the eggs the remaining hens layed for a few days in hopes of hatching Rudy’s offspring. We thought it would be a nice way to honor him–and frankly, we were hoping … Continue reading
Happy Hens Farm 