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Eggstatic!
We've had our 4 Rhode Island Red (RIR) Hens for 1 year already... yes, they grow up so fast.
I remember when we first got 'em... I had been working on the coop and run every weekend for a month... I wanted my babies safe.
Then we picked 'em up from the feed store.. I thought they looked awful small for being over a month old.
I didn't sleep a wink the first night. I was sure every predator in a 100 mile radius would suddenly know there was fresh chicken in town. I had nightmares of waking up to a raided henhouse... but my fears were unfounded.
I've only seen 1 hawk eyeing my ladies, but left 'em alone.
and 1 cat stupid enough to tangle with 4 full-grown RIRs... and she ran off to lick her wounds and hasn't been back since.
We get an egg from each girl. Every. Single. Day. That's a dozen eggs every 3 days. Feed only costs us about $8/mo., so it's economical too.
Bamm-Bamm loves them, and they are pretty fun to watch. Alpha, that's her name, keeps the pecking order strict - don't mess with her!
All in all, I love having chickens! Our yard is very small, and mucking the coop is no picnic, but all-you-can-eat, yummy, super fresh eggs is! I'm not sure I can ever go back to supermarket eggs...
Do you own any "livestock"?
We've had our 4 Rhode Island Red (RIR) Hens for 1 year already... yes, they grow up so fast.
the only thing more amazing then how fast the chickens grew,
is how big Bamm-Bamm has become since then!
I remember when we first got 'em... I had been working on the coop and run every weekend for a month... I wanted my babies safe.
Then we picked 'em up from the feed store.. I thought they looked awful small for being over a month old.
I didn't sleep a wink the first night. I was sure every predator in a 100 mile radius would suddenly know there was fresh chicken in town. I had nightmares of waking up to a raided henhouse... but my fears were unfounded.
I've only seen 1 hawk eyeing my ladies, but left 'em alone.
and 1 cat stupid enough to tangle with 4 full-grown RIRs... and she ran off to lick her wounds and hasn't been back since.
We get an egg from each girl. Every. Single. Day. That's a dozen eggs every 3 days. Feed only costs us about $8/mo., so it's economical too.
Bamm-Bamm loves them, and they are pretty fun to watch. Alpha, that's her name, keeps the pecking order strict - don't mess with her!
All in all, I love having chickens! Our yard is very small, and mucking the coop is no picnic, but all-you-can-eat, yummy, super fresh eggs is! I'm not sure I can ever go back to supermarket eggs...
Do you own any "livestock"?
