u/CrayCrayChickenLady

A tree fell on our chicken coop this morning. I'm amazed we only lost one hen considering they were perched on top of the coop (they do this when it's raining really hard because our yard floods).

Sweet Pepaw (our Rooster) stayed in the rain for hours, I think trying to find her. Best dude ever.

Sweet Andre. I'll miss how dinosaur adjacent you were. You had zero fear and the biggest sweet eyes- and none of the other girls will rip a blueberry out of my fingers they way you did. 🦖

Rest In Peace, Andre The Giant 2025-2026. ❤️

Moderators? Maybe "In Memoriam" could be added as flair?

I just love him.

He's loud as hell but such a good boy.

He ran off a red tailed hawk the other day like a boss.

He stands guard for the ladies 24/7, and even shares all of his treats with them first before eating. 🥹🥰

He's outgrown the young pervert stage, and now he's pretty much just the best big dude ever.

My DUDE. ❤️

The old ladies prefer to stick together and often try to improvise their sleeping quarters.

Time for bed dorks!

After years of having chickens in the deep south (107 degree heat index all week), I've created a pretty great routine for my ladies (and gent).

Frozen fruit and veggies in the am, a few iced hydro-hen bowls and regular iced water bowls in all of the shaded bushes, and white shade sails throughout the run. Cement pavers in the shade to cool their feetsies.

What do you do to beat this miserable heat with your sweet feathered babies?

I posted him a while ago as a joke.But it's time to get serious, I know he's chonky.

My big boy (he's a large cat)- is 7 years old, and 18 lbs.

My goal is to get him down to 16 (baby steps).

The thing is, he's on prescription food

Pro-Plan Urinary St/Ox

I was giving him 2 cans a day (11oz)

and have reduced it to 1.5 cans (8.25 oz)-

am I on the right path?

My oldest two hens hop the fence every day during free range time and steer clear of the main backyard flock. It works! No more fighting, no more pecking order. Front Yard Chickens it is!

Don't step on the cat's tail that isn't actually there.

Orange Boi Edition

The front yard has the best drinking puddles, so it had to be done.

Favorite snackies.

Hard to tell from the angle, but the driver had a black mask on and attempted to get a person to open the door.

Trying to identify the car

Come out here, without snackies -again! I triple chicken dare you! Bah-Gawhhhk!

Sweet creatures, being sweet.

Best worst cat. Worst best cat.

Mr. Rogers.

This is 6 days worth of growth on the Kennebec Potatoes.

Cover it up with dirt, rinse and repeat.

Time for more containers.

Tiny knoll. Knoll Jr.

Posted a month or so ago for advice about my young rooster being a jerk. With just a little bit of work and separation, he's an absolute friggin angel now. No aggression at all.

Glad I tried. Thank you all for advice!

All it took was daily hand feeding, and keeping him penned during certain times of day. Yesterday, he even let my 7 year old nephew feed him by hand. 🥰

Pepaw is a keeper!

We have the "problem" of having too many gorgeous trees and not enough hours of sunlight in our back yard.

We've tried everything for years, and everything past March bolts.

This year, we finally gave up, and started containers in the front yard. The difference is incredible! Tractor supply had a sale on buckets, we had an old twin bed frame and left over chicken fencing- so far so good!!!

Every week we add a few more buckets, the long awaited success has been a bit addictive.

Transplanting the newer tomatoes today, starting a few more cucumbers, beans and making another "trellis".

With the backyard beds are going to stick with what works, herbs, radishes, spring onions and lettuces.

Bonus points: Finally having some success with container flowers in our "pet memorial bed", WE FOUND THE LIGHT! And a surprise pumpkin seed explosion from a leftover Halloween pumpkin in a front yard planter.

I'm considering trying to transplant them to the ground, and we may have a legit pumpkin patch on our hands!

The mantra this year: No more stress- follow the easiest path!

My sweet girl Goat just laid in my lap and let me pet her for a while! She's sweet, but this is a first.

What a cutie!

(and before you judge me on that triangle piece of crap in the background, it was a $6 thrift store find, and I only have it out when my older girls want to lay away from the newer flock, PROMISE! 🤣❤️🐔)