Lucky Cluckers

Butterscotch also posed with #babyyoda for these pics. It’s been fun to add props to the photo shoots to see just how much and how quickly our pullet chicks have grown! These ladies are approx 7 weeks old in this photo shoot series.

Enjoy some closeups of raspberries on a tree with Butterscotch, our isa brown chick posing for some close up pics…

Red was pretty interested in the raspberries, and posed for some great close ups at the same time!

The chicks tried raspberries for the first time. Instead of just putting them in a dish – onto the faux tree they went. Some were a bit more interested in the tree than the berries, these two being more interested in the tree and what else was going on for…

Yes, indoor diapers for chickens is a thing. We’ve gotten a few in a variety of sizes to try them out and see what they are like. This #motherclucker has to do more research about putting clothes on chickens. Somehow I don’t think we are doing it right…looks awkward at…

Melba tops the scale of our chicken flock weighing in at 3# .9 ounces. Compare that to Ebitz at a 1# .3oz, and Little big Bird at 2.0 ounces, and Tiny, our tiniest bantam weighing .7 ounces (smaller than a 1 ounce silver coin). That’s pretty tiny!

Brown Leghorns share the productive traits and nervous personality of their white cousins but have slightly larger bodies clothed in one of the most beautiful feather patterns of any white egg laying breed. Always alert, Brown Leghorns are athletic, excitable, noisy and often better able to avoid predators than slower…

Possible Americanas? We picked up a variety of chicks in our flock of 8 the third time we did a chicken run to Rural King. Not sure of all the varieties, as they get older they look very much like the Americana’s on Hoover’s Website. Thoughts? Our Americana will give…

As the chicks get bigger, that means bigger messes! They definitely need their space to explore the world, seek out food, and have some quiet/alone time! Here are the minimum temperatures per week in degrees °Fahrenheit that the chicks need!

We’ve got Big Bird, Melvin and Marvin in this group. We also added Frick and Frack, but I have some theories about those two (grey bodies/hints of brown). We’ll see what they look like next!

We have some fun personalities in this group! We have a snow white, all black with white tips on the wings. One with only one white tip (still to be named) and one with no white at all – which would be the infamous KayKay!

Esther fits the description of the amberlink – but we’ve been thinking isa brown. She is just so unique, I’m wondering if it’s possible? Amberlink: This graceful white and amber colored sex link can lay eggs like no one’s business, even in the cold dark winters. It is derived from…

She is one of the prettiest and softest pullet chicks we have in the group. She’s becoming more friendly/sitting and being cuddled by us. White Leghorn Years ago a small amazingly productive chicken breed was imported from Italy through the port of Livorno. “Leghorn” became the Anglicized word for that…

Soooo…we have cuckoo marans – we’ve named the biggest Melba – she was one of the first to get to know us and become very friendly. As two of the smaller chicks began to feather, their feathers were also showing the black/white pattern. Such pretty chicks! French Cuckoo Marans The…

That is how most of our most #epicstories begin. It’s February here in Michigan. We’re enjoying raising our flock of chicks, our pack of Golden Retrievers, and our School(s) of Koi. So of course, off to Rural King for supplies…and maybe, just maybe we’ll peek at the chicks. Just kidding,…

We are anxiously awaiting warmer weather and slightly older chicks so we can get them out of the house and into their coop (which we don’t have yet) as it is being built. As it happens, we have very talented friends…so our #luckycluckers will live in a #bluecastle fit for…