This past week was crazy busy, very tiring and wicked exciting. It kicked off with a weekend chock full of chicken chat as my husband and spoke with countless chicken supporters on the town green during the annual fall festival. The Zoning Commission meeting to legalize backyard chickens will be held this coming Monday and the town is currently looking for a bigger meeting room as attendance in favor of chicken-keeping is expected to exceed capacity under the fire code. RIGHT ON! Tune in on Monday, September 16th at 7:00 pm EST as I stream the hearing LIVE here.  There are two other matters on the agenda before mine, so punctuality isn’t critical.

Molting continues to plague the older flockers, but signs of progress are evident.

Rachel (Bantam Cochin Frizzle) has pin feathers emerging from her neck and tail, which are painful, so I try not to handle her and continue to give her high-protein snacks and treats.

The Olive Egger, above and Black Copper Marans pullet, below, are both too young to molt, so they’re responsible for carrying the egg production load while the molting girlz devote their energies to feather production.

The other exciting event this week was the hatching of four chicks. Blaze is the likely baby daddy of several of the chicks, but it appears that my dear departed Brutus may be the father of at least one of them. ♥ I don’t know the breeds of the hens whose eggs they hatched from with the exception of the little brown and white chick, which was Vera’s egglet (Red Sex Link pullet, below).

Blaze (Black Copper Marans rooster) and Vera (Red Sex Link pullet)
Blaze, the proud papa.
Thanks for visiting today and have a great weekend!
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This past week was crazy busy, very tiring and wicked exciting. It kicked off with a weekend chock full of chicken chat as my husband and spoke with countless chicken supporters on the town green during the annual fall festival. The Zoning Commission meeting to legalize backyard chickens will be held this coming Monday and the town is currently looking for a bigger meeting room as attendance in favor of chicken-keeping is expected to exceed capacity under the fire code. RIGHT ON! Tune in on Monday, September 16th at 7:00 pm EST as I stream the hearing LIVE here.  There are two other matters on the agenda before mine, so punctuality isn’t critical.

Molting continues to plague the older flockers, but signs of progress are evident.

Rachel (Bantam Cochin Frizzle) has pin feathers emerging from her neck and tail, which are painful, so I try not to handle her and continue to give her high-protein snacks and treats.

The Olive Egger, above and Black Copper Marans pullet, below, are both too young to molt, so they’re responsible for carrying the egg production load while the molting girlz devote their energies to feather production.

The other exciting event this week was the hatching of four chicks. Blaze is the likely baby daddy of several of the chicks, but it appears that my dear departed Brutus may be the father of at least one of them. ♥ I don’t know the breeds of the hens whose eggs they hatched from with the exception of the little brown and white chick, which was Vera’s egglet (Red Sex Link pullet, below).

Blaze (Black Copper Marans rooster) and Vera (Red Sex Link pullet)
Blaze, the proud papa.
Thanks for visiting today and have a great weekend!
Rachel Divider
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Mary Smith
Mary Smith
11 years ago

LOVE the pictures! Such cute chicks!

Rachel Dennis
Rachel Dennis
11 years ago

Cute pictures

Vivian
11 years ago

I do not have one single chicken, not even a coop. Why do I want the brooder, one small step towards my future chicken fun world. I promise to share all the knowledge I get from raising chickens, thanks

Loralee Steffens Holmes
Loralee Steffens Holmes
11 years ago

and just wanted to add– I'm totally LOVING the Rachel molt pictures you are posting lately! Can't get enough of those! SO funny! My chickens are starting to molt too. Looks like someone ripped open a feather pillow out there and shook it all over the yard! Bring on Rachel and her indignant glares! haha

Katherine Malone Oothoudt
Katherine Malone Oothoudt
11 years ago

such cute lil ones there is nothing more that brings a smile to my face than cute lil fuzzies

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