Our Chickens

The Chickens

We have a wide variety of chicken breeds in our flock.  We ordered our chicks from Murray McMurray hatchery in Iowa

We have a wide variety of chicken breeds including Red Star, Black Australorp, Blue Andalusian, Silver Spangled Hamburg, Dark Cornish, White, Brown, and Silver Leghorn, Jersey Giant, Colombian Wyandotte, Light Brahma, Polish, Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, Easter Egger, and Black Star.
**Watch for frequent "Meet The Flock" posts to learn more about the breeds and our chickens. 

Diet

A major portion of their diet is the bugs and grass that the chickens forage for during the day. Our chickens also eat a non-medicated, all-natural chicken feed supplemented with kitchen scraps and sunflower seeds.  They're partial to tomatoes, corn on the cob, and bananas.

A Typical Day For Our Chickens

We open the yellow chicken door each morning at sunrise, even though Foghorn has been crowing since 5am.  The chickens dash out of the door and spread out in the run to see what bugs have wondered in overnight.

The chickens spend the first half of the day in their run until the hens have laid their eggs.  We let them out to free range early in the afternoon and then their fun really starts.

The chickens have taken over the bird bath and find it's a convenient watering hole

They spend the rest of the day wandering our 2 acre back yard and woods.  They chase and catch bugs, chasing each other for a bite of the good ones.  They spend a lot of time under the old fig tree.  It provides the perfect cover from any potential aerial predators. They nap under the tree for a while before going back out to explore.

 Our chickens have even been known to climb trees.

All of the chickens come running when we get close to their coop since this means we've probably got treats for them.  They run, flapping their wings, trying to be the first to grab a banana peel or a crust of bread.

A sun-bathing Silver Spangled Hamburg

This Colombian Wyandotte found a hollow part of a tree that had collected rain water. 

 By dusk, they're all in their coop, on the roosts, ready for bed.  We close and latch their door each night to prevent predators from getting to them in the night.

Rough life but someone has to do it.