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Teal Catalpa Homestead Keeping chickens in Huntington, IN! Fresh eggs available!

Chicken update! This summer’s teens are all doing well, but haven’t started laying yet. The chickens got some (rinsed) r...
10/11/2024

Chicken update! This summer’s teens are all doing well, but haven’t started laying yet.

The chickens got some (rinsed) ramen noodles, and even the babies took part! One of Reba’s chicks grabbed a long noodle and ran around with it. 😂 Don’t worry, she didn’t eat the whole thing!

And Dudley is looking extra goofy at the moment, as his beard is molting. 😆

~Baby Update~The twins took their babies outside for the first time today! Thank goodness they waited until today and mi...
09/29/2024

~Baby Update~

The twins took their babies outside for the first time today! Thank goodness they waited until today and missed out on all the wind & rain the last couple of days!

Jade officially has two babies of her own! Little fluffball cuties! 😍

And Reba is our first time mama of the bunch with at least one little hatched baby under her! Last night 4 of her 5 eggs were pipped, so we should see several more babies today and tomorrow. 🥰

09/17/2024

We have a baby! 🥰 It pops its head out from in between both its mamas. And based on that white patch behind its head, I’m going to guess that Clarence is a daddy! 😂 (I’m going with that as the other explanation would be it came from a barred rock egg and would likely indicate it being a boy, unless again, Clarence is the dad.)

It’s almost baby time! Anytime over the next 2-4 days these girls will be mamas again! 😍Then more babies over the next t...
09/17/2024

It’s almost baby time! Anytime over the next 2-4 days these girls will be mamas again! 😍

Then more babies over the next two weeks. 😅 Nobody else better go broody this year! Haha!

The new rule is one broody hen at a time. So eggs for one of you, and jail for the other. 😂
08/28/2024

The new rule is one broody hen at a time. So eggs for one of you, and jail for the other. 😂

She’s such a good mama! 🥰 NP was standing watch over her “babies” as they laid and dust bathed in the wet dirt where I h...
08/27/2024

She’s such a good mama! 🥰 NP was standing watch over her “babies” as they laid and dust bathed in the wet dirt where I had just dumped out a waterer. She had all 8 of them in there enjoying the slightly cooler dirt at one point!

I’m loving the colors of the girl in the middle! She’s got an almost-twin with more white on her neck. Hoping they both ...
08/27/2024

I’m loving the colors of the girl in the middle! She’s got an almost-twin with more white on her neck. Hoping they both lay us pretty green eggs! 🤞🏻

All 4 chicks in this picture are from the same clutch. They are 11 weeks old. The big one is (of course) a boy. The rest are all girls. The gold & silver ones in front are Easter eggers and the one in the back is a crested cream legbar.

Not-Pancake loves being a mama so much. 😂 Tonight she had all 8 of her babies (who are 6 weeks old), PLUS 3 of the older...
08/22/2024

Not-Pancake loves being a mama so much. 😂 Tonight she had all 8 of her babies (who are 6 weeks old), PLUS 3 of the older kids (who are 10 weeks old and their own moms left them 5-6 weeks ago lol).

On any given night she settles down with 6-12 chicks. And will probably keep doing so until they are as big as she is. 😂 For reference, all the other hens ditch their kids at about 5 weeks old.

Found the cool new Teen Hangout! 😂
08/12/2024

Found the cool new Teen Hangout! 😂

The youngest babies are 3 weeks old now! And so big! We spotted this chick with the really light legs. Which means that ...
08/03/2024

The youngest babies are 3 weeks old now! And so big! We spotted this chick with the really light legs. Which means that one came out of a speckled Sussex egg! It’s always fun to try to identify who the parent birds are. 😅

Ma’am, if we wouldn’t let Jade hatch any eggs right now, why would you think you’d get to?! 😂I just need a couple more w...
08/03/2024

Ma’am, if we wouldn’t let Jade hatch any eggs right now, why would you think you’d get to?! 😂

I just need a couple more weeks, THEN someone else can go broody! Let these current babies grow up a little bit first. 😅

Broody jail, where she is forced to be outside and not sit on anything comfy like a nest, yet she can still see the flock and be part of the group. It worked on Jade in two days! We will put her back on the roost in the barn at bedtime, and if she is still broody in the morning she will go back for another day, until she’s no longer broody.

The Legbar chicks are starting to get their little crest in! 😍 Can’t wait to see their little mohawks. 😂
07/26/2024

The Legbar chicks are starting to get their little crest in! 😍 Can’t wait to see their little mohawks. 😂

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