Chicken Talk

Apparently my talk with the girls work. Yesterday they gave me 4 eggs. Hopefully today I will get some more. I have started taking Champ outside with me when I take care of the girls. He is our border collie and I want him to become used to the girls and the girls used to him. He is very enthusiastic around the girls. I am so glad I have a fence. But he does listen to me and stays right by me when I tell him. Hopefully he will eventually see the girls as good.  Well this morning I got 3 eggs from Annabelle,  Buffy, and Charlotte. Good girls. Now if Maleficent,  Delilah, and Snow Belle would just join in the crowd.

Chicken Talk

I have to get better with the posting.  Made breakfst for Ronnie and the boys yesterday morning. Used my own eggs!  That was cool.  The girls gave me 4 eggs today. Makes me back up to 6.  I want to get some fresh veggies to put in the pen for them.  We might get more bad weather this week.  I love the snow but I have to admit, I am over it.
All of the above was for Friday.  This is today. Changed the straw today, or most of it. Thag coop is going to need a major cleaning this spring.  Ugh.  It is the end of the chickens day and they did not give me one egg today, not one!  We had a serious talk. I talked while they listened, or were supposed to listen. I told them that there are 6 of them. I feed, water, and give them snacks. My quesgion is why no eggs?  I told them in no uncertain terms that they need to get busy.  Will see tomorrow.

Chicken Talk

Top egg layers of the day are Annabelle, Buffy,  and Charlotte.  Yea girls! Just got in from giving them fresh water.  This morning's water was frozen.  Interesting to see them chomp on ice. Found out they are not overly fond of pancakes. I will go back out in a bit and give them some scratch.  Keeps them busy.  One of the new girls gave me an egg. That makes 4 today.

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It has been 2 1/2 weeks since I got the girls.  It is interesting to see their personalities develope.  There wasn't much difference when I just had Annabelle, Buffy, and Charlotte.  The three of them got along fine.  When I got Maleficent,  Delilah, and Snow Belle everything changed.  Buffy immediately became the dominant hen.  She even bosses the old hens.  No one dares to argue with Buffy,  no one. The dogs run to their own fence to keep an eye on the girls. Jack barks a lot at them. They have learned to ignore the dogs. But now I can't ignore them. Every so often, their bark changes and I have to make sure the girls are alright.  The boys are great for watching the girls. Only got one egg today.  Girls are adjusting to Buffy.  All for tonight. Have a great evening!

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Came home after getting my taxes done and checked on the girls. First thing I noticed was a white cat running away from the coop.   Hmmm...could that be why all the girls were inside? The cat was outside and couldn't get to them, but still. The new girls were huddled in a corner while the others were using the rest of the coop. Buffy was running rough shod over the others.  She was definitely in charge. Egg count for today is 3.  Here is a question for you.  Which came first? The chicken or the egg.  At my house,  the chicken! 

Question...is anyone reading this or should I just post on fb?

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Sunday--Been an active day at The Coop. Started off with 3 eggs from the "old girls" and about an hour latergot a jumbo egg from Maleficent.  That is 4 eggs in one day. Not too shabby.  The old gals do NOT like the new ones in the least. Hope they get things worked out soon. At night, I have to help the newbies get into the coop since the others will not let them near the door.  Delilah iz either molting or being severely picked upon. I will watch and see what happens.  I know they have to work things out among themselves, but it still makes me feel bad.

Monday--Opened the door this morning to let the girls out. Figured they might want out even though it is raining.  Working at the District Office a few days this week and wanted to check and make sure everything was fine before I left.   I had 3 water soaked hens, Maleficent, Delilah,  and Snow Belle, in their yard.  Buffy was standing guard just inside the door.  I got them shoed in the door and closed it. I don't know if chickens can get sick from being too wet,  but they were drenched. Poor sweeties.  Well, I am at "work". I will check on them during lunch.

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So far this morning,  I have 2 eggs.  My new girls are here and my "old" girks have their beak out of joint. I put some scratch down and they are bysy with that instead of each other.  Pictures later.