It’s been a while since I’ve posted pictures of our chickens, and since they have molted and gotten their new feathers (and are looking so pretty), I thought I’d show them off.
This is all of them (L to R): Ralph (Black Australorp), Faye (Speckled Sussex), Rudy (in the back is another Black Australorp), Spike (Buff Orpington), Honey and Sweetie (Americaunas).
Faye probably has my favorite feather patterns on her. I just think she is beautiful! (That’s Honey, the Americauna, next to her). Faye is the chicken that survived Suki’s (the dog’s) attempt to carry her to the front porch so we would know she had gotten out of her coop. Now they are completely free range, but they still lay in their laying boxes since that is where they learned to lay their eggs. They also put themselves to bed every night! Very easy chickens!!
they are looking fine! how many eggs do you average a week from them?
was it ralph who tried to come home with me? i can’t remember now.
Hehe! I forgot about that! Yeah, I think it was Ralph 🙂
They are just getting back into laying again (after molting and winter blahs), but right now we are probably getting ~14 a week. Last year, once they really started going, we were getting 4-6 a day!
Those chickens are cute. Buck-buck-buck-buck! (is that what chickens say?).
They are gorgeous! I love how lovely they look post-molt. My Americaunas look especially gorgeous too
Oh, they’re gorgeous! I can’t get enough of seeing chicken pictures!!
I’m always too late catching up with posts…I’ve missed entering yours and TwoFrogs care package drawings…here’s to next time 🙂
They’re gorgeous! So plump and healthy-looking. My mother is looking to get some chickens this spring in Durham (they live out in the country). And congratulations on your news.
Their sisters are doing very well, too! We’re getting 3-6 eggs a day from the ten of them.
There is a vole living amongst them under the chicken coop! I’ve seen it a couple times now. Haven’t decided if this is a problem yet. It isn’t bothering the hens.