The birds, however, are thriving. I haven't lost a single one this year to sickness or predator. Since late May we have been allowing them to free range during the day. They go back in the chicken/duck/goose house when the sun goes down. I love to sit and watch them when I have time. They are highly amusing and add bright spots of color to the yard.
The big red hens and the barred rock hen will be laying any day now. I can't wait for some farm fresh eggs. The geese are awesome. They are equivalent to two-legged cows and graze from sun up to sun down. The goose in the first picture is very sweet-natured. She will get very close to you and settle down and sleep. She occasionally gets close enough to be petted and picked up.
Here are some recent pictures.
2 comments:
How many roosters do you have? If more than one, is there competition between them? If only one, I bet he’s having fun. :-)
I have four roosters and ten hens. One rooster is a barred rock, one is a barred rock/black giant cross that looks like a barred rock, one is a black giant and one is a beautiful bright orange/red one and I don't know what breed he is. He is very pretty. He is the 5th one down in there pictures.
I have two red sex link hens, one barred rock hen, two black giant hens, two araucana hens, two red and white hens that I think might also be araucanas and one red and black hen and it's anyone's guess what she is.
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