Groovy Chicken

06/18/2026

Oh boy do I 😄

06/18/2026

You guys
I almost lost my Buff Polish flock last night. 🥺😳
It's Somewhat of a long story..
I had something in my yard and this is the closest I can come as to what it was. I know these are found more in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, it's just rare to see them in the lower.

Chore Cat woke me up around midnight, banging the bell on the door to be let in. So I got up and let him in and when I came back through the kitchen I noticed one of the outside motion lights come on.. I looked out the window expecting to see the other cat, Fuzzman.
This was no cat! ..
It was headed towards the coops but turned and started towards the opening in between the fence and the house, so I hurried to the back porch to get a closer look at it. It got close, but turned back and stopped. Stood there for a couple seconds, then went across the yard and disappeared in between my car and the garage. It was to dark to get a really good look, even with the porch light being on. But it had dark fur. Wasn't a cat .. more likely to be a fox but if it was, it was the thickest fox that I've ever seen. It didn't have a long nose like a fox, and it moved differently.

I grabbed the flashlight and hurried outside, still in my slippers, going through in the mud. I banged some boards leaning on the garage to make some noise, hoping that would scare it off and heard the Buff Laced Polish rooster make that high pitched trill, the warning sound.. so I looked over and saw that the door to the Polish coop was open!
I left the damn door open last night!!
When I do my evening routine, I lock coops up a couple at a time, as birds go in. There's 2 pens in this coop, I have grow-outs on one side, separated by a wire wall and the Buff Laced Polish flock on the other side- where the door was open to.. After the older birds get on the roost, I'll leave the door half open so the younger ones can see to get up on their roost. This coop gets pretty dark before the sun goes down. That's why I do it this way. But I won't be doing it like that ever again!
I set the trap and stayed up for a few hours looking through images and watching videos, trying to figure out what it was that I was dealing with. I looked for tracks this morning but the rain has washed any trace away ..

I'm OH So Thankful for Chore Cat! If he hadn't woke me up, I'd be much more than tired this morning! 😬
I got very, VERY Lucky last night. 🙏

Amazon, here I come!
Ordering more motion lights and going to town to get a brighter porch light today!

And traps will all be set tonight 🫰
Might even set up somewhere with my pewpew. I'm on a mission now 🤨

06/18/2026

Good morning, friends!
Happy Friday Eve, otherwise known as Thursday 😄 the weekend's in sight! 👀✌️

06/18/2026

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06/17/2026

Happy Birthday GIVIE 🥳

I said I wouldn't participate in anymore givies after the last experience But Carla is a genuinely nice person.
So I'm good ☺️

And keep a eye on my page for my own birthday givie coming up 🥳😏

🎂 🐣 ✨ BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY! ✨ 🐣 🎂

June 18 is my birthday and I want to celebrate with all of you! As a thank you for supporting my small farm and following along on this crazy chicken adventure, I’m giving away One Dozen Hens Choice Sugar Puffs from Sugar Sky Farms! 🐣🥚

How to Enter:
🍭 Like this post
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I will spin a wheel live, and the number closest to the number drawn without going over will be the winner.
Winner will receive one dozen Hens Choice Sugar Puffs with shipping included. Ends June 30. All steps must be completed to win.

Thank you for supporting my family farm, my breeding program, and all the sweet little fluffy feathered babies that make Sugar Sky Farms so special. Your support means the world to me! 💕☁️🍭

Good luck, everyone! 🍭 🐣

06/17/2026

I have a dozen + Easter Egger and Olive Egger hatching eggs I don't have room for...
Eggs are from Shirley, Hawk and Big Daddy 🥰
50/50 chance of bearded and s*x linked chicks.
30 local pickup
50 shipped
Message me 🐣✌️🫶🐓

06/17/2026

Good Morning ☕💛🌞💛

06/16/2026

Good morning
from Shirley ☕

Have a nice Tuesday! 🧡

06/16/2026

Please share and if you can, play along! 😁 Lots of great prizes!

06/16/2026

Saw this mama doe and her baby on my way to town this morning to get my iced coffee ☺️ dirt road, no traffic.. I sat and watched her for a minute before driving on.
And I got a decent pic of them 😃