Autumn

Yesterday evening I spent some time with the flock as they foraged.  They love kicking the leaves aside and looking for the bugs underneath.  There is still plenty of grass to eat but they've eaten almost all of the figs off of the tree at this point. 

 "Rod Stewart" the rooster we hatched this spring.  He's 1/4 Polish and definitely Sterling's son (silver leghorn).

 Two Splash Cochin 4 month old roosters with a Barnevelder hen.

 One of the Easter Egger X hens we hatched this spring.

 3 month old Bielefelder rooster and blue laced red wyandottes.

I think the chickens enjoyed their serenade.

 Phyllis Diller.  She's one of my favorite hens. She's completely goofy and hilarious.

 Black cochin pullet.

 Our toy poodle puppy is so curious about the chickens.

Bella, the light brahma.

46 Baby Chicks

I hatched 46 chicks using the incubator last week.  Here are some pictures of the newest little ones around The Painted Hen coop.  We'll keep a few and the rest will be found new homes.

Spring Time

Strawberry has become quite the snuggler and likes to nap on my lap.  

The incubator is full and we should have baby chicks any day now!

Enjoying The Warm Weather

The weather has been so nice lately.  The chickens are so happy that the grass is growing since they eat a lot it! 

 The kids and I spread a blanket under the trees the other day and fed the chickens sunflower seeds and watched them go about their chicken business.

 Even Polly the poodle enjoyed watching the chickens.

Hurray for Spring!

Beautiful Eggs

No need to dye eggs this Easter. We have so many colors of eggs that they're ready for the Easter Egg hunt right after they're hard boiled!

Recent Chicken Happenings

 Pretty eggs from our colorful hens.

 Brooklyn decided that January was the perfect time to raise a family.  She successfully hatched 8 chicks and is a very good mother.

 A few of the chicks got to travel with me to high school one day. The students had the option of sketching one of the chicks.

 The chicks were quite a hit with the students.

 One talented art student sketched one of the chicks. Amazing.

 Here are the babies almost 4 weeks later. They grow so quickly.

This morning I went to the feed store and came home with 10 new babies.  Seven are Cuckoo Marans and 3 are Buff Orpingtons.  I have them set up in the maternity ward with a heat lamp.

The fig tree is still a favorite hang out even in the winter when there are no leaves.

Summer Pictures

 Nicholas (Blue Copper Marans)

 Ameraucana pullet

 Diana (blue andalusian)

 The pullets hatched in May

 Chief Crazy Feather (black copper marans)

 Nicholas (the boy loves his close ups)

 Sterling (silver leghorn)

 Misty (Easter Egger/Marans X pullet hatched in May)

 This young rooster needs a name.  Any suggestions??  He's an Ameraucana cockerel.

 Pullet chicks on parade

 Matthew (buff orpington)

 Fluffy (Easter Egger hen)

A few of our hens were determined to sit and hatch eggs recently.  We now have 5 newly hatched babies under Winnie and Delores.