Saturday, July 09, 2011

chickens...

This past week has been one of our
stay-at-home work/play vacations.
It started last weekend with a trip
to farm country to deliver our 12 meat birds
to be butchered.

The scenery is always a treat,
and it was a gorgeous day...
{well, depending upon whom you asked.}

My new laying hens arrived recently
and have taken up residence in the vacated barn
stall...


The Silkie bantams are loving their free-ranging
lifestyle and have done no damage to the garden!
They are extremely well mannered, calm and
gentle--not sure if it's because they are bantams
or if it's just the breed.
We can even pick them up without
a fuss.




~ Deb

20 comments:

  1. Nice countryside Deb, the little red buildings say "rural America" to me, though I don't know if they are typical or not of course.

    The bantams are too cute!

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  2. Those bantams are gorgeous! So pretty.  Your photos look so peaceful and calm.

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  3. Clreedmarquis8:50 PM

    Those chickens are so pretty! I've never gotten that breed. My husband likes reliable Rhode Island Reds, but I may convince him next spring!

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  4. Lilian9:37 PM

    I love silkies!  Unfortunately they don't lay well and go broody all the time... so we've resorted to keeping bantams (cross bred) - we do have a Pekin and she's gorgeous too.  I love visiting your blog - it's so peaceful and homey.

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  5. Thanks Lilian, I'm glad you stopped by!



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  6. Thanks for stopping to comment!



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  7. If I ever get my wish to have hens in the garden I've just got to have a Silkie or two - just for their looks!

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  8. Such beautiful hens! We've had free-roaming chickens before, but they were hard on the plants and flowers! Perhaps we'll have to try this breed! Thanks for sharing your great photos!!!

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  9. We just moved "further into the country" and have a log home with an old barn in the back that has an attached chicken coop and run.  We are looking into getting chickens for eggs and I have enjoyed reading about yours in the past.  I know NOTHING about raising them, but have been doing lots of research lately.  Any advice?

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  10. Connievugteveen9:13 AM

    I love reading about your country living!  You are a lady of many talens - your fancy work is grand!

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  11. simplychele11:16 AM

    Your chickens are so beautiful. We raised some of those fluffy beauties years ago- so precious!

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  12. I love that last pictures. The way they look somehow always makes me lough.

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  13. Karen, I tried to answer this in a post--you can read it here: http://homespunliving.blogspot.com/2011/07/raising-chickens.html
    Thanks!

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  14. They can be very entertaining!

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  15. Thanks for visiting!

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  16. Thank you Connie!!

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  17. They're like jewelry for the garden :)

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  18. Thanks so much Connie!



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  19. Such beautiful hens! We've had free-roaming chickens before, but they were hard on the plants and flowers! Perhaps we'll have to try this breed! Thanks for sharing your great photos!!!

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Thank you for taking time to leave a comment--I love reading each and every one! I will try to answer any questions you have in the comment section. Due to the amount of spam, I am sadly no longer able to accept Anonymous comments....Kindly, Deb

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