Hello friends,
Today is a great day! My friend hatched out some chicks and gave me half. I ended up with eight. What I really wanted was some guineas because they have very keen eyesight and will eat bugs--and I have an abundance of nasty little bugs. They are also said to be great "watch-dogs" and are said to make a ruckus when anyone shows up at the house. But when a friend gives you free chicks, you just don't say no. I'm hoping that they're mostly female because I'm already salivating for fresh farm eggs and our old roosters used to hang outside the bedroom window at 5:00 a.m. and start crowing. It pretty much set my bad mood for the day.
Chickens are fairly easy to care for with providing food and housing. I have to have a new coop, but I have a few weeks to get that finished. I'm also planning to keep my flock small so it will be more manageable. There was a time when I had 24 chickens running around and I couldn't step outside my door without stepping in chicken poop on my porch. During that time, after tiring of tripping over chickens wherever I went, I decided to block off the front porch and fence it in. It was at that point I noticed the chickens had more freedom than I did and I gave half of them away. So now I'm back in the business of caring for chickens and I'm kind of looking forward to it.
Take care, All.
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