My chickens out in a light dusting of snow.

[EastCoastmetal]

Lost one Hen, damn stray cat attacked one and killed it.

I can get by with 3 even 2 but I got 4 just in case I did lose one. But now I got used to having 4 ....

May get a few more in the spring, I like having extra eggs to give away.

 

[BackwoodsDiva]

Ahhh what pretty girls. Nice and hardy.

 

[EastCoastmetal]

New Addition to the flock, 4 young hens.





The other adult hens.

 

[EastCoastmetal]

A few Night time pics of my laying hens, its that time of the year to keep the light on to extend the "daylight"

 

[BigWaveDave]

I like that you like chickens....
I was expecting to like the first post, till I saw I liked them last year! Ha.,
Thanks for the updates, consider me subscribed to the fowl thread.

 

[EastCoastmetal]

I like that you like chickens....
I was expecting to like the first post, till I saw I liked them last year! Ha.,
Thanks for the updates, consider me subscribed to the fowl thread.

Haha ya , I am not just a conspiracy nut! Got to love fresh eggs.... although I seem to give more away then I eat.

 

[BigWaveDave]

That’s what it’s about..... friends and neighbors enjoy the fruits, er, eggs of the girls labor.

 

[tamrock]

I gotta get me some of those chickens.

 

[worldtalker]

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That’s what it’s about..... friends and neighbors enjoy the fruits, er, eggs of the girls labor.

Chicken fruit.

 

[EastCoastmetal]

Spring is almost here ya... snow will soon be gone.

Chickens checking out the snow thats left.

 

[WannaDig3687]

How many do you have now? 7?

 

[smokeythecat]

With the talk about chickens, my 3 lovely ladies enjoy something warm in the winter. A favorite is a fresh warm, sausage, egg and cheese biscuit from the store down the street.

 

[EastCoastmetal]

How many do you have now? 7?

Ya I have 7, I had 8 but last winter a stray cay took out my best layer, that hen would lay double yorkers almost every second day . She was the largest of them all, and I think she was defending the rest of the flock when that damn cat attacked them, I was like a few mins late getting out there, the cat had chewed through her throat and she bleed out. Anyways , the cat isn't around anymore...

 

[WannaDig3687]

Ya I have 7, I had 8 but last winter a stray cay took out my best layer, that hen would lay double yorkers almost every second day . She was the largest of them all, and I think she was defending the rest of the flock when that damn cat attacked them, I was like a few mins late getting out there, the cat had chewed through her throat and she bleed out. Anyways , the cat isn't around anymore...

The mink that lives around our pond took out all three of our neighbors.

 

[EastCoastmetal]

The mink that lives around our pond took out all three of our neighbors.

Ya minks are bad for chickens, dont have many around here, but, there are weasels, raccoons, skunks, Owls ,foxes , mostly those don't hunt through the day, and my coop is tight, they cant get in at night.

Only thing this time of the year, the danger is things like hungry stray cats and some times the foxes can hunt through the day if they are hungry enough, but they stay away from human areas mostly in the day time.

 

[EastCoastmetal]

What happens when you forget to shut the chicken coup hatch door over night.

You go out in the morning and see feathers all over the place...

Only lost one, could have lost them all.

My bad...

Probably a raccoon, if it was a fox they would be all gone.

 

[EastCoastmetal]

Chickens out and about in the potato /tomato garden.