KLW's Garden

Cute Chicken Pics!

crystalstair — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:10:54 +0000

Well, we’ve had a lot of excitement here in ChickenLand. Chicks have died, chickens have been sold… things are up and down. But, today things are good and stable. Here are a few cute pics of my Momma Chicken, Olestra, and her brood of (now) 8.

July 22, 2009er update!

crystalstair — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:23:16 +0000

My garden is being eaten by an array of slugs, potato bugs and japanese beetles. Things are not good. So, in a world I *CAN* control, I’ve bought some banty chicks and sold several of my standards (still have 8 fair egg layers left… should be plenty).

Without further ado, baby chickens!!!

More Chicken Pics!

crystalstair — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:58:29 +0000

This has really turned into my chicken blog, but I do occassionally put things in about my garden… really…

Today, I slaughtered Cleo because he figured out how to crow and wouldn’t stop. No more worries about animal control coming to get him. He’s on the menu this week. Mmmm… rack of Cleo…. Cleo and dumplings…

Ahem. New photos. Also, I’ve pretty much decided that Rodney the Roo is a girl. The neighbor kids love him/her and have decided to rename her Gloria. Rodney/Gloria is 12 weeks old and has very little comb, too little for a Plymouth Rock Roo… but look at these photos and see for youself.

Cleo Crowed Today!

crystalstair — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:52:36 +0000

Cleo, my super sexy black australorp roo (he’s that big black brute in the post below) became a man today… he crowed!

He was apparently so glad to see me that he had to crow… I went out to feed them and this strange noise came out of him. At first, I thought he was choking on a kazoo… then I realized it had to be a crow. So cute. He’s 13 weeks and already becoming a man. Way to go, Cleo.

BTW: Cleo was sold to me as a day-old female, but clearly they were wrong. His name used to be Cleopatra…

Update 2/2… photos from 6/20!

crystalstair — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:14:52 +0000

I just took these the other day… camera batteries died before I could upload them. The chocolate divas make an appearance in this batch.

Much sought after updates! Part 1/2 — June 7, 2009!

crystalstair — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:47:19 +0000

Sad, but I’ve had these photos this long! Sheesh!

Updates!! FINALLY!

crystalstair — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:39:49 +0000

Sorry, guys… heat kills and humid heat kills completely. Since the last update… well, a lot has happened. If I can manage to get my camera lens to de-fog this afternoon, I’ll take some photos and post them along with this story.

Sukiyaki, the Silver Phoenix, is no more. She caused terror among my pullets and went to live as a house chicken with a nice older man in Buffalo. Hooray for her. Now he’s got the eggs.

Cleo has proven himself to be a rooster… but he’s not crowed and for that, I’m grateful. Not that I can’t have a roo, but I don’t care for noise. Today, Sat, June 20, 2009, we made a quick trip to Marshfield to pick him up some girlfriends. I now have one Australorp roo and 4 Australorp pullets… all about the same age. They should have a good time together.

It’s funny how much different they look from my other chickens. They’re not sick or anything, but they’ve not been outside much, I gathered. And you can really tell… my chickens look like they’re ready to be on the cover of News Chicken Week, the new chickens really don’t. They need love and grass.

We’ve named them Oreo, Pumpernickel and Olive. All black foods, since they will be the mothers of our chicken from next year on… fresh chicken, no steroids, treated humanely. YUM!

That’s about it. Will post photos when the humidity allows.

~Kristi

May 17th, 2009! I’ve got an egg!!

crystalstair — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:03:49 +0000

So, I kind of cheated, and ended up with a 1 year old silver phoenix hen that’s laying… but still… I’ve got an egg!!!! Also photos of my chickens sleeping in their hampster pile.

Addendum: That’s actually a tinted or “pink” egg. Couldn’t tell until I got it around white eggs… under closer inspection, I found it had a tiny crack (I imagine that’s why mom rejected it despite her rep for being broody), so I ended up bringing it inside and sticking it in the fridge.

Weekend UPDATE! May 9 & 10, 2009

crystalstair — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:57:28 +0000

Lots and lots and lots of pics. Might take a while to load, but hey, if you’re here, you obviously don’t have anything better to do.

Update, May 5, 2009

crystalstair — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:58:45 +0000

Well, it’s still raining… and raining and raining and raining and raining. I spent the day in the greenhouse and only got about half the tomatoes transplanted. Here are some photos.