Our Chickens

We raise chickens for meat and eggs.  They are really MrLivingOurWay's project and he actually does most of the work with them.  However, during the spring and summer our chickens usually become a family affair as we all jump in to feed, water, and gather eggs.

 We keep the following roosters: Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington, and Barred Rock.  We currently have some Buff Orphington and Barred Rock hens along with a lot of crosses. We are going to thin the flock this spring to introduce some new blood to the gene pool.  If anyone wants to buy laying or almost laying hens, now is a good time.

Most of our chickens are free range.  We have a coop with both inside nestboxes and outside nestboxes under a shelter.  We have a large fenced in area for them to run.  The majority of the chickens have the ability to fly out anytime they want and go where they please though we do encourage them to stay in our yard.

We also have a flock of guinea fowl that roam much farther and we are are working on solutions for containing them on our property.They tend to get in the road a little too often and we frequently see them visiting our neighbors as unwelcome guests. Any suggestions?

Here are some pictures which are actually just over a year old. They are easier to take pictures of when they are contained and near their food source.  I will try to post more recent ones soon.