Chickens?

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Where I am is pretty good. Fifteen minute walk to three supermarkets but greenery all around still. I can’t stand close neighbours though and it’s bad business not having space to do things that will save/make me money. In many respects my current abode has been a good house and a good place to learn how to get on with people when you have skin in the game (i.e. property you own that they can torch if you annoy them enough) but in hindsight I still should have bought a buttfucck nowhere steading instead and just been weird to live near (which is what I’m going to do now anyway). 
“Yes, I’m grazing goats under eucalyptus. Yes, I do intend to burn those tyres in the boiler. No, I won’t put trousers on.”

Everyone stay in the towns please. 

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Five minutes in for one major goal. 

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22 hours ago, sime42 said:

Lovely. I can imagine that it must indeed be very gratifying to watch them come of age.

 

Although. Not as gratifying as watching big fat berries ripening in the sunshine in front of your eyes, just itching to be plucked and popped in the mouth.

 

 

 

I'm still not grabbed by plants. I've got some peas that I can now graze and nascent tomatoes on the vine, which is yes, nice. But it's nice and then move on. Animals are engaging every time. Like when sheep die from maggots crawling out of their arses, or a cow writes a car off, or a horse skitzes at a bit of litter and paralyses someone. Never a dull moment.

 

Possibly my competitive nature too. Plants are generally seen as easier than animals so you can be sure I'm not interested. I get bored easily.

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Fair points all. 

 

Each to their own. I won't swap my plum maggots for your sheep's arse maggots if it's all the same to you.

 

 

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Progress moves quickly in chick town. They’re playfighting with each other, not as scared of me and the dog, scratching for food. Also eating full size grain kernels, which is handy. Glad I only bought the small bag of crumb. 

 

They still sleep with mother in the broody box in the pavilion but they’ve been mixing with the other chickens in the main run and free ranging close by. What’s the next step for getting them fully integrated? Move the broody box into the coop? Feels a bit too soon to be honest but thinking ahead. 

Several photos because they’re delightful. 

 

[Bob_z_l]

always gets me how fast they feather up.

 

Then it'll be mini roadrunners trying to fly.

 

 

Superb stuff.

 

 

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They’ve learned to jumpflap onto things, which is probably why there was shit on my chair yesterday. Integration into main flock becoming more pressing priority. I want the pavilion back.