Something killed eight of our hens a few weeks ago. G found the mauled carcasses in the run one night while doing chores. So in the interest of continuing to pay too much money to have too many fresh eggs available to us, we ordered reinforcements.
They're about two weeks old now, and growing fast. We keep them in a stock tank in our garage.
We got a mix of breeds with this batch, including Welsummers, Delawares and brown leghorns. But I think my favorites are the light Brahmas, one of whom can be seen poking her head above the others and looking at me in the photo above. They have feathered legs.
In a few more weeks they'll graduate to the teenager coop in the shed, and when they nearly grown we'll put them in with the older hens. They should start laying around Thanksgiving.
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