A Chicken Roadtrip and Drama in the Flock!

What do you do when your friend has Olive Egger chicks and a beautiful Silver Laced Wynadott girl for sale? You get in the truck right away and go get them babies!! I don't really need more chickens....but this chicken math has got me beat, what could I do?

Daisy is looking divine after her mid-winter molt.....#stunningandsheknowsit

We hit the road this morning, we had to travel 1.5 hours to pick them up. I love roadtrips!!

We drive through the Canadian shield all over here so I tried to get pictures of the incredible rock walls blasted out to make our roads.

Some of the walls are 30+ feet in height. In these you can see 2 different types of rock....

We are here. Ponies in the front yard! I need this in my life. #homesteadgoals

My new Silver Laced Wyandotte!! Everyone picks their chickens up in a cat carrier, right? I accidentally got a cream coloured Orpington girl too.😏

Babies in a shoebox. There are boot warmers in the bottom of the box for warmth until we get home to the heat lamp.

Oh my word I love chicks!!

Now back to settle everyone in. Quick stop at the farm store to get chick feed.....why do I always buy more seeds??!?

random #roadtrip pic

That is a lot of snowmobile tracks!

And home. After settling the chicks I will take the ladies out back to meet the rest of the flock. I am not worried about quarantine, I got some of my other ladies from the same friend and know her well. My rescue ladies have been with me for over a year and my whole flock has had fowl pox already so they are immune now. It is recommended you keep new birds separate for 30 days to watch for illness and parasites.

Here is your new digs 'lil babies!! Heat lamp, medicated chick feed and fresh water is all you need to start

Now, here is when things got crazy. There were fights right away. My #chickenbitches were NOT welcoming AT ALL. I attempted pics of the battles but they were blurry. It ended with each new girl hiding in the run.

Sylvia (the new girl, grey one in the middle) right after Diane attacked her. See Daisy hiding behind the ladder? Haha she's a lover not a fighter!

Mr. Hendrix in the middle trying to gain control

Now my son in the middle trying to gain control....

The outcome: Chaundra is in hiding.....my daughter named them

And Sylvia?

Hid inside, not behind the bin. Poor girls:(

Threw some of my herb mix in the run and coop to try and aromatherapy everyone to calm down.....and carried on with my day.

Cut to chicken bedtime.

They were already tucked in. Looks like the fighting has stopped, that's good...but when I did a head count something was wrong.

5 fluffy butts

2 here...

*2 here....new girls banished to the floor (beacuse my girls are rude!!)

Huh. I have 13 chickens. It's dark out...what is going on??!? Quick look around my son noticed these:

Are you kidding me? Right out in the open in the dark??

Looks like there was a rebellion. They seem extremely happy to see us. Probably freezing, they obviously didn't think this through haha!! We had to carry them back to the coop.

We shall see how tomorrow goes in #chickendynasty. Will the flock accept the new blood? Will my chicks get cuter?? Stay tuned....😉

Poppy and grandbaby checking out the chicks

Thank you for reading! Take care of you and yours ❤