Feathered Friday

We have more baby chicks here.  Two hens have been sitting on eggs and each ended up hatching 3 eggs.  We actually have both in old rabbit hutches.  It gives them a place to get out of the weather (rain) and an open air area as well.  These are tiny bantam chicks so we do not like for them to free range until they are old enough to keep up with mama.

Mille Fleur hen with two of her three babies before being moved to the rabbit hutch

Buffy with two of her three babies

We have some teenage chickens (not full grown but old enough to free range) wandering around the yard.  Many of them wander through the fences into the garden areas.  Given their size and the size of the garden, it is no problem.  They are helping keep the garden bug free.

I have named this pair Jack and Jill as I am almost certain they are a rooster and hen.  The two of them are inseparable.  They love for anyone to talk to them.  They are hard at work eating bugs all day long.

Many of our chickens are bantams.  They primarily eat bugs and rarely bother the garden produce.  They are good egg layers but very sneaky with their nest sites.