Ever wonder how fast a chicken grows? Or maybe when they start to fly or roost or lay eggs? Here are some quick links to our chickens’ development, with weekly updates!
Week 1 the day the chicks arrived, they flew into JFK!
Week 2- they began to feather out and we starting having some problems with pasting on the barred rocks
Week 3- they started to fly and were flying out of the brooder
Week 4- the gawky stage
Week 5- roosting and clucking began
Week 6- eating like crazy
Week 7- they starting roaming outside for a couple of hours a day
Week 8- still roaming, clucking, roosting and eating!!
Week 9- they are free to roam outside as they please and they are crazy at feeding times
Week 10- guard dog on duty
Week 11- Update with photos of all breeds
Week 11- The rooster has started to crow!
Week 12- Quick update and a little video
Week 13- Lots of garden treats
Week 14- Chicken coop upgrade
Week 15- No eggs yet
Week 16- What effect will the amount of sunlight have on their ability to lay eggs?
Week 17- There is no waste when you raise chickens.
Week 18- Putting the chickens to work tilling and composting the garden.
On October 6th, we got our first brown eggs! On October 24th, we got our first white eggs!
The difference between homegrown and store bought eggs is drastic!
Ever wonder how a chicken lays an egg? You can watch one of our chickens lay an egg!
Thank you for subscribing to my blog today. I can tell just by reading your links that we have shared many of the same experiences with chickens! They are so fun to have, aren’t they?!
Your blog looks completely awesome. I grew up on a farm, and my husband and I keep chickens, a pot-bellied pig, and other critters. We will start gardening soon too. So, your blog is really interesting to me.
I love raising chickens, they certainly keep us busy! Gardening is just as rewarding as raising chickens, you’ll have a blast
Thanks for stopping by!
I have been lucky enough to have one broody hen who sat on three eggs, I had one egg to hatch we call it the littler peeper. Little peeper is four weeks old now and goes out in the run every day with mama who is a white banty she is solid whit and peeper is black. Peeper even gets up on the top roost with mama every night, he flies up there and down every morning . This is my first year on our little acreage and my first time with chickens a real learning experience. Ellen