My 2012 flock

[ducks4you]

I'm FINALLY building their coop this year, and I'll try to build at least one small chicken tractor, too. My hens are fond of grass and weeds.

Summer quarters and "shepherds" for my 2012 breeding/egg laying flock of 13 hens and 2 roosters, (Red one-"General Tso" and White mixed one-"Gregory Peck.")

Formerly a rabbit hutch, they had it in the horse stall, and it gives rain protection.

Wooden "tent" nailed to 2 pallets, and lined with rubber mats. I also have a windbreak on the north side. They get out of the weather here.

Lean-to's and scrap wood keeps their food dry in the rain. I tease them with the canoe that they will NEVER get to take out on a lake, LOL!

 

[Jared77]

Nice set up and good use of space.

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

Nice looking birds there!

 

[momofdrew]

Pretty birds...what kind are they???

 

[ducks4you]

My hens are a cross, their mothers were RIR and their father was a Welsummer. If you look close you can see the dark, penciled red capes on my hens, typical of Welsummers. Their eggs are slightly darker than the RIR's and many are speckled. They are also slightly larger than RIR's. The roosters....YOUR guess is as good as anybody's, so....guess away!!
I am now replacing my flock every year--good to eat, too, YUMM!!! The most important thing to me is to keep from inbreeding. Otherwise I don't care how "muttish" my flock turns out to be. LOL