67Firebird
Former political advocate
Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 8981
Loc: Russellville, Mo
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I see... chickens!
04/05/12 03:43 PM
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We just moved here in October, and shortly after that I decided I want chickens. There's an 8'x8' shed next to the driveway, and I ended up converting it into a chicken coop. I've had two roosters for about a month now, and this morning I finally bought some hens. When I went to check on them this afternoon, and show Brad what I had, I found that there were already two eggs in there.
Here's the two roosters I started with;
This morning I bought three laying hens, and a banty pair. I got in the coop and let them loose, and watched to see how they'd get along. The two roosters started getting pushy, but the hens are bigger and the barred hen backed them down very quickly.
The little banty rooster acts tough, and chases the others for a short distance, but then he's put in his place.
This hen is the loudest so far, clucking non-stop for a couple minutes at a time;
All three of the laying hens like this particular nest box, and when one is in it the others will stand on the perch and stare at her. I found one of the eggs in this box, but have no way of knowing which hen laid it. (I found the egg several hours after this pic was taken).
There's another nest box down low, that I thought the banty hen would use, but I think this egg is too big to be from her;
Two eggs, already in the frig, just about five hours from when the hens were first put in the coop.
I watch them, so does this count as bird watching?  
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