I mentioned earlier that the new young chicks had sort of created their own flock. I’m not sure if it had to do with size, but I suspect that was at least part of the issue. They were often forced away from the food so that the bigger, older chickens could eat. I had to [...]
A new pet? Or just Fred?
A friend from work came by not too long ago and commented on how much Fred really looks like a Shih Tzu from behind. If you can’t see his head like this shot you really would probably assume he’s a dog. Of course that would assume he’s not making any [...]
After all the problems we had been having, I had been planning to buy some extra chickens to fill in the gaps of the others who had been eaten by predators. Nicole is a local chicken breeder who I had been in contact with about a few buff orpington pullets and some 3-4 week old Ameraucana [...]