Hey, baby quackers and honkers, come here!
We have 6 African geese, 6 Chinese geese, 2 Peking ducks, 6 Indian Runner ducks and
6 Khaki Campbell ducks.
Look over there. The duckies are coming.
"Quack, quack, quack!"
"Quack, quack, quack!"
"It's our swimming practice time, quack."
In the future, they are going to back pond. Since no one teach them how to swim, Mike decided to let them have some swimming practice in the shallow pool before going to the pond.
Let's move to the field!
You can see egg layers in the field. They are free-rangers. We call them Gypsy Chickens.
When sun rises, we dash to the field.
We go, dig, and lay eggs wherever we want.
We run, sing, and chase cows whenever we want.
We go home every night for warm beds.
We love freedom.
We are the Gypsy Chickens.
Look, there is one different colored chicken. He's a rooster named Cookie. We have two more roosters named "Salt" & "Pepper," but Cookie is the king of the roosters. We have over 180 egg layers.
We are now inside the hen house. The temperature is about 65 ~ 75F during
the day time even though outside it's freezing.
Well, she found her favorite room.
Each room is arranged differently, so every girl has own favorite room. Often they share rooms.
Let's see what's going on inside.
"Hey, it's my private time!"
"Ops, sorry."
"Coo... My job is done today."
Good Job! Let me check the other one again...
"Leave me alone. I'm still working on it!"
By the way, the hen house is a 40 ft. long hoop house. It's Mike's original design using PVC pipes and greenhouse plastic film. Mike often moves the house to new location to keep it clean for our hens.
