Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[samssimonsays]

Guess you have to carry the feed in a covered bucket in the future.

She is the only one who doesn't go into the coop too. Every night I lead them back and they all go in willingly. EVEN THE CRAZY DUCKS. I do a quick head count (they move so fast that I guess I can't count accurately) and close them in. I go into the house clean the eggs and look out the window to see her standing outside the coop.... GAH. She is so frustrating!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Frustrating enough to be dinner??

 

[samssimonsays]

Frustrating enough to be dinner??

I bought 5 Icelandic chicks last spring... they are not cheap by any means. Of course we lost both roosters and one hen so we are down to 2 hens... This frustrating chicken is one of them.... If she does a cheap shot again, she very well may be dinner.... I get that she was excited for dinner but I will not tolerate that behavior....

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Oh good grief! It’s always the favorite or the best or most expensive!

 

[Bruce]

Is your coop a walk in? I toss their evening scratch into the coop. That slows them down so I can count. If they are all there I close the barn door. If not, I go outside, close the door and find the errant hen(s).

 

[samssimonsays]

Is your coop a walk in? I toss their evening scratch into the coop. That slows them down so I can count. If they are all there I close the barn door. If not, I go outside, close the door and find the errant hen(s).

It is a walk in run. but a small inside that they all pile in to. Her fate is unknown whether it be by me or a predator. part of having free range chickens we are prepared for.

 

[Latestarter]

Well, that being the case, I think I'd rather that I got to eat the chicken dinner as opposed to letting the wildlife have it. All that feed you've been giving her wasn't free.

 

[samssimonsays]

Well, that being the case, I think I'd rather that I got to eat the chicken dinner as opposed to letting the wildlife have it. All that feed you've been giving her wasn't free.

Unfortunately she's a $50 bird at her age . I don't really want a $50 mcnugget either She's an Icelandic hen... They aren't much for eatin. I doubt I will get any more of the breed. I LOVED the roo's tho. They didn't crow, didn't fight, were complete gentlemen and babies. Too bad the one couldn't handle all the ladies and he killed himself We had a rough go with all the males last year.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Yikes!

 

[samssimonsays]

I have some exciting news