Of course the whitest chicken is the one that loves dirt bathing the most. Oh Glo, you’re going to be a mess!
#grassstains #dirtball #petchickens #dirtbath #Gloria #chicks #7weeksold #flock
Here we go! Introducing the babies to the big girls. I moved the protective playpen into the chicken yard and am having supervised meeting time. Turn up the volume and you’ll hear Donna Martin having a complete fit from INSIDE THE COOP at the indignity of small chickens in her yard. You can see Violet lumbering around on the outside of the fence making sure these babies aren’t getting her treats. So far, so good. We’ll see. Any tips on flock integration would be appreciated!
#cochin #PolishChickens #silkies #goldencampine #backyardchickens #petchickens #chickenvideo #spoiledchickens #bigsister #fightclub #peckingorder #GwinnettCounty
I didn’t plant any Butternut Squash this year. It didn’t produce last year and I didn’t want to dedicate a trellis to it. However, the vine in the compost pile that I didn’t plant, water, fertilize or protect from bugs did just fine. So insulting.
#butternutsquash #volunteer #compostpile #compostfail #nature #mastergardener #chickencoop #GwinnettCounty #GeorgiaGrown
Here she is! I am proud to present the newly named Becky with the Good Hair! Becky is a Buff #PolishChicken and has a lifetime of floppy plumage to contend with. When she is clean though, no one looks fancier! Hello Becky!
#beckywiththegoodhair #backyardchickens #petchicken #polish #fro #fancychick #queenbey #Beyonce #ornamentallayers #mcmurrayhatchery
Of course they deliver… #greatbusinessnames #pizzalawyer
Of course they deliver… #greatbusinessnames #pizzalawyer
Week 7 baby chicks! They seem all grown up until I go heft a full size chicken! Please tag a friend of they can help identify the breeds. I think the first one might actually be an Owl? They are so weird.
Former Yellow Spot, now bizarro owl
Wings – one pic, then flew away
Gloria Vanderbuilt
Little Darth #GoldenCampine
Butterscotch – those legs!
Sonia Sotomayor #Silkie
Poof – name pending #BuffLacedPolish
Chipmunk – #SilverGreyDorking
Ruth Bader Ginsberg – I swear she poofed her hair for this picture!
Top Hat – best poser #whitecrestedblackpolish
#chicks #petchickens #backyardpoultry #tinyfarm #schoolpictures #posedown
From today’s travels… I’m not sure I could pull that off if I was trying. #daywrecker #dumptruck
From today’s travels… I’m not sure I could pull that off if I was trying. #daywrecker #dumptruck
Aw, I you too tomato! Thanks for the garden love!
#heartshaped #tomato #justluckyiguess #gardener #tinyfarm #tomatocage #produce #Georgia #beefsteak #rainydays
Live toad on stone chicken. Art!
#gardening #toad #wildpets #yardart #statue #Gwinnett #guardian #mastergardener #decorativeart
I will just go pick one tomato for dinner. I don’t need to get a basket.
#CherokeePurple #lemonboy #tomatoes #dinner #igrewit #tinyfarm #homegrown #GwinnettCounty #basket #ohwell
I know it’s a weed but I still think it’s pretty. Also, it is at the top of an 8 foot trellis so I have to respect the determination!
#weeds #gardener #losingbattle #raspberrytrellis #flower
Violet Zindars is molting. She does not want to talk about it. Or be touched. But she thought I had another ear of corn so she got a little too close! Picture two is new feathers coming in on her back. So interesting!
#Cochin #petchicken #angrybirds #molting #newfeathers #newbeginnings #Violet #dirtybird #beak
Pulling the #rallynorthamerica graphics off the C43 went so easy I decided to tackle replacing the 5 year old ones on my #remax #mobileoffice #sprintervan. 45 minutes with adhesive remover did the same area as 10 minutes with this cool #3M stripe off wheel. Time to order more of these. I’m a little excited about going back to the all black FBI look for a while. #remaxlegends #gahomes #gahomesdotcom #mercedes #vinylgraphics
Pulling the #rallynorthamerica graphics off the C43 went so easy I decided to tackle replacing the 5 year old ones on my #remax #mobileoffice #sprintervan. 45 minutes with adhesive remover did the same area as 10 minutes with this cool #3M stripe off wheel. Time to order more of these. I’m a little excited about going back to the all black FBI look for a while. #remaxlegends #gahomes #gahomesdotcom #mercedes #vinylgraphics
6 weeks! My baby chicks are six weeks old and adorable(ly awkward). I think I have another name picked out but I’m not 100% yet. Please scroll through for some great portraits! Also, I’ll put some outtakes in my stories.
Yellow Spot
Wings
Gloria Vanderbuilt
Little Darth Maul #GoldenCampine
Butterscotch (wanted support to stand)
Sonia Sotomayor #Silkie
Poof #bufflacedpolish Name Pending
Chimpunk #SilverGreyDorking
Ruth Bader Ginsberg #Silkies
Top Hat #whitecrestedblackpolish
#backyardpoultry #petchickens #myflock #mychickencoop #GwinnettCounty #crepemyrtle #Georgia
I Pollinators!
#echinacea #bumblebee #butterfly #sharingiscaring #savethepollinators #gardenfriends #bees #savethebees
Are baby feathers a thing? One of my 5 week old chicks just dropped this from her wing. She’s only had it 4 weeks! Making room for bigger and better feathers?
#GoldenCampine #backyardchickens #tinyfarm #featheredfriends #babychicks #feathers #GwinnettCounty #georgiaonmymind
Dinner, meet future dinners! My tomato plants are doing horribly this year. There was too much rain and the vines just rotted. These sweet potatoes were planted after the rain and seem to be thriving!
#tomatoes #lemonboy #basil #homegrown #tinyfarmer #harvest #GwinnettCounty #mastergardener
I was just mentioning to the butterscotch chick that she had “sturdy” looking legs when her sister leaned over to say “Cankles.” #chicks #myflock #sisters #5weeksold #fancychicken #babychicks #backyardpoultry #tinyfarm #petchickens
I don’t grow any flowers myself but they are rather pretty. Maybe I could throw out a few seeds next year…
#gardening #vegetablegarden #edibleflowers #zone9 #flowers #mastergardener
“Hey, you have something in your ‘do.” So good to have sisters!
#chicks #babychicks #PolishChickens #hairdo #bouffant #fancychicken #bighairproblems #tinyfarm #babies
This chick is weird! I would swear her body is a cube under those scraggly feathers. Awk-Ward!
#newchickens #babychicks #tinyfarm #playtime #myflock #breedunknown #comb
Gnomeo and I have been waiting for this one to ripen! 1 lb, 7 oz of gorgeous tomato! That’s 652 grams of dinner.
#tinyfarm #gardener #harvest #bigtomato #slicer #gardengnome #Gnomeo #myescali
Week 5 chick pics! Please take the time to flip through all ten. There are some gems in there! I am accepting name suggestions!
Yellow Spot (now all brown)
Wings (my biggest)
Gloria Vanderbuilt (formerly Higlighter)
Little Darth #GoldenCampine
Butterscotch
Sonia Sotomayor #Silkie
Poof #BuffLacedPolish
Chipmunk #SilverGreyDorking
Ruth Bader Ginsberg *Top hat #whitecrestedblackpolish *Pic of the week! The hairdos on my #PolishChickens are really sprouting!
#chicks #newchickens #babychicks #myflock #sofreshsoclean #angrybirds
This is their “We do not like the sound the lawnmower makes” pose. Can someone tell me what breed the chick on the right is? She is not cute (yet?). 😬
#chickens #babychicks #mysterychick #varietypack #petchickens #babies #myflock #Silkie #SilverGreyDorking #bufflacedpolish #GwinnettCounty #mychickencoop
I believe that Violet knows my compost pile is out of control and is silently judging me for it. I just can’t pull a volunteer squash. I can’t do it! Shut up Violet!
#Cochin #partridgecochin #backyardpoultry #petchickens #judgementalchicken #gardening #tinyfarm #compostpile #mastergardener
I think #TinyEggs should become a Thing. Like #tinyhouses and #minihorses. Large eggs are so 2016. Over!
#tinyfarm #bantamchickens #freerange #eggs #pointyegg #silkies #storeeggsaregross #backyardpoultry
Just lovely now that the sun has gone down.
#lakelanier #lakelanierislands #sunset #boozecruise #Buford #remaxlegends
Inner beauty. Ruth Bader Ginsberg Silkie has lots of Inner Beauty.
#Silkie #RBG #babySilkie #silkiechick #mychickens #myflock #chicks #portrait #portraitphotography #gwinnett #fancychick #tinyfarm #mygirl
One minute of chicks being chicks! Ineffective dust baths, chasing invisible bugs, sprinting nowhere, not respecting personal space! So fun!
#chicks #backyardpoultry #petchickens #polishchicken #silkies #dustbath #frolicking #GoldenCampine #cheepcheeps
Sweet Potatoes! Maybe this is the year? I usually grow the vines as deer salad bar but with our new deer fence being mostly finished perhaps this will be the whole potato year! (Lost all the apples while on vacation.) #SweetPotatoes #tubers #yardart #gardening #tinyfarm #groundcover #mushroom #yams #deersalad
This is now the most beautiful thing, that I did not plant, growing out of my compost pile. So fancy!
#volunteer #lily #compostfail #greenthumb #organicgardening #gwinnett #mastergardener #compostpile #tropical #zone9
I did not get new chicks. These are the same babies…but so much bigger! They are now 4 weeks old and officially in the awkward teenage phase!
Yellow Spot (now mostly brown)
Wings (the biggest)
Highlighter (possibly Gloria Vanderbuilt)
Little Darth Maul #GoldenCampine
Butterscotch
Lighter #Silkie (Sonia Sotomayor)
Poof #CrestedPolish
Chipmunk #SilverGreyDorking
Darker Silkie (Ruth Bader Ginsberg)
Top Hat #blackcrestedwhitepolish
#myflock #backyardchickens #raisingchicks #gwinnettCounty #mybabies #theyfly #tinyfarm #silkies
I’ve been waiting for this one! I had to pull a lot of vines but I saved this plant because this tomato was just a few days from ripe. Dinner is served!
#gardener #tomato #homegrown #tinyfarm #allmine #gwinnettCounty #mastergardener
I’m so lucky! Look at those aerating, fertilizing beasts! I live in Georgia where the earth is naturally hard, red clay so it takes a team to keep the dirt good.
#worms #castings #gardening #homegrown #tinyfarm #herd #blueworms #organic #dirt
Post vacation #garden #harvest. Looks like we’re having potatoes with every meal for a while. Too much rain this year has ruined most of the tomatoes but I might try to put more in to be ready in the fall.
Post vacation #garden #harvest. Looks like we’re having potatoes with every meal for a while. Too much rain this year has ruined most of the tomatoes but I might try to put more in to be ready in the fall.
Argh! She is the cutest! And her pips are pretty adorable too! The babies now have a playpen in the backyard that I can sit in with them. They like me more when I’m not reaching into their brooder from above like a predator. Learned that from IG!
#chicks #myflock #backyardchickens #mychickencoop #Silkies #gwinnett #tinyfarm #pips #4weeksold #raisingchicks
Harvest time! I had to pull a lot of plants today. There has been too much rain and things were rotting. It always makes me sad to see a plant I’ve tended from babyhood go into the burn pile.
#lemonboy #bananapeppers #eggplant #cucumber #mint #blackcherrytomato #harvest #harvestbasket #tinyfarm #homegrown
One minute of my chicks meeting grass for the first time! I could watch them all day!
#chicks #polishchicken #Silkie #GoldenCampine #cheepcheeps #silvergreydorking #gwinnett #tinyfarm #mastergardener @gafarmbureau @cardashihens @herechookchook
For the last day of #rallynorthamerica we hit the 33 degree banking at #talladega. Driving on that steep of an angle is an odd sensation and it’s hard to imagine passing someone on it. I was over 130mph down the back straight which is a bit windy with the top down. #mercedes #amg #c43
For the last day of #rallynorthamerica we hit the 33 degree banking at #talladega. Driving on that steep of an angle is an odd sensation and it’s hard to imagine passing someone on it. I was over 130mph down the back straight which is a bit windy with the top down. #mercedes #amg #c43
Just the prettiest, poofiest clouds.
#georgiaonmymind #roadtrip #cloudporn #blue skies #summer
Gravel shortcut? Must be why the Germans gave this thing AWD. #wrongtoolforthejob #rallynorthamerica #mercedes #c43 #cherahalaskyway #natahalanationalforest
Gravel shortcut? Must be why the Germans gave this thing AWD. #wrongtoolforthejob #rallynorthamerica #mercedes #c43 #cherahalaskyway #natahalanationalforest
If there is an out of the way, hard to get to, beautiful place on the map then I am likely to want to hike there. This waterfall was further than I expected but lovely upon arrival.
#hiking #cascades #blueridgeparkway #northcarolina #waterfall #50points #just4miles #jurassicpark
Good bye #Virginia. No one likes you. #rallynorthamerica #10overisntspeeding
Good bye #Virginia. No one likes you. #rallynorthamerica #10overisntspeeding