Sunset Ridge Homestead

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

Today we found out we have a blind chick…

And we had more babies hit the ground!

What a day!

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

More babies hatched over night. We’re getting our flock right. May even have some for sale before too long. 12 more eggs going on in the morning.

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

The fam here, the drink here, chicks here. Well f, let’s get it then!

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

Awoke to the sound of happiness!

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

Groups all here!

#Chickens #TheGatewayAnimal

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Stetson, the barn cat that adopted us, knows EXACTLY what Sundays are for.

#CatNap #HomesteadLife #StetsonTheFarmCat

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

Went to work with 1 bird in the NR360… came home to 11!!!

@SamCDPT @CoachChamboOK

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

Almost that time again! New life on the farm!

12 new little chicks should be joining us in the next 12-24 hours!

#HomesteadOn

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

New babies joining us through incubation, and our “teenagers” have started to roost.

#LifeGoesOn

@SamCDPT @CoachChamboOK

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

They grow up so fast!

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

More babies on the farm!

This time it’s 6 new baby chicks!

Spring is in the air, babes are on the ground.

@SamCDPT @CoachChamboOK

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

Two more kids on the homestead!!

4 kids in a week. I’d say our recent nannie purchases paid off.

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Someone was enjoying the sunshine today! Just days old and loving life! #GOATed

[Daniel Chamberlain @CoachChamboOK]

Farming ain’t for the faint of heart.

Another baby on the ground, but another still born too.

Glad to get the ones we get.

@SamCDPT @SunsetRidgeOK

[Daniel Chamberlain @CoachChamboOK]

@TractorSupply #Chickdays got us again this year!

Bring on ALL THE EGGS!

@SamCDPT @SunsetRidgeOK

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

We’ve lost 6 chickens in 8 days. Prepping ourselves to lose the whole brood. Damn bird flu is going to while out our third attempt at chickens.

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

We’ve lost 3 hens in 4 days, no real reason. I’m hoping it’s the fat ladies are laying/jumping on them and it’s not whatever this bird flu is.

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Ah, I almost forgot the hashtag! We’ve named this monstrosity Fort Bocks! (Get it, Bock Bock, bocks… sounds like Knox) #Homesteading #ChickenCasa #FortBocks @UltHobbyist @CoachChamboOK @SamL90

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

So, we finally decided to build the Fort Knox of chicken coops (runs?). Last year we lost so 60 chickens or so. Never again. We started by digging in! Literally, we leveled the ground (mostly) and tried to be around 4” deep at the shallowest point. 1/n

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

Cross braces and a door were the last pieces added. We still need a covering for the top, and I’ll eventually get some spare corrugated metal up there. 4/n

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Oh, and the eggs have started coming already. That’ll happen when you bring home 4 full grown hens. Anyways, this ends our thread about chicken run building and our new brood. Stay tuned for more chicken saga chapters. 6/6

[Sunset Ridge Homestead @SunsetRidgeOK]

Since completion, we’ve added another 11 chickens to our brood (making 27 total), lost 2 to unknown causes (found one dead and one very weak that eventually died), and Beckett has become a thrice daily visitor. 5/n