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| Eating out of the palm of my hand |
Salutations! I know, I know..... I said I would update the progress of the Nuggets on a weekly basis...but let's face it, shit happens and time gets away from you. I have learned so much from my girls in the past couple of weeks. Everyday I try to spend a few hours with them so they know that I'm the person who feeds and cares for them. So far, as teenage nuggets, they are still a wee skittish and petting and holding them will take patience and trust. I'm in for the long haul~
In the last week I have also had two emergency visits to the vet! Jayne broke a toenail and had to have it surgically removed and poor wee Reed got stung or bitten by something...It was a week indeedy!!
Another first as well...Reed was diligently guarding the Nuggets when he stuck his nose through the fence a got a bonk on the nose from Zoe...lol
He took like a champ
As some of you may know SOCO is on fire, the #Springfire is up to over 60K acres burned and many homes destroyed. Currently it's about 20 miles from the house so I am trying to keep up on wind directions and the like. (with a little help) It's scary when all you have seen for 6 days is the smoke that has blocked out the Sun and an unbearable heat. It's melty here. The Nuggets are hanging in there. I have learned that chickens do best between 65 and 75 degrees...it's been hovering in the high 80s and low 90s for days. Trying to keep them cool has been a learning experience. A few tricks I have learned:
1. Add ice to their water a few times a day. They will stop drinking if the water gets too warm. (Note to self: Buy another waterer!)
2. Feed them fresh greens with frozen berries and peas and a few nuts...They love that
3. Give them a little wading pool. I'm really not even sure they stand in it to cool off...haven't been able to catch that yet. I add a little ice to that as well to keep the water cool.
4. Frozen watermelon treats! High in water content and fun to watch them
devour.
5. Shade, shade, shade....Finally purchased a shade for the fencing and it has help a great deal.
I know my Nuggets are only 7 1/2 weeks old and according to "experts" I shouldn't really be giving them treats until they are a bit older. But they seem to be eating all the feed and drinking lots. I'm not worried about it...
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| What is THIS? So curious~ |
Took some new pics this afternoon, Enjoy~
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| Nugget Central Adorbs!! |
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| Coming to check out what I got in my jar! (ignore the bruised and beaten knee in the corner) |
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| Inara, River and Saffron.... (I can only seem to call her Red) Here you can see they combs have grown a wee bit!! |
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| Red, Kaley, Zoe and Inara |
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| Little Kaylee the Easter Egger |
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| From what I could see this morning, Miss Kaylee appeared to be missing some feathers around her neck. Me thinks she's at the bottom of the pecking order....She on Nugget watch! |
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| Miss River She's on her Meditation Rock |
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| Naps for the Lady River <3 br=""> |
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| The Lady Saffron or....Red She is a Road Island Red after all |
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| She is so pretty and has the coolest color legs Too bad I can't capture them lol |
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| Zoe and Inara in their favorite place Dirt is the Word! |
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| Inara...She is getting braver. Zoe just needs to have her back |
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| The Boys on watch |
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| Finally got Zoe to sit on my hand while I was shooting pictures Such a brave girl |
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| Trying to steal my seat! Just like the Boys! |
Until next time
The Nuggets~
