I do enjoy my chickens. I admit it.
They are so funny, and I really do enjoy how they greet me, and follow
me. When they are roaming around outside they will indeed follow me
around, almost like puppy dogs, when the mood strikes them.
It
was a really joyous time when we found our first eggs in late
November. First just two or three of the girls were laying eggs, then
finally after a week or week in a half we were consistently getting five
to six eggs. We now are selling our excess eggs, which is fun.
I
have also begun to try to ferment my chicken feed as well. Yes, I have
read that it makes the food easier to digest for the hens. On top of
their feed I have also been making them a "warm meal" through the very
cold days. Sometimes this is a pumpkin which was gifted to us by
people, or a cooked yam or sweet potato, and sometimes even oatmeal with
a few apple slices or cubes.
Thus is the life of a crazy chicken lady.
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As
the next few months go forward I will talk more about the feed and
raising this little flock of feathered personalities. They each do have
personalities. Blackie was suppose to be a barred rock, by she
obviously isn't. I'm not exactly sure what kind of chicken she is, but
her feathers have a very pretty greenish and blueish tinge in the
sunlight. She is a friendly little thing that sometimes gets lost in
the shuffle of the barred rocks. Here she is eating oatmeal, apples,
and a favorite treat... cranberries.
Here they are eating a mixture of quinoa, millet, and another grain, lightly cooked and sprinkled with raw hemp seed/hearts.
Do you have chickens? Please share some special treats you make or give them!