Here's A Strange One

Maybe she got a little scare.

Just a large egg with a little dimple in it I guess.

New And Improved Cluck-Thru

Pappy outdid himself this time.  I have been wanting the window wells covered for a few years now...ever since during a game of hide and seek where Ellis fell through scraping his leg.  Now these new 'boxes' have some many uses.

It covers everything very nicely.   And the added bonus, it makes the basement really dark during naptime!

The Girls love it because it gets them more close up and personal at the Cluck-Thru.

And this one is going to make the perfect spot for time-outs.

Checking Out The New Digs

We have decided that we would put The Big Girls and The Little Girls into the green coop together.   To do that Pappy had to make another perch for sleeping.  I left the doors open so everyone could check it out before haveing to sleep there that evening.

I was worried but they did jusst fine.  Up and ready to go out looking for worms and bugs bright and early.

Some Of Our Eggs

With the time change a switch went off in The Girls.  Egg production has gone way up.

Don't need to color eggs this year.

The eggs even seem to be getting bigger.

The is the best and biggest day yet!

Can you tell that we have had a few rainy days?

Rainy days make muddy feet....which means dirty eggs.

He Just Keeps Adding Girls

Pappy ran some errands for me the other day and came home with two more chicks.  I guess I am lucky because he couldn't find any Polish hens or some of those other fancy ones that he likes.

This is a special bunch of girls.  Ellis and Alaire have their own chickens so why shouldn't all the other grandkids have one too.  So that what we did...

So I introduce you to Pappy's Girls...
(disclaimer here:  when these babies are small I can not tell one from another.  But once they are bigger with their feathers I will get the right)

You have already met Bertha.  She is Saffi's chicken.  She is a Light Brahma.  She should be a good layer of large brown eggs.  And should be very friendly.  Love those little feathers on her legs.

Isaiah doesn't now it yet but he now is the proud 'owner' of a Silver-laced Wyandotte.  Her name is Gladys.  And she is another good layer of large brown eggs.  She can help EffieGrace with her molts because they are the same type of chicken.

You have already met Ruby, Ernie's chicken.  She is a Rhode Island Red and she will give us extra large brown eggs.  And said to be an excellent eggs layer.  Hope she can show the other girls how it is done.

We aren't replacing Susie with another bird (or two)...we just love the looks of a Plymouth Barred Rock.  Sam, little buddy, you have a chicken at Wammy's too.  Her name is Leona.  She is a pretty calm bird so you will probably be able to catch and hold her easily.

The second Barred Rock belongs to someone very far way... all the way to Brazil.  She will be Davi's girl.  Andrea is going to love this one!  Some more large brown eggs are in our future.  So, Andrea, this should be a great reason for you all to visit...say sometime in the next 5-10 years.

Fiona has already met and played with her bird named Agnes.  She is a  Red Sex Link.  I have learned that this is a combination of two heritage birds.

Cornelia is a Jersey Giant.  I figured that the yahoos needed their own bird to look after during the week.  I know they are going to spoil her rotten.  Just hope that they will be able to remember her name.

And last but not least, we have a New Hampshire for the Wammyville graduates, Ally, Marli, and Carter.  Her name is Martha.  She should do well because she is heat and cold tolerant.  And hopefully, she will be another good large brown egg layer.

Everbody Has A Chicken

This is Bertha, the Light Brahama.  She has feathers on her feet.

She loves very friendly and loves to be help.

She a perky little thing when she is awake.

And Saffi is her chickie ma.  And I think she is just a little excited!

This little cute thing is a Red Sex Link.  She will lay jumbo eggs!  Hope to find some double yolkers there.

Fiona is over the moon about her little girl.

This is Ruby.  She is a Rhode Island Red.  We are going to need to keep an eye on her.  from what I have ready she might be the playground bully.  Sure hope not.  Not to worry we have a chicken time-out coop just for those occasions when we don't play well with others.

Ernie is her Chickie Pa.

The Manders kids were here on the perfect weekend.  I don't think this new little chicken farmer did much of anything thing else except this all weekend.

We Went After Chips

Saturday, March 5th, 2016 will go down as one of the days of great surprise!  We drove to Carneys  Feed Mill to pick-up some cedar chips for the girls because we were running low.  Might as well pick up SIX new girls that will be know from this day forward as Pappy's Girls.  He was the one that wanted the chicken!  Not me, I always tell myself to walk away, far away from the chickens.  And all this time everyone has been thinking I was the crazy chicken person.  Oh and I forgot to tell you that March 5 is Mark's birthday...so Happy 64th Chicken Birthday to you!  Carneys even gave his a birthday discount!

Names, 'owners' and info to follow.

March Egg Production

Egg productions has been increasing.  Well at least with the Little Girls.  But I have a suspicion that since the Little Girls have darker nesting boxes and they have access to them all day...thinking some of the Big Girls travel to lay their eggs.

Everybody Puts In A Little Sweat

We went to the early service this morning and out to brunch so we wouldn't have to stop until we dropped or dinner time.  65 degrees and an almost dried up yard.  Hard workers and I didn't get a shot of Sarah helping.  Next time!

Michael helped take out some huge grasses.  His stick work finally came into play in a good way.

If you want any ornamental grasses just come by and pick them up at the end of the driveway.

Tiller put in a good first day of use.

I even got to run the tiller.

Ready for fencing.

They Say It's Okay

They say that it is okay to dig anywhere in the backyard.