More Chickens!
In the winter of 2019/2020, sadly, we lost a lot of birds (chickens & quail) due to predators and feeding complications while we were away from home.
Finding help in the spring enabled us to make some improvements on the property, to include our poultry housing. Improvements included redefining interior space, leveling the dirt floor, replacing insulation, sealing up holes where rats/snakes were getting in and fixing water leak issues.
We were making ready to build up our flock of chickens again.
As news spread concerning COVID19 in the spring, the demand for both birds & eggs in our area went up tremendously.
So, we got busy renovating our brooding quarters to expand our operation and made several acquisitions from hatcheries to help meet the demand.
With help in caring for them along the way, we were able to grow our flock to a sizeable amount.
We made yet another acquisition at the end of the summer, and my, how they grow.
Here is a sampling of the breeds we currently have…
They pretty much roam free outside all day long in our front & back yards.
It’s not unusual to see them all around the base of the house.
Or perched somewhere…
But at the end of the day, they all make their way back inside.
2 Comments
Brian
Who harvests for Sunday dinner; Ty or Carrie?
Homesteader's Wife
Haha… I harvest the eggs from the laying hens on a daily basis. Ty harvests the meat from the noisy roosters every so often — the last batch was just a few weeks ago, but he’s needing to do another batch real soon. And then, I stew them at a rate of about one a week. Most of the family enjoys eating fresh scrambled or fried eggs & other foods with the eggs incorporated into them, the stewed chicken and its nourishing bone broth — I’ve got a pot of chicken noodle soup on the stove right now. 😉 ‘Tis the season, you know. (Our middle child is not a fan of consuming them — he’s grown too attached to them as living beings.)