And now, without further ado, [drum roll please <<dddrrrrdddrrrdddrrrddd>>], it gives me great pleasure to introduce my new flock of eight Bovan Brown Beauties. There’s been more chicken tragedies at Farm Charm in our first two years than I’d like to admit, but I am determined to turn things around.  I don’t take it lightly at all and truly felt horrible after my beloved Leghorns and Wyandottes met their fate in the form of a fox that I didn’t protect them from #stillbitter. 

But we all know 2020 has tested us in ways we could have never imagined and I decided I needed some new life and a clean slate to be excited about.  Enter, The Flockers.

A few months back I had seen a sign at a local feed store for a fall pullet sale. That intrigued me because my last two flocks began as chicks and that has two main challenges in my opinion: 1) babies are a lot more work from the start, and 2) there’s no real guarantee for how many pullets versus cockerels you’ll end up with. Buying them as pullets solved both of those challenges so sign me up!

I got them on Halloween and was told they were between 16—18 weeks old.  It’s been just about two weeks so hopefully I’ll be collecting some beautiful brown eggs in just a couple weeks. I’ve been spending time with them every day, talking to them, giving them treats, and letting them out to peck and scratch in the run.  They seemed completely clueless to begin with, not even perching, but are figuring things out now. And I’ve created a few safety checks and balances so that I NEVER forget to lock the coop at night again.