Chicken (and Duck :-) Birthdays

With the birth of Faith, Hope, and Love, it seems the right time to update all of our chicken birthdays.  

 

We have 41 71 81 chickens.... and we love every one.

 

Update!  Uh Oh 14 more chickens arrived today at the West Melbourne USPS Post Office - the total is now 55 :D 

Update!  2 Muscovy Ducks (Ducky's children) hatched on April 1, 2023.  Sooooooooo cute!  Sky has two unusual children.

Update 5-6-2023:  Got 2 Leghorn females at Funky Chicken Farm :D.  5-20-2023 Got 4 more Leghorn females.  6-3-2023 Got 5 more Speckled Sussex females.

Update 5-15-2024:  Just got back from West Melbourne USPS Post Office with 10 (ordered 8 lol) bantam chickens :D

Faith, Hope and Love born March 2023

CHICKEN BIRTHDAYS

1.  Raven 3/1/2021

2. Blackie 3/1/2021

3.  Duchess / Granny 3/1/2021

4.  Lucy 3/1/2021

5.  Phyliss 3/1/2021

6. Orangey 3/1/2021

7.  Frizzle 3/1/2021

8.   Yoyo 4/4/2021

9.  Minky 1 4/4/2021

10.  Minky 2  4/4/2021

11.  Minky 3   4/4/2021

12.  Buzzy Black 4/4/2021

13.  Buzzy Brown 4/4/2021

14.  Punky 4/4/2021

15.  Dusty 4/4/2021

16.  Marilyn 4/4/2021

17.  Natasha 8/29/2021

18.  Svetlana 8/29/2021

19.  Bunny 8/29/2021

20.  Candy 8/29/2021

21.  Walnut 6/4/2022

22.  Big Pom Mom 6/4/2022

23.  Sunny 6/4/2022

24.  Sky 6/4/2022

25.  Minty 6/4/2022

26.  Boo 6/4/2022

27.  Miata 6/1/2021 (approximately) 

28.  Corvette 6/1/2021 (approximately)

29  Henny Penny 6/1/2021 (approximately)

30.  Raptor 1 (Iris) 2/15/2022 (approximately)

31.  Raptor 2 (Sparkle) 2/15/2022 (approximately)

32.  Raptor 3 (Angel) 2/15/2022 (approximately)

33.  Mr. Cream / Creamsicle 1/9/2023

34.  Mr. Patches 1/9/2023

35.  Misty 1/9/2023

36.  Pierre Daisy Stealth 3/10/2023

37.  Camille Camo Midnight 3/11/2023

38.  Elvis Faith 3/19/2023

39.  Hope 3/19/2023

40.  Love 3/20/2023 

41.  Specky 3/26/2023

42.  Becky 3/26/2023

43.  Whitey 3/26/2023

44.  Froggy 3/26/2023

45.  Xena 3/26/2023

46.  Buff Brahma Bantam 1 3/26/2023 

47.  Buff Brahma Bantam 2 3/26/2023

48.  Buff Brahma Bantam 3 3/26/2023

49.  Buff Brahma Bantam 4 3/26/2023

50.  Buff Brahma Bantam 5 3/26/2023

51.  Buff Brahma Bantam 6 3/26/2023

52.  Buff Brahma Bantam 7 3/26/2023

53.  Buff Brahma Bantam 8 3/26/2023

54.  Buff Brahma Bantam 9 3/26/2023

55. Foggy (with Orangey) 3/19/2023

56. Leggy (with Orangey) 3/19/2023 

57. Leghorn female 1 (Cathy - with Elvis) 3/19/2023

58. Leghorn female 2 (with Mr. Cream) 3/19/2023

59. Leghorn female 3 (with Mr. Cream) 3/19/2023

60. Leghorn female 4 (with Mr. Cream) 3/19/2023

61. Speckled Sussex female (Suzie - with Dusty) 1 4/11/2023 

62. Speckled Sussex female (Suzie) 2 4/11/2023 

63. Speckled Sussex female (Suzie) 3 4/11/2023 

64. Speckled Sussex female (Suzie) 4 4/11/2023 

65. Speckled Sussex female (Suzie - Patience)  4/11/2023  

66, Leghorn female 1 (Castle 1)      5/1/2023

67. Leghorn female 2 (Castle 1)      5/1/2023

68. Leghorn female 3 (Castle 1)      5/1/2023

69. Leghorn female 4      5/1/2023

70. Leghorn female 5      5/1/2023

71. Miracle 2/8/2024 (aka Baby Peep)

72. New Minky 1   5/13/2024

73. New Minky 2   5/13/2024

74. New Minky 3   5/13/2024

75. New Minky 4   5/13/2024

76. New Minky 5   5/13/2024

77. New Minky 6   5/13/2024

78. Bantam Barred Rock Female   5/13/2024

79. Bantam Dominique Female   5/13/2024

80. Bantam Barred Old English Game Female    5/13/2024

81. Bantam Dominique Female   5/13/2024

82. Bantam Dominique Female (Qty 5)  6/24/2024 

83. Bantam Barred Female (Qty 5)  6/24/2024 

84. Buff Orpington Standard (Qty 5) 6/24/2024

85. White Silkie Female (Qty 10) 9/3/2024

 

 

DUCK BIRTHDAYS

1. Muscovy Duck 1 (Lucky) 4/1/2023

2. Muscovy Duck 2 (Bill) 4/1/2023 - FIRST FLIGHT JUNE 11 2023 (10 weeks old)

3. Muscovy Duck 1 (Silver) (George's babies) 9/20/2023 

4. Muscovy Duck 2 (Lone) (George's babies) 9/20/2023 

5. Muscovy Duck 3 (Tonto) (George's babies) 9/20/2023  

6. Muscovy Duck 4 (Scout) (George's babies) 9/20/2023

7. Muscovy Duck 3 (Bubbles) (Billy's babies, Marilyn mom) 9/25/2023

8. Muscovy Duck 4 (Perry) (Billy's babies, Marilyn mom) 9/25/2023

9. Muscovy Duck 5 (Della) (Billy's babies, Marilyn mom) 9/25/2023

10. Muscovy Duck 6 (Jo White) (Billy's babies, Marilyn mom) 9/25/2023

11. Muscovy Duck 7 (Jo Black) (Billy's babies, Marilyn mom) 9/25/2023

12 - 24. Muscovy Ducks (Billy's 13 babies)  2/19/2024

CHICKENS in HEAVEN

 1. Shannon 6/1/2021 (we miss you Shannon)

MARILYN SUSPENSE 2023

 IT'S ALMOST HERE, SUNDAY MARCH 19 MARKS 21 DAYS FOR MARILYNS EGGS

UPDATE, MAGIC HAPPENED, SCROLL DOWN TO SEE IT UNFOLD

DAY 20, GETTING READY TO POP THOSE CAPSULES ;-)

MR PATCHES IS CONFIRMED - He's a Rooster! So is Creamsicle

 It's official - one of the three Mutts born January 9, 2023 is a rooster.  Patches - now Mr. Patches - announced his Rooster-Ness this morning with a wing flap and a tiny "err-err-err-err-err".  He repeated this a few times to be sure we didn't miss it.

He's gorgeous, adorable, and we're happy to know he's going to be a rowdy rooster - now we can start planning for his misbehaving and future isolation from other roosters.

Welcome, Mr. Patches!

 

 For future reference, Mr. Patches crowed his first crow at 9 1/2 weeks.

BABY CHICKENS, DAISY AND MIDNIGHT ARE BORN, MARCH 2023

 MARCH 10 = DAISY, MARCH 11 = MIDNIGHT

Daisy is less than 24 hours old, peeping out from under Mom's wings of love

Nothing makes us smile like new baby chickens, yesterday, Daisy came out of her capsule and today Midnight jettisoned her pod and entered the real world. 

Our Silkie chicken named "Sunny" is the surrogate mother. She has dutifully kept these eggs warm and it paid off nicely, she has at least two new baby girls (we're hoping for girls :-).

DISCOVERING DAISY, BABY CHICKENS MAKE US SMILE

These eggs came from the two sex link hens known as "The Rangers" and were fertilized by our all time favorite Silkie rooster, Punky.

BROODER BOX #2, SUNNY SITTING ON BABY CHICKS

Our previous batch of three baby chickens from the same sources have nice personalities. 

SUNDAY MARCH 13, 2023

The world may be self destructing around us but Chickens are happy.

Daisy is the strong and advanced chicken, but watch mom's wing tip carefully and you'll see little Midnight peaking out from the warmth, now that's "wings of love" :-)

Can't stop looking at and touching baby chickens. It is difficult to imagine how soft a baby chicken is. I picked up little "Midnight" today, It's like holding a piece of fluffy air, there is nothing there but softness, little tiny feet wiggling and a fearless attitude. 

Midnight was less developed when she popped out of her space capsule. She's now entering her third day of life and doing great. 

Yesterday, Daisy was twice as old as Midnight, she was two days old LOL.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY #2 FLOCK ONE, TWO YEARS OF LOVE AND FUN

 FLOCK ONE IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN TWO YEARS AGO

King Raven, Queen Blackie, Phylis (the jester), Lucy (u got some splain'n) and the most precious, orbiting around it all, the Duchess of tinyness, the one who shall not be touched.

Remembering Lemon, he was an odd rooster who disappeared one afternoon, we honestly don't know what happened to him. 

And then there's Orangie, over there holding down cabin number Three with his girlfriend, Henry Penny. Orangie is part of the original Flock 1 purchase at Tractor Supply. So it's also Happy Birthday Orangie. 

Saving the best for last, there is PILBR (pronounced "Pil-Burr", stands for Pretty Little Baby Rooster). One of Mary's favorites, Pilbr is a work of art to behold, his magnificent fluffiness is only exceeded by his soft feel and gigantic attitude. Mark calls him "Fritz" after the late great Fritz Von Erich, wrestler. Don't get too close to Pilbr, he'll take your leg clean off below the knee LOL, he's what we call, an aggressive rooster LOL. 

ROOSTERS RULE!

For anyone considering Chicken Friends, you definitely need to get control of how many Roosters you have. Roosters have amazing chicken personalities but they are programmed to kill each other so you don't want too many that can physically get to each other or else there WILL be problems. 

PARTY ON! HAPPY #2 FLOCK ONE, TSC SUPPLIED PURE MAGIC

Raven has grown into being a real dick, Mark and Raven play "Owwww" every morning. This game involves Raven pecking, double fighting kicks and attacking Mark through the chicken wire. It's become a morning ritual and it's funny. Similar behavior from Orangie and Pilbr