Updated Chickens
It was an interesting Christmas. We got approximately 8 inches of the soft fluffy stuff. The lower picture is of the tree branch that fell across my chicken fence and clothes line. The top is between the patio and the coop.
I have a whole new crop of chickens. A cat got into the coop and decimated most of the original birds. I now have 4 roosters, one I raised from an egg and believes I'm his mother. 2 others I bought as 'hens' from the county fair. Another was given to me when all I wanted was the hen. The lady wouldn't let me have her unless I took him too. Seemed she thought they were kissing kin or something. As soon as he saw all the other hens he lost interest in her right away.
I have a total of 13 chickens. I'm getting between 3 and 6 eggs a day.
I have a light on them from midnight to 7 every day. I understand extending the daylight hours is all it takes to kick up production during the winter.
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