Thanks Giving At Our House Was All About The Chickens

It's thanks giving weekend and my chickens are getting well and truly looked after. Today my Dad and L dropped in, with a present for our chickens.

As usual the sporadic catch up was great for the soul. But in addition to the lovely company, Dad arrived with a brand new chicken feeder, as he knew I was going to be busy trying to keep eleven chickens fed with our current system. We currently have four adult chickens in the main coop who are well set up with a Royal Rooster feeder and nipple water system (that my handy husband made), and my daughter's birthday present of seven baby chicks are currently living in the old coop, but will be in the main hen house before we know it.  Which will make eleven hungry birds to feed.

We have seven, ten week old chicks that were only a day or two old when we got them, and despite what I was led to believe, there have been no casualties (despite Hey Hey's crazy antics). Odds say we should get a few roosters that will need to be removed from the flock, but at 10 weeks old there aren't any definite gender signs. So, we could have eleven hungry chickens to feed.....that will also need more room to roam for my peace of mind, but that is the next hurdle to cross, and my first one of feeding them was already solved for me, by my Dad turning up with a Backyard Chicken Coops  treadle feeder. 

Thanks Dad, you always surprise me with the most thoughtful gifts, thanks chickens for providing us with food and endless entertainment, and thanks to the universe for our backyard, and our amazing family to enjoy it all with.

The training has began with the old girls to learn how to use the new feeder, so hopefully next week I will be able to post a video of them working out how to operate their feeder-and introduce you to our backyard chickens.