Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Written on May 9, 2009 by in down on the farm

I estimated today the chickens are about 2 1/2 months old.  A few weeks back they were moved to their permanent home in the chicken coop.  They then spent a few weeks inside to get acquainted and know where “home” is.  Did you know 24 chickens will go through about 50 pounds of feed in about a week and a half?  Good thing they will be free-range.  

Today DH felt it was time to let the chickens out of the coop, so to speak.  We have 4 roosters and 20 hens.  Most of the chickens are Reds while 4 are leg-horns (white).  To me they are all pretty.  I spent some time today photographing the chickens outside of the coop, some from afar and some up close.  They seemed to have spent a majority of their time under the coop with the occasional venture into the wild unknown.

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  1. Leslie
    May 9, 2009 | 9:12 pm

    OOH,, I wanna visit– I so want chickens, but my neighbors get mad at my cats (definitely not the right place ;)

    And your daughter’s smily really is beautiful. I’ll vote for her!

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  2. Leslie
    May 9, 2009 | 9:12 pm

    Voted! :)

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  3. Anne
    May 9, 2009 | 9:22 pm

    They are really neat animals. This is my first experience with them and so far it is all positive. We went out at [just before] dark and they all returned to the coop before we had even gotten down there. I was really impressed. Good chickens. :)

    Thank you so much for voting for my daughter. I know she really appreciates it as well.

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