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I knew her final day was coming. Ever since Laura Ingalls, Tooter McGraw and Chiquita died, she was slowing down and puffed up. One day, I peeked inside the coop to check on her, and she had passed away. Not attacked by a predator or anything, but just limp in the nesting box. I willContinue reading “Saying goodbye to Narcissa”

Not that long ago, three of the Bock Bock girls passed away. Laura Ingalls, Tooter McGraw, and Chiquita. we think that Laura Ingalls might have been ready , but we know that Tooter McGraw and Chiquita were attacked by a predator. It was really traumatizing to see, and so was Laura Ingalls, even though sheContinue reading “Newsletter:”

Ok, so do you remember that in the earlier classrooms when there were charts that looked like traffic lights with green being great and yellow being so-so and red being totally out of control? The teacher would move the clip based on how the student was acting? Well, this may not make a lot ofContinue reading “Behavior chart for chickens 😡😁”

I wanted to start out by saying that Clementine and Spot, now renamed David Bowie and Fitzroy are both roosters! They fought a lot when they were babies and we had never had chicks that fought. I didn’t know at the time, but we just figured out they are roosters. Noisy’s feathers are falling out,Continue reading “Update on the blog”

So every day, we are making plans to let our girls out so they get exercise and can eat eat bugs, and they’re out right now.

We have always been kind of protective of our hens. We never let them out due to the fear of losing them to predators. But today we decided to let our chickens roam free since the chicks are getting really big and we wanted to introduce them to the big girls, so this is whatContinue reading “We let our girls out to free range. (A great way to introduce big chickens to little chickens)”

Even though baby chicks may or may not use these entertainment devices, it’s worth a try. Number 1: Put small toys in the brooder. These can include action figures or baby toys. We also put alphabet magnets in there. Number 2: Make them a run. We used wood and chicken wire to make ours. YouContinue reading “Top 3 ways to entertain your baby chicks 🐤🐥🐣🐔”

You’re all probably wondering how it went when we put the chicks under Laura Ingalls Wilder. Well, it went pretty good. She did peck them a little bit, but we were not worried. We thought that that was just Laura’s way of being a mother hen. The chicks pecked her back, and we thought thatContinue reading “How it went putting baby chicks under our broody hen”