The Chickens of Our Lives

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This is week 7 in my series Raising Baby Chicks: Mama Hen vs. Humans, but mama is gone now. So it’s time to kick out the fat lazy house roosters and integrate them with the coop babies. We are integrating baby chicks with other baby chicks that were born only a day or two apart. Video Music Play List: OLD FOLKS AT HOME (SWANEE RIVER) royalty free Music by Giorgio Di Campo for @FreeSound Music http://freesoundmusic.eu https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazEwRVlqWHVESDcycFF2ZXg5aEpya3ZDYzM2Z3xBQ3Jtc0tteTNyUVFRZU1zbG9BWjBQSExDalFsaWFkalAtUVd4T05aUi1QUElPMUhfNDZUTHh6N3ExMnFqbVJNSjZIVjlxaUxJU1E0MHc0SXBpejBHRTVsaE5TeE1jdzFiYWhwMXBYNVR5YU1JbjFKbWxDaGZXdw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffreemusicforyoutube%2F&v=nsXv_ALitlk https://youtube.com/freesoundmusic original video: • Old Folks At Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsXv_ALitlk&t=0s –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The Reckoning by AERØHEAD https://soundcloud.com/aerohead Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/the-reckoning-aerohead Music promoted by Audio Library –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 🎵 Track Info: Title: The Reckoning by AERØHEAD Genre and Mood: Cinematic + Dark ——— 🎧 Available on: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2R3c3NJ iTunes: https://apple.co/2uwYcHD YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfeB-mDKm_o&t=0s SoundCloud: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHJOeDlaYTdieWE5UWxJcURJcjZFVGhFVEVvd3xBQ3Jtc0trMThIMFRvaVJNbDlBekVZb082T0FTYU1aZmNtVmc2YzE2NF9aYVZ5TmxyWFc2dXFMaGZkNlpYS2JxZDlxZjNOZGh1Z1dyOURpZUdyaVY0bXpsZ2kzMjZxNzd6SGJvZ2JQMU5lTlpZVmI3Q0xTcFVEcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Faerohead%2Fthe-reckoning&v=NQk5C6Z_WOA Google Play: http://bit.ly/2uugCJ4 ——— 😊 Contact the Artist: djaerohead@gmail.com https://soundcloud.com/aerohead ——— Royalty Free Music by Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music http://freesoundmusic.eu https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkZzZVpFZjgxamlfVmlzcDN6aWNQenpGNmVIZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsaWFKRmdlMkpzTzdxeVJpQ0xtYjR3Z0VQY0pyWThkRGVGYnlsRk1kN3IwUkU4ekFZV1BkY0FSOF95OWpuemZRTTFkN0dxRlZJbF9va0ZoTFVBeHNzdFVsclptQ01qLTZ1NlhjOTRGVHdRWmZWc3BSVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffreemusicforyoutube%2F&v=I4ZuPqlqYkM https://youtube.com/freesoundmusic original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4ZuPqlqYkM --------- SAD & LONELY royalty free Music by Giorgio Di Campo for @FreeSound Music http://freesoundmusic.eu https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkNCNnRVdFg5TUc5VUxJeWZIVzJPTXJDN0t2UXxBQ3Jtc0trY0JYVVpmTEc4Rm0yU3VuT2xMeEtoZFpNdC02SGs0VWZudjhQZE1Hc3VPUHdMUktoekd3V3dfVVFsQjg5Si1IOGxIVWJUOVd6bXZSYktCYlNFN3pyUGJBTGpUQzVZR1dVV3M3QWhUU0FjZ0lBTW8zQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffreemusicforyoutube%2F&v=0XwBsmuYVxU https://youtube.com/freesoundmusic original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XwBsmuYVxU&t=0s -------------- OLD FOLKS AT HOME (SWANEE RIVER) royalty free Music by Giorgio Di Campo for @FreeSound Music http://freesoundmusic.eu https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3lpOHNVb1psYkVjMjZvTHlJTnpxcUlpLXplUXxBQ3Jtc0tsUWRmcVBCYlZXT2dlbmQ5TWdTN1RRSEVVSm1sS1Jnd3MwUVpVMEVkb0hEaXdlc0RYOTQ5NHlHVHlZWTNNVklrUjFaemZjd09GWWxDV1BESjFKSVhLeEhNd00xekQtTmJCLV9GUUJfUE16dEJEa0xHMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffreemusicforyoutube%2F&v=nsXv_ALitlk https://youtube.com/freesoundmusic original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsXv_ALitlk&t=0s

We hatched 6 eggs in the incubator and 7 under our broody hen. We now have 13 baby chicks on the farm to contrast the difference between raising baby chickens by their mama as God intended vs. being raised by humans.

Baby Chicks Raised By Mama Broody Hen VS Humans via incubator and brooder box— Week #1 (God’s way VS Artificial way, no doubt, that God wins. DuBois Legacy Farm

Broody mama hen, Dorthy, (silver laced wyandotte,) teaches her 18 day old hatchlings, (welsummer/ISA Brown) to preen their brand new feathers. The cuteness is off the charts.

Mama Broody Hen, Dorthy, (Silverlaced Wyandotte,) teaches her 3 baby chicks, (Welsummer/ISA Brown) to dust bathe. Dorthy is a fantastic mother and these chicks are well advanced from any other chicks that I’ve seen their age. If you want smart chickens, get a good broody to raise your hatchlings.

It seems that a mama raccoon is missing her 3 babies. They have been hanging out around the edge of the yard and down by the swampy pond. They were up in the pine tree by the rose garden and all the chickens were on high alert. Dorthy headed to the closest safe place which was the adult coop. I locked them in until the raccoons were gone. Rosie and Blanche hid behind the deck over by the garage door until “the lady,” (me) took care of the threat. Hopefully the poor baby raccoons will be ok by themselves. At least they have each other. I just hope they choose a different area to live in.

Our first time here with baby chicks and I don’t ever want to have to do it alone. Having a broody mama hen to hatch and raise them like they are her own is the way to go. They seem so much more advanced than any other 17 day old chicks that I’ve ever seen. Plus since our brooder pen is outside, they have been exposed to weather and nature right from the start. I guess it all really just depends on how good of a mom your hen is. We got really lucky with our silver laced wyandotte, Dorthy. Couldn’t ask for a better mama hen. Chicks are all Welsummer rooster/ISA Brown Hen mix.

Mama silver laced wyandotte, Dorthy is teaching her 2 week old Welsummer/ISA Brown adopted hatchlings how to hunt, as she also shows them around the yard. She really wants them to learn to use the adult coop. She’s longing to be a full united flock again, after the death of her buddy and Lt. Sophia. We all miss Sophia.

Mama Dorthy is raising three baby chicks. At this point they are only 9 and 10 days old and on their 2nd free ranging attempt. Auntie Rosie is on a quest for her old Queen Bee title after being at the bottom all winter and spring. She lunges several times at the babies and mama lets her have it.

Dorthy, Mama Hen, on day two of hatching her clutch of eggs. Three from the original dozen that we gave her, hatched. But we feel so blessed to have them. She has become an amazing protective mom.

We are building a mini-homestead in Michigan and trying to be as self sustaining as we can. The land is part of a 40 acre parcell that my Grandfather perchased from my Great Grandfather and has been in the family for over 100 years. I'm happy to carry on the legacy of farming and raising livestock on a level that we can manage.

Dorthy, just over a year old hen, hatches her first clutch of eggs.

Our very first chicken to be culled. We now have The Golden Girls with no Sophia. Rest in Heaven Sweet Sophia. Our "I'll Do What I Want," Chicken. The Lady and The Worm Guy love and miss you.

This is Dorthy on her first couple of days with her 3 new baby chicks.